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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yes. I suppose it is about having information on insurance companies making wild claims, yet not being able to substantiate them. They certainly do not produce raw data in a way that others do, so that the claims can be contested. When representatives of the Central Bank appeared before this committee, I asked them if they were satisfied they were getting data that had been requested....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: In the Minister of State's engagement with the industry, has he encountered resistance to the suggestion of data publication or transparency?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: I would welcome that. What collaboration has the Minister of State had with the Judiciary? Has it approached this project as something that it wants to be a part of or has it retreated in any way so that it can make some point about independence? What has it indicated to the Minister of State about its approach to the new book of quantum?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: Has the Judiciary expressed a willingness to consider this matter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: There will be a missing link if we do not get buy-in from the Judiciary, notwithstanding the independence that it needs if we are to operate effectively. It needs to be on board with this no less than the Central Bank, which has a role to play in protecting consumer rights. I am not confident that the Central Bank has been playing that role in the way that it should. This has in part...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State. The committee's report suggests a special regime for whiplash and soft tissue injuries, but I am not 100% convinced about this. Would it be constitutional to work such a regime in practice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: To suggest a special regime for it-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: -----would be unconstitutional. It should be borne in mind that whiplash is the most common injury in car accidents. People should not be excluded. I detest how the motor insurance has held up whiplash victims of road traffic accidents as the main cause of the significant increases in insurance costs. It is not right and we should not feed into it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: I look forward to working with the Minister of State in the coming months to make a difference to this issue. I appreciate his work to date, but the proof of the pudding will be in the eating, in how many of our recommendations we can implement and in how quickly legislation can be introduced to make the changes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is also fraudulent to take money off somebody under false pretences. When the data are not there to back up the circumstances whereby companies are taking money off people, one can also turn it the other way around. I will conclude on that point. I look forward to working with the Minister of State in the coming months on the implementation of the process.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Employment Service (23 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to talk about this very important issue. I speak today in the context of the figures released that 52% of the total number of people unemployed are long-term unemployed and that 82,000 are participating in jobs schemes. I am deeply concerned about the involvement of foreign private contractors delivering similar services to that already provided...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Employment Service (23 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister for the response. In the first instance, in the European Union procurement rules there was no obligation on the Irish Government to privatise these services. I believe it is the wrong direction in which to go. The Minister said this was additionality in terms of the LES and the services already in place. I disagree fundamentally with that because if it quacks like a...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Employment Service (23 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: Do they refer back to the Department?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yesterday, I referred to my colleague, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, who announced a ministerial plan to reform the rates system in the Six Counties. His reform package includes a recognition that small businesses that have not thrived under the previous rates system are in need of assistance. Provincial towns that have not yet benefitted have been mentioned as the areas that will...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: At the outset today, I extend my condolences to the family of William Trevor and to acknowledge the wonderful work he did in highlighting serious issues in our country.I say it particularly given that I am from the place. I was an extra in "The Ballroom of Romance", which was made in Ballycroy, County Mayo, although Glenfarne in County Leitrim would like to claim responsibility for it....

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is worth a read, and I suggest the Leader take it home and have some bedside reading. We must also address the flip side of the argument. Continuing with the status quowould deny the island such an economic boost. It is not just an issue for Sinn Féin. It will impact on us all. I ask for a debate to invite the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, to discuss the economic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Permanent TSB (22 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: Many of the questions I wanted to ask have been asked and answered. We have been told that Permanent TSB is over the worst. I welcome this confidence and hope it is well placed. However, we must bear in mind that the bank failed the ECB stress test not 1 million years ago. Only six months ago in a trading statement, Permanent TSB stated it may not generate the return on equity of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Permanent TSB (22 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: Mr. Masding has painted a rosy picture. In regard to his statement that the bank is now ready to move on to phase three - growing the group - what does that mean for competition in the Irish banking sector and physically in terms of the bank infrastructure? Can we look forward to the opening of more branches, a better geographical spread of same and more jobs? Will Mr. Masding confirm that...