Results 1,001-1,020 of 4,002 for speaker:Rose Conway Walsh
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union Advisory Committee: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Such lending needs to be progressed, particularly in light of vulture funds and everything else that is going on in the market.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union Advisory Committee: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Since the restricted bond is such a big issue it was surprising that the implementation body did not make any specific suggestions on what needed to be done. It was observed that it was restrictive but no recommendations were made. That is what the Chairman is seeking because it does represent a barrier and fails to put the consumer at the centre of things. It goes against the whole ethos...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union Advisory Committee: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: We see the evolution but it is not fast enough and it is not pertinent enough. There are so many external factors such as Brexit, China, Italy, a trade war in America and the end of quantitative easing. In the context of the cumulative effect of all those factors, we need the credit unions to have as much flexibility as possible in order to adapt to the needs of their consumers who trust...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union Advisory Committee: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: There are other jurisdictions which have successful models of public banking which sit alongside the credit union movement. The committee will continue to pursue this. While the Government is reluctant to examine it, I hope it will be implemented at some stage.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I wish to show solidarity with the thousands of nurses on picket lines all over this State and the thousands of patients and vulnerable people who have had their operations, procedures and appointments postponed. In particular, I wish to show solidarity with and voice my support for those on the picket lines in places like Castlebar and Ballina in my home county of Mayo. We must remember...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: They leave the courts laughing at gardaí and victims knowing that they are free to attack their victims over and over again. We have had 70 hours of filibustering and what I can only describe as time wasting-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: -----on the judicial Bill in this House. Will the Leader invite the Minister for Justice and Equality to the House for a full and frank debate on the issue of crime in our regional towns and villages? It is unacceptable that we are spending so much time on that Bill while leaving businesses that are already struggling and individuals who are being threatened day in and day out vulnerable....
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: It will not be long.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: It is. The Leader can join his mates down in-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I have never been to Venezuela. However, I believe in the right of countries not to have outside interference in their own affairs.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: We should not be interfering.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: We could have a debate about oil and gas too.
- Seanad: Housing Provision: Statements (30 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: It is €67 billion.
- Seanad: Housing Provision: Statements (30 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I welcome the Minister to the House. In 1999, leading academics in University College Dublin published the study, Social Housing in Ireland: A Study of Success, Failure and Lessons Learned. Twenty years on, this study remains the benchmark contemporary study into social housing in this State. It contains in-depth analysis of the variance of social housing from the impact of the built...
- Seanad: Housing Provision: Statements (30 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: A lot of work by a lot of parties.
- Seanad: Housing Provision: Statements (30 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I had to raise a point of order.
- Seanad: Housing Provision: Statements (30 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I also asked about pyrite.
- Seanad: Housing for Elderly People: Motion (30 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Housing for Elderly People: Motion (30 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Housing for Elderly People: Motion (30 Jan 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I second the amendment.