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Seanad: Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister for coming to the House as I appreciate it is a busy time for her. As has been said, I would appreciate it if she could come back on a fairly regular basis to report to us on this matter. I acknowledge and thank Senator Boyhan for sharing his personal experience with us. It was very powerful and I acknowledge what he brings to the House with his own experience. Once...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I commend all of our carers and those who provide home help on the work they do throughout the country, including in my community. This is a battle we have been fighting since 2010 when drastic cuts were made to home help hours. Previous to these cuts, we had a very good system in which people were employed by the HSE, paid a proper wage, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Mr. Healy's response is extremely unsatisfactory-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Several of my questions were not answered. The witness spoke about the tendering process and the fact that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Has an analysis been done on the cost of the provision of the service of an hour of home help from the HSE as opposed to a private provider? What formal communications does the HSE have with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection? Is the witness going to seriously look at applying a one hour minimum?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Is the HSE going to look at bringing back a one hour service? A yes or no answer will suffice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am talking about the decision-making process in terms of the analysis of whether it is better to have people directly employed by the HSE or whether it is better to provide them through a third party. The witness has said that people wanted a choice, and that is why the service was privatised and thousands and thousands of hours were cut.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: People were left in a situation in March where all of the workers from one of the private providers were gathered together and told that they would no longer be providing care after 15 April. All of those workers were left in a hugely precarious situation and caused huge concern in the community that there would be no home help provided. The witness is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: -----painting a picture and saying that the tender has been issued and that everything is under control.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. This Commission package did not come out of the blue. On the one hand, we have the ECB saying that it is up to banks to deal with NPLs and, on the other, the European Commission just happens to introduce proposals to facilitate the vultures and accelerate the enforcement of loans secured by collateral. What co-ordination has there been between...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: What was the input of the Central Bank and the Department to those proposals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I understand all that but what was the input of the Central Bank and the Department into this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: What input does the Central Bank plan to have in the future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: If we have a crash similar to that experienced recently or there is an economic slump, many people will lose their jobs and be unable to pay off their loans. How does a bank having additional reserves change any of that? What difference will it make? Is there anything in these proposals that will protect the homeowner or landowner?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Surely that would mean that homeowners or landowners would lose their assets more quickly. If banks are being told to deal with borrowers earlier, then people would not be given a chance to recover.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I understand that. We do not need to engage in an exercise on how the system works. I am concerned that these proposals may result in additional pressure on the banks. I recognise their merits on a macro level but I am concerned about how we can ensure that the banks have proper and meaningful engagement with borrowers at an earlier stage. How do we make sure that is done rather than what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does that apply to land? Would it apply to farmers, for example, whose land is their main asset?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Most farmers would not be affected at all in that case, given that there are not many farmers in the west of Ireland who can boast of a turnover of €3 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: That would not affect the behaviour of the bank towards consumers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Given the stake that the people have in the banks, what would be the implications for the capital positions of the banks if this were to be implemented tomorrow? How will the new provision interact with the capital requirement rules that are already in place? I also want to know about the impact on interest rates.