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Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: We will just continue with this. These are our figures. The Minister is part of the same Government that said that 700 farming jobs a week were created in 2013, which fed into the 62,000 jobs that had been created in that year. Perhaps the Minister will hear me out to identify the sources of income. GLAS underspent by between €60 million and €70 million. There was an...

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: REPS 2 was intended for Connacht and Donegal.

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: How are you going to get higher-----

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (National Asset Management Agency) Order 2017: Motion (24 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: What people will ask is who has been in government for the past six years and who was in government in the years before that period when all of this was happening. Where does the buck stop? Who was in charge of the asylum? Did the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement have proper resources available to it? What were the checks and balances when it was set up? Accountability was...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I express my sincere condolences and those of the Sinn Féin team in the Seanad to the families of those who lost their lives in the Manchester bombing. Our thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families and those who have been injured and traumatised by the atrocity. Manchester is a city that has been home to generations of Irish citizens. It embraces diversity and...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is way out of order.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The more we learn about this subject and the more revealed in discussion of this Bill, the more concerned we are and the more concerned individuals will be. I take the point in particular about governance rather than sharing being the problem. The success of this or how it is done will depend on the infrastructure that underpins and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank Mr. O'Brien. That is all very useful. I am thinking of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the confusion about digital mapping and the introduction of different bits and pieces into existing systems that are not compatible, and the impact that has on the citizen in terms of delayed payments and so on. I take what Mr. O'Brien said earlier about income streams...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. It is correct to say that this is neither good nor bad and much will depend on how it is used. I find the way in which data is used in this country quite fascinating. I welcome anything that will protect the citizen. The citizen is looking for transparency, simplicity and confidence in the system. I welcome the fact that data sharing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: The success of this framework will depend on its implementation and the resources that are attached to it. The compatibility of the information management and IT systems will be crucial and if there is not a coinciding investment in upgrading and protecting all of that from cyber attacks and so forth, then this in itself will not mean anything to the citizen. Are there many complaints about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: As late as last week I had a case involving the Revenue Commissioners where information relating to one individual was attached to another individual's file and the latter was sent a bill in error. Such things are happening all of the time and that is why this legislation is so urgent. Let us take the example of a local authority where hundreds of emails from public representatives are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: When Mr. Lowry refers to the disciplinary process, is he speaking of the disciplinary process within the organisation or Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Are there criminal sanctions for such behaviour?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does Mr. Lowry think that might be a gap, the fact that there are no criminal sanctions for such behaviour? There are no penalties included in this draft legislation either.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I have two final short questions. With regard to the discretionary powers that this draft legislation affords to the Minister to introduce changes via secondary legislation, we do not know how any given Minister might use those discretionary powers for legislation. Is that something that would concern the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: In terms of private institutions, the sharing of data with financial institutions, Revenue, the Department of Social Welfare and all that, will this Bill impact on that or is there sufficient sharing there already?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Internationally, do we share data with Britain and America?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I echo Senator Boyhan's concerns and support his call for the Minister for Health to explain to the House his plans regarding the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire. This is a serious issue that affects the entire country. I know people who are waiting to access the centre. The 12 beds to which Senator Boyhan referred must be opened as soon as possible. I gave notice...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: As the Leader is aware, this is an important issue in rural Ireland. It must be dealt with as a stand-alone farming issue to address current inequality. I will not allow the waters to be muddied by bringing other farming issues into the mix. During the most recent negotiations on the Common Agricultural Policy, small farmers in the west were told not to worry about what would happen in...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yes.