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Seanad: Diaspora Affairs: Statements (6 Mar 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is just more than a year since we had statements on the diaspora in the Dáil so it seems like the perfect time to measure the achievements of the Government based on the commitments made then. Last year, the Government welcomed the publication of the Indecon economic survey of problems associated with returning emigrants. Is the Minister of State satisfied with his Department's...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: The Society of St. Vincent de Paul this morning published a report which finds that poverty doubled among working lone parents between 2012 and 2017. These are parents who have done everything by the book. They get up early in the morning, perhaps even earlier than the Taoiseach himself, yet they have been left behind. This Government is failing working single parents who are living in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (5 Mar 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: On the remarks made by Mr. Gove in October, what changed between October and March that caused him to say access to waters would change if the United Kingdom left the European Union without a deal such that non-UK vessels would no longer have automatic fishing rights? On the vessels impounded last week, if the necessary legislation is not brought forward to avoid it happening again, will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (5 Mar 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: If the UK granted access, would it have to do so for all the EU countries or could a separate arrangement be made for Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (5 Mar 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (5 Mar 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does Dr. Beamish think that impounding boats last week has had an impact?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (5 Mar 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I appreciate that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: This is World Rare Diseases Day. I have spent the morning with the families of people who are suffering from SMA and I am angry beyond words. They have come here to beg for their lives. Earlier we heard from Eimear, a 21 year old who is studying genetics. Like others affected by SMA, she is shutting down and we are allowing it to happen. We are supposed to be living in a Republic in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: First, I send congratulations and solidarity to the family of Pat Finucane on the significant victory in the Supreme Court in London. For the first time there is judicial recognition that no proper investigation under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights was carried out into his murder 30 years ago. The family have struggled for years to get this far and have shown dignity...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: If only.

Seanad: Gambling Legislation: Motion (27 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank Senator Craughwell and the Independent Group for tabling this very important motion, which Sinn Féin will be fully supporting. I also thank the Minister of State for being here this evening and for the work he has already done on this issue. I commend the Sinn Féin MEP, Ms Lynn Boylan, for all the work she has done to address problem gambling. There is an urgent need for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Taxis and Rural Transport Programme: Discussion (27 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I come from Belmullet, which has no transport. We speak about transport as if it has become a recent problem but it has been a problem in rural Ireland for many years. I am glad to be having this discussion. A few issues are arising, including the issue of displacing existing taxi drivers in an area. We do not want to have a situation where...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I welcome the approval of Translarna, which the Cathaoirleach will know I have often discussed in the House in connection with Lewis Harte-Walsh and other boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, DMD. Over the weekend, Lewis's mum, Ann Marie, described it as like winning the lottery, only better. That is good for Lewis and those other boys, but there should not be a lottery situation. The...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: No. We are really talking about-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Has the Leader met any of these children?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will not be distracted by the Leader. The children's families are wondering. Money can be found for so many different things, so why must they have to watch their children shut down in this manner? There will be another opportunity to meet these families on Thursday when they come to protest outside Leinster House. I urge everyone, including parents with perfectly healthy children, to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Law Reform Commission Report on Regulatory Powers and Corporate Offences: Engagement (26 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank Ms Justice Laffoy for her opening statement and for the work the Law Reform Commission is doing on the matter. We all want to get to the same place. The overriding question for me is as follows. Do the witnesses believe what is outlined in the report fills the gap, for example, between this State and Iceland where I believe 27 bankers were jailed? Are they satisfied that it would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Law Reform Commission Report on Regulatory Powers and Corporate Offences: Engagement (26 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Really.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Law Reform Commission Report on Regulatory Powers and Corporate Offences: Engagement (26 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Mr. Byrne thinks financial sanctions are adequate to prevent this from happening again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Law Reform Commission Report on Regulatory Powers and Corporate Offences: Engagement (26 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I know what Mr. Byrne is saying. I am still not convinced, until there is individual and real accountability other than financial sanctions put in place, that we will get the results we need. How many of the convictions have resulted in jail terms?