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Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Leader. Listening to yesterday's debate on the scandal of waiting lists, I very much welcome Fine Gael's conversion to Sinn Féin's position, one that has been roundly criticised as fantasy economics by the Leader himself on many occasions. For many years Sinn Féin has produced alternative budgets that honestly set out the measures needed to address the shortcomings in...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I doubt if it will be satisfactory, but I wait in anticipation for words of wisdom.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is why we need a united Ireland and a whole island approach, as the Senator knows.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: What nonsense.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Can the Leader explain why so many people are in pain?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am really interested in it.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: It also has a responsibility not to leave hundreds of thousands of people in pain, which is what the Government is doing.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: It has not rescued people who are in pain and waiting for treatment.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: The Leader cannot have it both ways. If he was not full of admiration for himself-----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: We absolutely welcome that.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: We look forward to the Government putting pressure on the British Government to open the legacy files.

Seanad: Amendments to Councillors' Conditions: Statements (8 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister and broadly welcome the recent changes he announced, as well as the modest increases in salary and expenses. These should be applied across the board and not just to rural councils. Being a county or city councillor is more than a full-time job and all we are looking for is equality and fairness across the board. I was elected to serve the west Mayo area for seven...

Seanad: Amendments to Councillors' Conditions: Statements (8 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: They provide this public service in an admirable and hard-working manner. The councillor is currently undervalued as we have all said. There is an increased workload on local councillors who are now expected to be available in the community on an almost 24-7 basis, 356 days of the year. The proposal that rural councillors receive an outright pay increase while their urban-based colleagues...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Investigations into Tax Rulings (resumed) (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Mr. Redmond spoke about our reputation for certainty, which is an important word. However, does he think companies have located in this country because they were certain that they would have to pay little or no tax?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Investigations into Tax Rulings (resumed) (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: On that basis, there is no threat to multinationals investing in Ireland regardless of the outcome of the tax ruling or what tax they might have to pay in the future. Mr. Redmond is saying the taxation element of our competitiveness is almost insignificant in attracting foreign direct investment. People are quite happy with the 12.5%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Investigations into Tax Rulings (resumed) (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Imagine if absolutely no methodology was used and one could not trace anything. How would that make matters appear? One hears somebody say to the US Senate that they had a special agreement, but then one hears a few months later that there was no special deal in place. Imagine how confusing that is for ordinary Irish people and, indeed, for people who are thinking of investing here. All...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Investigations into Tax Rulings (resumed) (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does Mr. Redmond think it was negligent of the Government not to have some type of methodology that could be introduced now? That is the crux of the matter. If the methodology was in place, I believe the EU Commission would be happy with whatever way it was used. What does Mr. Redmond think of the absence of the methodology?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Investigations into Tax Rulings (resumed) (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is very difficult to be consistent when one has no methodology or nothing with which one can compare things. I accept that we have a well educated workforce but, looking at the tables for education throughout the world, believing the reason multinationals are attracted to Ireland is that somehow we are more educated than the people of other countries does not hold true. I will move on to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Investigations into Tax Rulings (resumed) (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: For example, are there companies paying 0.005% tax?