Results 281-300 of 5,900 for speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister for his response. It is very important that the projects that are promised and announced are delivered because there is an expectation in that regard.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide detail on the non-core spending allocation of approximately €4.5 billion for each year from 2025 to 2027 outlined in the stability programme update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19840/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Will the Minister provide detail on the non-core spending allocation of approximately €4.5 billion for each year from 2025 to 2027 that is outlined in the stability programme update? Will he make particular reference to the use of the contingency reserve?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I appreciate that response. I am trying to get greater detail and confirmation of whether the contingency reserve is now within core rather than non-core expenditure. Is the contingency reserve intended to be a long-term feature in our budgets?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ethics in Public Office (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on planned reforms to strengthen standards in public office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19844/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ethics in Public Office (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Go raibh maith agat. This question was previously raised by Deputy Shortall. The Minister's Department completed a review of the ethics legislation and a report on this was submitted to the Government by his predecessor in the Department, the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, in December 2022. The Government approved the publication of the review report and agreed to the preparation of a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ethics in Public Office (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: As the Minister stated, the review makes some very important recommendations. There seemed to be an eagerness on the part of the Government to progress the proposed legislation at the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023, even when there were a number of scandals and resignations and these were reported in the media. Since then, though, it seems it has been quietly shelved. It should be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ethics in Public Office (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I hope this will allow SIPO to be more proactive in certain instances and enable it to act where it feels suspected breaches of the ethics framework have taken place. For instance, if it were felt that something had not been declared, then the agency would be able to investigate and sanction members if necessary. My colleague, Deputy Mairéad Farrell, brought forward legislation to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the procedure and engagements with individual Departments to determine the share of capital increase that was allocated from the €2.25 billion over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20038/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline how his Department monitors budget deficits in individual Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20039/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role, if any, he will have in relation to the ICN Fund, making particular reference to the report requirements on designated environmental projects and proposed payments from the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20040/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 230. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the pathway for a person (details supplied) to access independent living supports where a need for such supports has been established, but funding is not being made available from the HSE to facilitate supported living packages of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19929/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Professor FitzGerald for being here. I read his report with interest, as always. The committee is looking at constitutional change and has almost concluded its economic section. We thought it was important to bring Professor FitzGerald back today to talk about the most recent paper. Obviously, we will have others in to comment on it too. It is difficult to understand how such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Would it not be more than a third when you consider tax and PRSI?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: But you are only looking at cost in this paper and saying €4.2 billion. Would you not look at the cost of just over €2 billion with the tax and PRSI?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes. What I am saying, however, is that there are very serious conclusions drawn from this very short report. I think it is important that there are not too many nuances. Obviously, you have to have certain assumptions in any paper but the assumptions just seem to point towards a headline of €20 billion. I want to go through some other specifics here on pensions. The report...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: So is Professor FitzGerald saying the €3.8 billion does not include occupational pensions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That does not come across in the paper.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That does not come through there. The estimated cost of increasing public pensions, that is contributory and non-contributory, to southern rates from year one would be €450 million not €3.8 billion. That is based on the fact that there would be 390,000 pensioners moving from British pension rates to the rates that apply in the South. The top-up would cost €1,040 per...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We know that. However, part of the problem again is that people see this short paper. Obviously, newspapers and editors are busy. They do not go back to what was outlined in previous papers. They look for the headline figure.