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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.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: In this committee we are concerned with domestic law as well as EU law. I am seeking to be helpful in order that people have clarity in their own minds as to where their money is going and what it is going towards. I will pass over to my colleague.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Sorry, I see a vote has been called and I will have to leave for that in the Dail.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Two questions that come to mind, which we have already discussed, are: how can we be in this situation where Irish law explicitly prohibits the funding of any factory that produces cluster munitions, and not just direct funding of the production of cluster munitions, and that we end up in this situation where taxpayers' money is being used towards this? The second question is: why on earth...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We need to make a submission to the committee to answer those questions and many of the others that were not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What does Ms Ní Bhriain think this facility means for Irish neutrality?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Does Professor Maguire mind if I go on with some of the other questions? We have limited time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Leas-Chathaoirleach can do so during his questioning. I want to look at the increase in the profits for European arms companies since the invasion of Ukraine and the unfolding genocide in Palestine. Would it be fair to say that we are seeing record profits for European arms manufacturers? Perhaps our guests would speak to that.

Housing for All: Statements (21 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What the Housing Commission report states is that we do not need more of the same. While the Minister and the Government continue with the back-slapping, I want to explain why their housing plan is not working in Mayo. Last year, less than half of the target for newly built social and affordable housing in Mayo was delivered. That has devastating consequences for the county. A woman with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: As we go around to canvass in Mayo, transport and public transport are among the biggest issues that come up. In addition to the lack of bus shelters and basic transport infrastructure, what comes up is the lack of interconnectedness between private and public operators and between city buses run by the likes of Bus Éireann, Citylink and GoBus and Iarnród Éireann services....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 24. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [22999/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (21 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I commend all the communities across Ireland that are seeking to make their town autism-friendly towns. In particular, Ballina is getting together next Thursday to do that. I ask the Taoiseach for his commitment around resourcing the actions that they agree within these towns because it is an important development. It has also happened in Castlebar and many other towns.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Social Justice Ireland today published a damning analysis on the permanent effects of the last couple of budgets on inequality. It reinforces what Sinn Féin has been saying for months now, if not years. The longer this Government is in power, the worse things get. We have the evidence that things are getting worse for those who are crippled by the cost-of-living crisis. The gap...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance the value and number of successful claims under the research and development tax credit made by SMEs and non-SMEs, respectively, in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; if his Department will consider introducing a simplified application process for SMEs to encourage research and innovation among indigenous companies; and if he will make a statement on...