Results 1,701-1,720 of 4,002 for speaker:Rose Conway Walsh
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Role and Operation of National Development Finance Agency: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: Very well. I will leave the questions at that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Role and Operation of National Development Finance Agency: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: When the first profit warnings were coming in, at what point did the NDFA contact KPMG? Did it formally contact KPMG to tell them that their financial opinion in the audited accounts appeared to be incorrect?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Role and Operation of National Development Finance Agency: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: Has the NDFA had any formal engagement with KPMG?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Role and Operation of National Development Finance Agency: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: None whatsoever. I suggest it does so.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: I welcome the recent announcement regarding the traditional harvesting rights of the seaweed harvesters along the western counties, including my county of Mayo. From the very beginning of the lifetime of this Seanad, it is an issue we have fought hard to put right. We had major concerns around the harvesting of seaweed, with particular concerns rooted in the sell-off of Arramara Teoranta to...
- Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: I would like to thank Senator Higgins for tabling these amendments, and to say I am fully supportive of them. It is vitally important that this board, which pans so many Departments, has a constitution that sets best practice, in terms of gender balance, duration and everything else. It is crucially important we get this right. This board needs to lead the way in many things. There are...
- Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: I support this. I do not think a cohort of people can be excluded, certainly not local authority members who, as has been the case in recent years in particular, come from a variety of backgrounds. There was a time Mayo County Council when more than 50% of the members of Mayo County Council were auctioneers, but that is a number of years ago now.
- Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: It was a lot of auctioneering talent when planning decisions were being made. It is important that they are not excluded from being on the board.
- Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: On a point of clarification, will the CEOs of local authorities be eligible to serve on the board?
- Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: I would have a difficulty with it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: I commend the witnesses for the work they have done over the years. What is Mr. O'Flynn's background?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: I do not want to go into every detail. Is it in finance or economics?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: I completely agree with Mr. O'Flynn on that. His campaign is a demonstration of what people achieve when they have passion and purpose. I commend Mr. O'Flynn in that regard. The European Central Bank has stated this issue could be tackled, but that it would be very difficult to do so. Does Mr. O'Flynn have that in writing? Did he say he had a report?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: It was within the ECB that the official asked that their names not be mentioned.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: Was the meeting minuted? Does Mr. O'Flynn have a note on it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: Does Mr. O'Flynn have the minutes of any of the meetings either with the Central Bank or-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: Mr. O'Flynn has a note of it. We are completely supportive as a cross-party committee on the issue, something Mr. O'Flynn has sought. He has said he obtained legal advice on it and believes it can be challenged in terms of the legalities. From where did he receive that legal advice?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: Mr. O'Flynn mentioned a Supreme Court case.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: Which Supreme Court is it?