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Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I would like to second what Senator Boyhan has said about carer's allowance and maternity benefit. The Minister is acting deplorably in trying to put the focus elsewhere by suggesting that everybody who is on social welfare is somehow corrupt or trying to defraud the system. It is his responsibility to make sure the system works so that people on maternity benefit get these payments and do...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am glad to hear it. I am sure there are many Fianna Fáil names on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Tell him to have some manners.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Fianna Fáil is beginning to realise that this is a really serious matter. According to Fianna Fáil, its decision is based on the contradictory evidence on the Garda College issue that was given at the Committee of Public Accounts. When Sinn Féin tabled a motion several weeks ago calling for the resignation of the Garda Commissioner, Fianna Fáil opposed it on the basis...

Seanad: Litter Pollution (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (10 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. I welcome the introduction of this Bill. Sinn Féin will support its passage through Second Stage. The issue of proper waste management is one that has impacted on many communities. Sinn Féin is against the privatisation of council and domestic refuse services. We increasingly find the impact of privatisation, particularly in rural...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: The House is becoming notorious for its lack of legislation. More than 26 Bills are stuck on Committee Stage in the Dáil, which could easily be advanced and taken here. If the Government is not prepared to send its legislation here, then let us deal with the massive number of Private Members' Bills currently before the Dáil. Let us facilitate their passage through Committee Stage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank Mr. Sugarman for his presentation. I want to pass on apologies for my colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty. He has obviously scrutinised Mr. Sugarman's opening statement. He is dealing with Brexit issues along with the Taoiseach this morning and discussing those important matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Indeed, Mr. Sugarman will. I thank him for coming before us. There are very serious allegations and I am glad the members of the committee have had a chance to hear them. Mr. Sugarman has provided many background articles, and the regulations, and it is evident that his efforts to raise this issue go back a long time. What formal paper records did he keep of his initial complaints and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Maybe we will see them in another forum. Did Mr. Sugarman ever contact An Garda Síochána or the Director of Corporate Enforcement and, if so, how did they respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: When was that? What was the date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Is there an issue here with how the complaints of whistleblowers like Mr. Sugarman disappear because the regulations, and laws putting those regulations in place, are created in a behind closed doors arena where they can be investigated? Even the penalties can be kept secret at times. Does Mr. Sugarman believe that his claims were never investigated or that they were investigated and then...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: The investigation happened. Mr. Sugarman is happy that there was a thorough investigation but is not happy with the outcome. They were never reported and sanctions were never-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does Mr. Sugarman believe that the Garda investigated what he had reported?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Mr. Sugarman worked for a foreign bank, albeit one based and regulated in Dublin. We know that the banking system in other countries did not collapse. Why was that? Was the regulation of banks in Italy and Germany better? Did that prevent a collapse in those countries? Did we have sufficient regulation but no implementation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: It does, somewhat. Does Mr. Sugarman think that the lack of interest in the admission was because these were foreign banks and that the ultimate impact of any disaster would not be felt directly by Irish consumers? Does he think there was a different level of scrutiny of Irish banks as opposed to foreign banks, like the one in which he worked?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: That says a lot. I will finish my contribution because I know others are keen to get in. I suggest this committee should write to the Central Bank to ask it explicitly what it did when it had all this information. Could that be agreed? I thank Mr. Sugarman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I look forward to the Central Bank's response on what exactly it did when it received the allegations from Mr. Sugarman.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I unequivocally support Senator Keith Swanick's proposal in response to what happened to the Carrick-on-Suir water rescue service when its volunteers had to pay tolls. It was an appalling way to treat them. Their work must be recognised as a matter of principle.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I extend the solidarity of the House and our thoughts and prayers to the families of Paul Ormsby and Ciarán Smith who remain missing. I wish all of the rescue services involved in the search the best of luck in the coming days in seeking to reunite Paul and Ciarán with their families. I convey my sympathy to the family of Evan Morrisey who was aged 28 years and a father of five...