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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I want a "Yes" or "No" answer-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I want confirmation of two things. I ask the Minister to confirm that the allocation for new measures is less in this economic statement than it was last year. It is €1.8 billion this year and it was €2 billion last year. Is that correct? This is for new measures overall.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is much less this year because of the pay deal. Is that the case?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I ask the Minister to give us a note.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is the same as it was last year-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: -----even taking inflation, etc., into account. On the capital budget, I see it as being €1.5 billion short based on the 5% of GNI* committed to when the review took place in 2021. Is that a correct reading of it?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is true. I just want to open the debate with the Minister.

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We are here again discussing this motion, for which I thank the Social Democrats, but I wonder how many more motions we will need. I do not see the type of progress needed. In this regard, we should bear in mind Natasha O'Brien, Bláthnaid Raleigh and the women of Women of Honour. Like so many others, I watched in absolute horror the footage concerning the women of the FAI, who are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (10 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total amount of pre-committed capital investment in retrofit to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30272/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome that it is happening, but it should happen this week to give the Dáil and the media committee a chance to debate the proposal. Sinn Féin has called on the Government to scrap the television licence, as the Minister will be aware, and to fund RTÉ and other broadcast services directly because the TV licence is outdated and regressive. It is wrong that people are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is accountability.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 38. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he has any plan to extend the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General to public bodies such as RTÉ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29546/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What plans does the Minister have to extend the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General to public bodies such as RTÉ? As soon as the RTÉ scandal broke we in Sinn Féin called on the Government to bring the broadcaster under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General, the State auditor. When will this be done?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is very important this is done. It is important that it is done in conjunction with the future funding model of RTÉ. There is no better form of financial oversight and it would immediately increase the transparency and accountability needed to restore confidence. This is why we produced the necessary legislation in the weeks following the scandal. It is a simple and direct...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Summer Economic Statement (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I look forward to the meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight tomorrow evening. I am sure the Minister understands why we need the figures for the budget preparation. I refer to what the Minister stated is provided for health. He is providing €1.5 billion in funding for the health service this year. That will be in the base for 2025, but the Government is then providing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Summer Economic Statement (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What has been announced today for the health service does not provide for any measures to increase capacity or improve services: it simply allows it to stand still. The capital budget outlined in the statement leaves the budget short by €1.5 billion, based on the targets of the national development plan, in terms of the 5% of GNI*. Sinn Féin wanted to see a change of course...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Summer Economic Statement (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the budgetary package for public expenditure outlined in the summer economic statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29544/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Summer Economic Statement (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I really appreciate that. I take this opportunity to offer my sincere condolences to the family of John O'Mahony. My thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Gerardine, and their five daughters, as well as the wider family and friends, including his wider family in the GAA and the Fine Gael Party. I offer my condolences to the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, and all his colleagues. I served with...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank my colleague Deputy Carthy for tabling this motion. When I entered the Seanad, it was my colleague Deputy Pádraig MacLochlainn who first told me this absolutely unbelievable story. It is as unbelievable today as it was then. I am absolutely astonished that the best the Minister can provide is that she will write to the justice committee to allow it time. Time? How much...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of removing fares for all Dublin Bus journeys; clarifying if this includes recent temporary fare reductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29528/24]