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Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: The high level of NPLs should not be used as an excuse. The Senator is bringing the NPLs into it. It should not be to reduce customers' rights. The Bill was sold to us as covering the owners of the credit and it is not doing that, which is what really concerns me. Credit servicing firms are already covered and this is what is confusing about the Bill. As what the Senator is describing is...

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am coming to this from a very genuine position. I feel there are loopholes in it. While people somehow believe this Bill will be the salvation of the selling off of mortgages to vulture funds and all that, I do not think it will do that. It will leave gaping holes that will expose consumers and mortgage holders in the same way as they have been heretofore.

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I regret there is no Report Stage to tease this out properly because it warrants further discussion. Securitisation is a loan sale through the back door. It has the same impact on the consumer as a loan sale. I have a feeling we will be discussing this in another forum but, as there is no Report Stage, I will withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Finance (African Development (Bank and Fund) and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Sinn Féin supports the Bill. It is right that Ireland should play a part in supporting development in Africa. A different model is needed than that of the old foreign development aid, which tended to extract as much from African countries as it gave. I note that most of the money given out by the African Development Bank is for key infrastructure such as roads, water supplies and...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister. I certainly welcome the Bill. It is long overdue. As the Minister stated, the Bill will enable Ireland to ratify the Istanbul Convention which was signed on 5 November 2015. I understand that much of what enables us to ratify the convention has been included in the Domestic Violence Act 2018. That was one of the greatest achievements of this House since I entered...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I move amendment No. 36:In page 15, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:"(4) Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply to a medical practitioner acting in good faith.".

Seanad: Centenary of 1918 General Election and Irish Women’s Right to Vote: Motion (13 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I too commend the Vótáil 100 committee under the chairmanship of Senator Bacik. We had a very successful year and it was great that the committee crossed parties and everybody made a contribution. I also commend the individuals and the organisations throughout the country and beyond who organised events to mark the anniversary of 100 years since women got the vote, the suffrage...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: As we watch the ever-evolving crisis in Westminster, Theresa May facing a no-confidence vote in her leadership and the possibility of a no-deal Brexit increasing, we must prepare on that basis that we will have a no-deal Brexit. We owe it to businesses, families and every citizen who will be affected if there is going to be a hard Brexit. Indeed, we will be affected whether there is a soft...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Our business is to protect the rights of Irish citizens north, south east and west, as well as our diaspora. We must do this by holding rock solid on the agreed backstop as set out in the withdrawal agreement and by ensuring there is no return to the hard border. We must ensure that citizens' rights are protected and that the Good Friday Agreement is upheld in all of its parts. That is the...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Let those in Fine Gael go up to the North and take their seats above. It is available to Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael or anyone else.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Let those in Fine Gael go up and stand in the North and take their seats.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Those in Fine Gael might have only discovered the Six Counties recently, but those in Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are free to go up to the North, get their mandate and take their seats in Westminster any time they want.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I think you are right, a Chathaoirligh. I need to address an important issue today, as well as what is happening yonder. I refer to the ESRI report released yesterday showing that low-income households stand to lose most from the budget in 2019. The institute predicts that all household incomes will be down by 0.6% on average. Yet, higher income households will benefit from the USC...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is why we have a Minister for rural affairs.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: They have a seat obsession.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I did not say he was not. It was not me who said it.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: She said there were three rural transport schemes-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: The Leader should tell that to his colleagues because day after day they stand up saying it is not.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: The loophole happened within the past 30 days when the vehicle was set up.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I referred to the analysis in yesterday's ESRI report. It is not Sinn Féin's analysis.