Results 61-80 of 5,900 for speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: The fact is we are subsidising the European arms industry but we do not know exactly by how much.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: It would be true to say that we are subsidising the European arms industry.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I am trying to make sense of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Is that on top of the €6.2 million that was paid in 2023 in off-budget funding for the European Peace Facility?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Is it off-budget because of Article 41.2, which excludes expenditure with defence and military implications?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I ask Ms Filipkova to confirm that the reason the so-called peace facility is off-budget is because Article 41.2 of the EU treaty excludes expenditure with defence or military implications. Is that the rationale for it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Ms Filipkova for that clarification. What guarantees are in place that all additional production is either provided to Ukraine or to national stockpiles? What safeguards are in place to ensure that all supported production does not get sold outside the EU?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: It is my understanding that the European arms industry provides Israel with about one third of its weapons. Would that be right?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Are the same companies that are supplying Israel with arms to carry out genocide able to receive, or are they currently receiving, subsidies from the EU?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Is there somebody here who could answer that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Perhaps our friends from the EU can answer that question. It is an important question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: We should know whether the same companies that are supplying Israel with arms to carry out genocide are either able to receive or currently receiving subsidies from the EU? Is there anything that precludes companies that are supplying to Israel from availing of these subsidies that we contribute to?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I am not asking about specific companies. In all of the Commission's mechanisms, what is there to exclude companies that are supplying weapons to Israel from availing of EU funding to which Irish taxpayers are contributing? Rather than individual companies, what is there to make sure that it does not happen? Is there anything there to make sure it does not happen?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay. I will take it that it is the case Irish taxpayers are subsidising companies that are arming Israel. Does anybody have anything to the contrary?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: That is important.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: It is important that we know what mechanisms there are to stop it going above and beyond that. People want to know. People who are contributing to this, including the constituents I represent in Mayo, would want to know that. I am just seeking clarity on it. It is a key point. Are companies that produce cluster munitions able to receive, or are they currently receiving, subsidies?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: The witnesses cannot answer my question on the other part around whether subsidies are being received from the EU by companies that are supplying arms to Israel.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I am trying to decipher how it is that Irish taxpayers funding cluster munitions is compatible with domestic law. The witnesses would know better than me if it is compatible.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Mr. Ryan is saying that it is compatible with domestic law according to the legal advice that was received.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Obviously it must be compliant with domestic law, however.