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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 would need more than a minute.

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: The Chair is very good.

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 thank the Cathaoirleach. I am thankful for the discussion so far too. When it is said there is a whole-of-government approach, does that mean there is a section in each of the Departments that deals with North-South engagements, such as capital expenditure, North-South strategy, etc?

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...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: Those business representatives were complimentary of the work being done by the Department. I will just pass that message on. I do, however, think these processes need to be formalised to ensure we are ahead of the curve here. I refer to the many things we need to do on Brexit, for example, in respect of goods and services, and opportunities we need to avail of as they arise. It was...

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 talking about the stage which is almost pre-animation, the very grassroots stage, when, as Ms Deane will know, it can be difficult to access funding. Regarding PEACEPLUS, for example, it is just difficult in terms of the processes involved in a context where an attempt is being made to build capacity in terms of individuals and communities. Did Ms Deane say the civic fund was under the...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: It would be good then to have representatives of the Department of Foreign Affairs come before the committee to allow us to look at the reconciliation fund, the civic fund and the funds that come under their auspices. I recommend the committee take on board this suggestion at some point. Mention was also made of the local authorities, and I absolutely agree about the potential in this...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: There is an onus on local authorities and their members to ensure information concerning this application process for co-operation permeates out and it is not just a matter of the executive of the local authorities pursuing whatever project they might think should be the focus of any such efforts. I say this because, as Ms Deane will know, there are all sorts of activists in different groups...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: This is really good. The committee may also be able to make use of the work being done there too. If we take the area of women in the Constitution, which we are doing, if we can have them in that dialogue it can bring the work a bit further too and have it in our Oireachtas reports. We can see how we can work that. On the ESRI, we have looked a lot at goods for businesses but if it looked...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes. This might be something we will bring up with the Taoiseach again to see how it all fits together and to formalise it because this is what businesses are asking for now in terms of being able to offer support.

Rare Diseases: Statements (6 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am happy to have the opportunity to speak again about the families that have been impacted by valproate. As the Minister knows, Epilim continued to be prescribed to pregnant women, even though there was growing evidence that children of those mothers were being born with fatal valproate spectrum, FVS, disorder. This was a man-made rare disease. It was a preventable disease. Several...

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: At the outset, I thank my colleague, Deputy Pauline Tully, for bringing forward this motion. We certainly need a more humane approach for people with disabilities and carers. We need to work to make a real and lasting difference in people's lives. I know there will be lots of carers and people with disabilities looking in tonight, and as often happens, the picture that is painted is so...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Today, we are marking International Women's Day and at the forefront of our thoughts are the many women living through conflict. Some 600 million women and girls lived in countries affected by conflict in 2022. That represented a 50% increase since 2017. Affected countries ranged from Congo to Ukraine to Palestine. Women suffer the harshest realities of war. In Palestine alone, Israel...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that local authority employees are treated in the same manner as civil servants in relation to situations where staff who are in an acting position do not get the benefit on the point on the pay scale if promoted to a higher role, only benefiting if they are promoted into the acting role; and...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Nursing Homes (29 Feb 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 11. To ask the Minister for Health what assistance can be given to a person who is living in full-time care in a nursing home, registered disabled, non-verbal, and has no family assistance and requires transport for various treatment at different hospitals; who is responsible for transport costs to and from medical appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9701/24]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Nursing Homes (29 Feb 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Where does the responsibility lie for people who are in long-term nursing care and have to access vital hospital services or orthodontic services. I have a case of a person who has been given a bill of almost €2,500 to get the necessary services. The person does not have an income, is on the fair deal scheme, topped up by his disability payment and his family does not have any means...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Nursing Homes (29 Feb 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Much more clarity needs to be brought as to where the responsibility lies so that we can avoid a situation where invoices are being sent to the home of someone who is non-verbal, aged in their 40s and does not have the means. Parents become distraught in thinking they have to somehow find this money they do not have. I commend LocalLink because it is a key to this issue but it does not...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Nursing Homes (29 Feb 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I appreciate that because this is a good example of how we can change things for others. We are not talking about people who can hop on a bus and get to where they need to go. Transport is such an integral part of people being able to keep appointments and get the services they need, and there are not any funds to help people. I am happy to work with the Minister of State to try to solve...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (29 Feb 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Professor Ashe for being here. It is very important, given the week that is in it that the committee recognises the movement during the week on the Belfast High Court ruling on the legacy Bill because that was a substantial piece of our work in supporting the families, Amnesty International and so on. It fits in as well with the committee's visit to the Springhill and Westrock...