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Seanad: Mental Health (Capacity To Consent To Treatment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will not repeat what my colleagues have said. I, too, commend Senator Devine and Ms Grace McManus on bringing this legislation forward. We could have chosen any topic for discussion in Private Members' time but because it is World Mental Health Day, as Senator Devine and Ms McManus reminded us, it was appropriate to do introduce this Bill. It is invaluable to this Chamber that we can...

Seanad: Mental Health (Capacity To Consent To Treatment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: So that stays the same.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Ba mhaith liom comhbhrón a dhéanamh inniu le clann Emma Mhic Mhathúna agus lena leanaí. Bean cróga agus máthair iontach ab ea í. On behalf of the Sinn Féin team in the Seanad, I want to express our sadness and extend our condolences to Emma's children, her daughter Natasha, her sons, Séamus, Mario, Oisín and Donnacha, her father, Peter, and...

Seanad: Budget 2019: Statements (9 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I did not know Fianna Fáil wanted to go into government with Sinn Féin so much. I did not know Fianna Fáil missed it so much.

Seanad: Budget 2019: Statements (9 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: The Senator is missing us.

Seanad: Budget 2019: Statements (9 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Really. Does it not?

Seanad: Budget 2019: Statements (9 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy. Where do I start? I have to refer to my colleague here on the left. I was very confused because I was trying to figure out whether it was a Fianna Fáil or a Fine Gael budget. My colleague kept referring to "we". I am not sure if he was referring to the royal we or what.

Seanad: Budget 2019: Statements (9 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I always listen with interest but what strikes me is that there is lots of confidence but there is still very little supply. The reason I say there is very little supply is that if one is earning €30,000 per annum, one will benefit by 10 cent a day extra or 75 cent per week. If one earns €40,000 per annum one will get a total sum of 58 cent per week in saving in income tax....

Seanad: Budget 2019: Statements (9 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: They do not know who they are any more.

Seanad: Budget 2019: Statements (9 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does the Minister of State agree that 99% of the people would not pay any extra tax under Sinn Féin's proposals?

Seanad: Budget 2019: Statements (9 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is not what Stephen Kinsella said

Seanad: Budget 2019: Statements (9 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: It always adds up.

Seanad: Budget 2019: Statements (9 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Is the Minister of State rubbishing what Stephen Kinsella said?

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I want to talk about the hidden cost of autism and the report that was produced in the last couple of days about the cost to families of children and adults with autism. A cost of €30,000 was cited for private therapies, speech and language or occupation therapy, transport and everything connected with that. There are huge extra costs for families with people with disabilities and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I want to start by referring to the tracker mortgage scandal. What I am being told by customers affected is not matched by what we are being told here. When is the next update on the examination due? Customers are ringing the Central Bank and are being told that the next update has not been scheduled. Can Professor Lane clarify that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Therein lies the problem. The banks are not communicating with their customers. Customers are being bounced from their own banks to the Central Bank to the ombudsman and back again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I understand that. However, customers who have been involved in this process since it began three years ago are at their wit's end. They cannot get answers to the most basic of questions. I will give one example. A person was on a tracker for months in 2007, then moved to a fixed rate. The bank says that the person involved decided to go onto a fixed rate mortgage and, therefore, it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is what is being communicated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Who decided-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: It seems that when people get in contact with the Central Bank seeking answers they are referred on to the ombudsman and there is a circular effect. How does the Central Bank make sure that communication between banks and customers is timely and accurate?