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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: People in Dublin had access to a redress scheme. We need such a scheme-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I doubt that any house in Dublin ended up like the one in the photograph. That is what people in counties Mayo and Donegal must contend with. Their houses are falling down around them because proper standards were not put in place and there were appalling building regulations and regulations for quarries. This matter must be brought to a conclusion and a redress scheme put in place...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: -----it is absolutely deplorable that the Garda Commissioner is still in place two days into the inquiry being carried out involving Sergeant Maurice McCabe.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (28 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I acknowledge the role the post office has played thus far in the life of rural Ireland. It is not acknowledged enough how absolutely vital it is in certain areas. Sinn Féin recognises this but also sees an enhanced role for the post office network far into the future. In our document, A New Deal for the West, we put the local post office at the heart of our plans for communities. We...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I rise to support the areas of natural constraint, ANC, campaign by the Irish Natura & Hill Farmers Association to address the inequality in farm payments. The ANC scheme, which was opened on 6 May 2015, replaced the disadvantaged areas scheme under the rural development programme. It is funded by the European Regional Development Fund, ERDF, which means it is co-funded 54% from...

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (23 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for being here because there are many important issues concerning emigration and the diaspora. Like many others, I was part of that diaspora for many years, so it is personal to us. When one comes from the west of Ireland it is personal to all communities there, given what emigration has done. I thank the Minister of State for presenting his report which I...

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (23 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is part of my job.

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (23 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Senator Davitt is right because Fianna Fáil needs to take a bow. It has definitely contributed to the diaspora, as it has forced hundreds of thousands of young people, husbands and wives to emigrate when it bankrupted the State. I will give it credit for that.

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (23 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Hundreds of thousands have been added to the diaspora. Sometimes, when we use the term “diaspora”, it is as if we are referring to an indigenous people. These people have had to leave their families and communities to find work abroad. They have been forced to emigrate. As a mother of two teenage boys, I do not want to have to look at them on Skype a couple of times a year....

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (23 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I could talk about this for an hour, but I will ask the Minister of State about one of the issues that my colleague raised. The Government must remove the barriers. We want to see concrete evidence that the habitual residency clause and matters relating to farming, access to motor insurance and so on are being tackled. Will the Minister of State ensure that? Will the Minister of State...

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (23 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Would she consider prioritising some of the Irish emigration projects under her creative fund, in particular the projects in Blacksod Bay and Achill in my community? Could she fund those? I thank the Minister of State for being with us, but we need to see action. We are tired of sentiment. When we see action, we will recognise it. We look forward to having the Minister of State back in...

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (23 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am very disappointed that the Minister of State does not know my name.

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (23 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I rise to discuss the imminent, all-out bus strike and the impact it will have on people. I do this in the context of an earlier meeting relating to the national spatial strategy and talk that we will lose the Athlone to Westport route. There are many questions around that, including taking services, including vital transport services, away from rural Ireland. In any survey, people say...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: What about Ballycroy National Park?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am sorry. I thought Senator Coghlan was referring to Ballycroy National Park.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: The deer in Kerry are very smart.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Ballycroy. The Senator should come up to see it.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I want the Leader-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is a pity the Leader did not support Sinn Féin's Private Members' business last week on an integrated system.