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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: This is the framework I am trying to get at. I do not know whether it would be under the shared island unit, the Irish Government or who it would be. I am just trying to get in my head exactly what it would look like and where it would stand. It is almost like uploading the various pieces of academic information to a central portal. This discussion that we have to capture is not being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Dr. Mitchell for her contribution to the discussion conversation about the issue and, as she rightly mentioned, Ireland's Future. There is a richness in it and I do not want to lose any of it. Whether we agree with it or disagree with some of it, we should have it all together. We should not reinvent the wheel. We should progress the conversations at the same pace as people are...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: First, I want to acknowledge the brilliant work of the world-class surgeons, clinicians, consultants, oncology nurses and palliative care staff we have across this island. The cancer expertise we have on this island is absolutely remarkable. I also want to commend the work of the All-Island Cancer Research Institute and wish its representatives well in the high-level joint Euro-American...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: One of the biggest economic and social scandals this country has seen is the defective blocks scandal. Last night, hundreds of homeowners in Mayo gathered at the Great National Hotel in Ballina to tell us how the defective blocks scheme is not working for them. The anguish of trying to access this scheme that is clearly not fit for purpose was palpable. The buck now stops with the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Cathaoirleach for the opportunity to speak. I welcome my Mayo colleagues and also Mr. Kenny. I do not believe we are here to second guess the mandate that has been given to the councillors on Mayo County Council, particularly with regard to the western rail corridor. It means an awful lot to the people of County Mayo and has done for many years now. I hear what the witnesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues: Discussion (11 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: .... Hazzard has already spoken, so many of the questions have been answered. I welcome the witnesses and thank him for their contribution this morning. From the start, the committee has taken a strategic and focused approach to the legacy Act and its implications. The Acting Chair will concur that while there are many things on which members of the committee from different parties do not...

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Let me be clear, Sinn Féin supports the setting up of a sovereign wealth fund. Long-term strategic planning of our public finances across the island is at the core of our vision for a new and united Ireland. There is widespread agreement that windfall corporation tax should not be spent on current expenditure. The unreliable nature of corporation tax means that is the prudent thing to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (9 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1453. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to expediting the emergency department at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14634/24]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Dr. Kelly for his statement. It concurs with a lot of what we have heard on the SPU so far. I will concentrate my time on a concern I have. We are a budgetary oversight committee. I refer to Government expenditure for mica and pyrite homes and what can be done about it within the remit of the Central Bank. On a macro level, we are predicted to spend about €3.65 billion on...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: How should we use the employment data as a sign of economic strength? Dr. Kelly says there is an increased labour force and the low unemployment rates we see across the board. I do not know any state that does not have low unemployment rates at the moment. Are we overreliant on the low unemployment rates to give us a narrative that everything is okay? Looking at that, what are the bigger...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It would appear there are currently a lot of vacancies, but rather than rents coming down, they are being held at a level. Do the witnesses foresee rents on commercial property coming down rapidly over the next months?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is 70,000, okay. Do we know what they had been fixed at or-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Of course, it is not just about having places for people to live, as greatly important as this need is. It is also a matter of the escalating rents, which leave less money in people's pockets to spend in local economies and the knock-on impact of this reality. Turning to human capital and the labour force, looking at an all-island approach to human capital and investment in education and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There certainly are, but there are certainly people who cannot because of the way the welfare and taxation system is designed. We need better congruence in this regard. We will leave it at that for today, unless anyone else online would like to contribute. No one wishes to. I thank everyone for their contributions.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: One of the biggest constraints pointed out to us by business is the lack of housing and the housing crisis. Looking at the target of 30,000 units, we know, and have known for a long time, that this is kind of meaningless in terms of what we need to do to address the legacy that exists in this area. How concerned would the witnesses be about this aspect? How important would they think it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Does the Deputy mind if we conclude at that? We have to be out of here. I thank the witnesses and members for their engagement.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost rental scheme houses in Mayo at present; the plan for this scheme over the next five years for Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12782/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is now more than 900 days since Ireland's plan for the allocation of the EU's recovery fund was signed off. Mr. Chris MacManus, MEP, has been raising this issue continually since then. The EU informs us that €225 billion has been allocated so far. Yet, Ireland is one of only three countries not to have received a disbursement. This is a damning indictment of the Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: At this point, I want to acknowledge Aingeal O'Donoghue and the really good work that she did. It is not easy to set up a unit like that. I want to commend her work and the work that is being done here. I am looking forward to being able to develop some of that in my next slot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am just trying to establish whether there is a dedicated unit in each Department looking at North-South projects and planning. I will explain why I wish to know about this context. There are several reasons. Deputy Louise O'Reilly and I met the British Irish Chamber of Commerce the other day as well, which is the collective representative group for businesses. Its representatives were...