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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: He or she would have to wait for three months. Why are so many people being told they will have to wait lengthy periods and consequently going for private assessments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does the HSE have a way of quantifying the number of people who go for private assessments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Are all private assessments acceptable to the HSE? I am aware of people who obtained private assessments from qualified individuals and who were then told that these were not acceptable to the HSE. Can the witnesses give some guidance to parents on whether a private assessment for which they may have to beg, borrow or steal the money will be acceptable to the HSE and will allow them to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Is that communicated to GPs? If GPs are the first point of call, what clear pathway do they have in terms of guidance from the HSE on where to guide and direct people? We earlier heard that parents are accidentally finding out about the limited services that exist and how to access them. Is there a written access pathway available and presented to all GPs to help them to guide parents?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I understand that. I am trying to understand communications with GPs. Have GPs currently got some kind of guide which tells them exactly what advice to give to parents? Can a person going to a GP be certain that the GP has the full information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Have services been reconfigured in CHO 2?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: When is CHO 2 going to be reconfigured?

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I want to express my solidarity with and send my best wishes to the family of Pat Finucane who today launched a bid in the UK Supreme Court in London to hold a public inquiry into his murder. The need for an inquiry was agreed at Weston Park in 2001, but the need for truth and disclosure is widely accepted and needs all sides to be supportive of these efforts. Some of the documentation from...

Seanad: HIQA Report on Tusla: Statements (26 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to discuss the report. The inconsistencies raised in the HIQA report are stark, as the Minister said. It damages confidence significantly in a body that is our first defence in child protection in this State. I am glad that at the outset of her contribution the Minister acknowledged the source of this report in terms of what Sergeant Maurice...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank Mr. Byrne for his presentation. At the outset, I wish to ask about the implications for AIB of the Nadine Thompson case yesterday whereby the bank was found to have failed to notify her that her debt had been transferred to a separate entity in 2006. Has AIB made provision for that? Are our guests surprised by the finding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Mr. O'Keeffe is not at all concerned that there might be wider implications in the context of other people who were not notified about the transfer of their loans.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am sure we will talk about it again at a later date. On what date did the bank accept that the EBS cohort was affected by the tracker mortgage situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: When was the first complaint received?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Is it not because of the cases of so many determined families and advocates such as Padraic Kissane that this was exposed? The Central Bank ultimately determined the final matter. It was not just a matter of AIB working through all this and making decisions. If it was not for those determined families and advocates such as Padraic Kissane, this would never have come to the fore. It would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I would say that the families and the people who were impacted upon are extremely relevant. We will agree to disagree on that. I know we are very limited on time, but who was responsible for the scandal in AIB?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Will Mr. Byrne please indulge me?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Is Mr. Byrne not concerned that his bank, even at this stage, cannot identify who made this mistake which ended up costing the State €230 million? Is he not really concerned?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: The bottom line is that what was done cost the State €230 million and nobody is responsible. That is of concern to every Irish citizen. It will continue to be a concern. The bank implements a 20% stress on foreign earnings when an applicant seeks a mortgage. I understand the rationale for that but, given the nature of our island economy, using the maximum available stress rate is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Mr. Byrne is not going to look at it at all. He is going to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I ask that Mr. Byrne ensures that it is because he owes a debt of gratitude to all of the citizens on this island. That would be one way to facilitate people and not to mitigate against people who work on the other side of the Border, which should not be there. Why did AIB not answer the question of when 100% of the deferred tax assets will be used up? We did not ask when 89% would be used...