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Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to Disability Service in the South East and Related Matters): Motion (9 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: We support the terms of reference and recognise the work the Minister of State has done, in terms of bringing Grace herself to the centre of this and also in including the other children. The case concerns 47 intellectually disabled children altogether. Can the Minister of State tell me how Grace is doing now? Does she have the care, supports and services that she needs? Do her mother and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is written in EU law that the European Banking Authority is based in London but there have been moves to relocate it. What is the progress on that? What would need to happen in EU law to move the authority from London?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: What is the next stage after the public declaration of interest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: When is a decision expected to be made? Does Mr. Gilvarry have any idea of a timeline? Of course, it does not have to be located in Dublin. It could be located in County Mayo. There are flights into Knock airport also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: We need to get out of the mindset that it has to be located in Dublin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: They are valid in terms of EU authority.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (8 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will do the best I can. I thank my colleague, Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, for raising this matter and I thank the Minister of State for being here. This is an issue that we have been working on in Mayo and along the coast for the last number of years. We are working on it from the point of view of first establishing the ownership of the foreshore, particularly where people have...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: You are not the first man I stopped in his tracks, a Chathaoirligh. All joking aside, I extend my sincere sympathy and that of my Sinn Féin colleagues to the families of the young woman and the two children who lost their lives in the unfolding tragedy in Clondalkin this morning. May they rest in peace. Sonas daoibh go léir ar Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan.. Happy...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am not the only one who is making that point; 5,000 people are turned away.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will provide the facts.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I did not give alternative facts. Some 5,000 women were turned away.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Le cúpla lá anuas tá ceist thábhachtach ann maidir le scéal an-bhrónach a tharla inár saol féin. Chuir an scéal seo isteach go mór ormsa. We are all shocked by the most recent revelations about the discovery of what has been described as a substantial amount of human remains at the site of the mother and baby home in Tuam. I commend and...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: They were then thrown out by it, often without their babies. In many cases, their babies were robbed from them and sold or left to die. The heart-rending stories of mothers begging for their babies are inhumane and gut-wrenching. Make no mistake: what has been revealed is decades of State-facilitated torture of mothers and children.There is much we should do to recover the truth and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, for coming to the Seanad, which enables me to demonstrate why it is vital that the Minister, Deputy Harris, does everything in his power to address the waiting lists for orthopaedic surgery at the Galway university hospitals. We often hear of hundreds of thousands of people waiting for procedures and appointments at hospitals throughout...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I understand. I thank the Cathaoirleach, but it is such a serious case.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I would appreciate if the Minister of State would relay this case to the Minister, Deputy Harris. I appreciate the review is being done but for people such as Neil on the waiting list, a review is of no consolation to them. Review after review is being done right across the board yet no action is being taken. The consultants are telling us they do not have the resources to do the job. We...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I seek an urgent debate on motion No. 14 on the Order Paper. Last December, my Sinn Féin colleagues and I requested that the Minister for Social Protection be invited to the House to debate the concerns being raised in communities across the country about the JobPath scheme. I ask the Leader to do this as a matter of urgency and certainly not later than next Wednesday. I am aware that...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: He certainly is busy. We asked last December that he be invited to the House-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Unfortunately, we are not in government here yet, but when we are we will not be privatising social protection in the way it has been done with JobPath. JobPath is an absolute scandal. I asked specific questions last December when I and Senators Ó Clochartaigh and Gavan raised this matter first. One question was about the set-up of the JobPath scheme and, in particular, about Seetec...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is okay. I agree with you. Last June or July, the Minister said he was going to refer 60,000 unemployed people to private operators under the JobPath scheme, to take the people off the live register and make the numbers look good. We need a proper examination of this. I have encountered cases where people more than 60 years old, who are waiting for hip operations, are being sent to...