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

Rose Conway-Walsh: Exactly, and I commend your leadership as Chair in that regard. I know that the families really appreciated it as well last week.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is very clear that Bill needs to be repealed because it is not compatible with human rights legislation-----

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: -----as was ruled on. It is important to say that today. We will continue as a committee in that regard. I am really glad that Professor Ashe is here today. I thank her for taking the time to be with us. This is the piece of work the committee is doing in relation to women, in particular women and constitutional change and women and the Constitution. I commend the witnesses on all the...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: What does the Uganda model, for instance, look like? It is to have an outline in our heads of what "good" would look like in this situation.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am very interested in the constitutional commission that was set up. If the Government were to make a decision to do that tomorrow morning, who would be on the commission? Will Professor Ashe explain a little better what it might look like? Obviously, that commission would then implement all of this work. Who would be on it? What would it look like? Do we know how much funding or...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: Over what period was it held?

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I mentioned the Government having a framework because it should not reinvent the wheel. It is so there is an exchange of learning and a moving forward all the time.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: Maybe the witnesses can answer that through the other questions.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: No, I think we are okay. One thing I would ask about, but we would be able to source it ourselves, is details of the international models outlined by Professor Ashe. It would be very important to put those in any report, so we could learn from them. I am sure there are differences between them that we could then come up with a model through an exchange of learning from those. What does...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: That would be really useful. Notwithstanding the focused investment that needs to be in this area, there are some opportunities as well under PEACEPLUS around the exchange between local authorities across the island. We should have women's groups in Mayo, Cork or different counties able to exchange with communities in the North and have a framework and the academic involvement. The action...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I want this to get to Mayo as quickly as possible and I have liaised with the local authority there in terms of doing some of this work. It is awfully important for us to acknowledge the courage of a lot of the women in these communities who are coming forward to discuss and share their thoughts and ideas with us. I know the committee really values that because it is certainly not easy....

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I want Professor Ashe to bring back to the groups she is working with that the committee really values that work, that they are heard and their opinions really matter. I hope they will see that as the committee evolves with this piece of work. I thank Professor Ashe and look forward to further exchanges in the future. The shared island unit is coming in to the committee next week and that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (29 Feb 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 41. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the planned developments at Belmullet and Ballina District Hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9700/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Feb 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce exemptional measures in terms of eligibility for CID for all educators affected by the recently announced changes to special education funding, given many people are being negatively impacted in their careers such as in this case of a person (details supplied) where they are one contract away from CID in their current...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (29 Feb 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 300. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [3503/24]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Impact of Climate on Public Finances: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (28 Feb 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Professor McMahon for his opening statement. Many of the costs look set to merge towards the end of the current decade. That is something which is not covered by budgetary forecasts. Ideally, how long would budgetary forecasts extend in the context of covering these costs? Is the forecasting horizon as it stands realistic in light of the backloading as opposed to front-loading of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Impact of Climate on Public Finances: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (28 Feb 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Should we be planning for the budgetary implications of failing to meet the targets? Based on EPA projections, the State will be on the hook for a cumulative €3.5 billion. What would that mean in annual costs by 2030?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Impact of Climate on Public Finances: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (28 Feb 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: In light of the costs resulting from the physical risks, would it be advisable to have a dedicated fund for dealing with flood damage and so on?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Impact of Climate on Public Finances: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (28 Feb 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will leave it at that.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Impact of Climate on Public Finances: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (28 Feb 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Leaving the heavy lifting for the next Government to deliver will obviously mean greater pressures on the finances at that point. How are we reconciling all of this? We have identified that there will be a €2.5 billion shortfall in the spending relating to national development plan or of up to €19 billion out to 2030. What are the dangers there in having that hole in the...