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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: Grand. We will move on to Deputy Smith.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: Mr. Chris Hazzard MP has one question.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I think Dr. Mitchell for being here. I was really keen to have her here since I first saw the launch of her book. I have her book here and it is fantastic. It makes a really positive contribution to the whole discussion and the discussions that we are having on this committee, which obviously surround women and the Constitution and the role that women can play in it and what we need to do....

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I refer to structures to facilitate the dialogue so that we are not reinventing the wheel and that each conversation is adding to the other conversations in it. Sometimes in community development we get stuck at a level. What framework do we need?

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: Is it a digital portal that could be used for feeding into the citizens' assembly whereby we would have everything captured together? I am speaking about bridging the gap between the influence and the policies, and the voices of women and others being heard, and bringing this to a point where they can see real change and their values being reflected in what is designed in policy.

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: Yes.

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...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (17 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 176. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total amount in the community recognition fund; the amount allocated to County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17010/24]

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...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will next meet. [16761/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on all education capital projects in development in Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16348/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the badly needed extension for a school (details supplied) that is stuck on pre-stage 1 and has not progressed to planning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16347/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (16 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide the capital allocation ceiling for the Office of Public Works for 2024, 2025 and 2026; the capital ceilings or projects for the annual priority reserve for 2024, 2025, and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16229/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (16 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 259. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the level of reduction reached to date, as the Government must reduce emissions from the heating of commercial buildings by 20% by 2025 and 45% by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16259/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (16 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of vacant social houses in Mayo; how many specifically in Castlebar and Ballina; the average turnaround time for a social house once it is vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16104/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (16 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected annual cost to the Exchequer of the planned auto-enrolment pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16009/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (16 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 574. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the annual cost to the Exchequer of the means-tested national childcare scheme; the numbers accessing the scheme and the average subsidy per recipient each year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16038/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (16 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 575. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the corresponding saving to the Exchequer through the means-tested national childcare subsidy for every 1% decrease in the average fees using the universal national childcare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16039/24]