Results 201-220 of 4,002 for speaker:Rose Conway Walsh
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I will make some general comments about it.I feel I need to because our democracy is predicated on one person, one vote. There are Senators here who might think that does not apply to them-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: -----and say they are all at it, in a bid to revive the Teflon cloak that has kept them going throughout the years. The question is what would happen if an ordinary citizen rocked up to a polling booth and voted for somebody else or voted twice.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: The Garda would be called. Voting twice for an absent colleague is not normal practice. I will talk about this Chamber. It is very different for one of us to come in here and sit in someone else's seat and to press the button for somebody who is here, but where somebody is not in the Chamber, those doors are locked for a reason. They are locked and the Senators inside the doors are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the delegates for their presentation. A lot of good and necessary work is being done in mapping, evidence and information that we need. The key to it is not so much the figure of €6.23 billion but where it goes and the policies we have in place to make sure it is going to the right places. When I say "the right places," I mean the communities most affected by marine issues -...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I would not want items such as the Corrib gas project to be included. There is minimal benefit to the community from the employment created and Dr. Connolly knows that there are enormous tax concessions for the project that enable no corporation tax to be paid for 20 to 25 years. Are there specific studies outside of Ireland's Ocean Economy of where the benefits are and the costs involved,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: What is Dr. Beamish's concept of a supertrawler?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: That is correct.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I understand that. Is Dr. Beamish concerned about the impact on sustainability of the supertrawlers, given the dredging in which they engage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Is Dr. Beamish content that they operate in an ecologically friendly matter?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Does Dr. Beamish think we are fulfilling that control responsibility?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I have a question about the economic impact of Brexit, especially in the context of the landbridge, aquaculture and the problems that might present. The report explains the matters related to the bands of less than 20 hours, up to 40 hours and 60 hours, with the impact they will have on the small shellfish exporter in Ballina. I also want to ask about the assessment of whether there will be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: What are the tariffs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Is Dr. Beamish satisfied that we are prepared enough to protect that trade with regard to where we are now with Brexit?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: There is a lot of concern, especially in respect of the landbridge and how people are going to get from A to B with such a perishable product. This report is very good but Brexit could throw it out the window along with the 2030 projections. That is my concern. On the co-ordination role and the national grid and wave energy, and specifically the wave energy project off the coast of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: If he could, I would thank Mr. Finucane for that. Reference was made to the local authorities' responsibility for funding of coastal erosion measures. Severe damage that was done in the major floods in 2013 have not yet been repaired and there is not nearly enough funding for this. There are two issues. One is the funding that is allocated to it and the other is consultation with local...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: This is more important, but I thank the Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: How can the witnesses reconcile the changes, and do they support the changes, in the oil and gas industry with regard to fossil fuels being one of the major contributors to emissions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I am trying to fit it all in together. I cannot reconcile the fact that is front and centre of this issue; how the witnesses' organisations perceive the future of fossil fuels and the oil and gas industry. Do they agree with the changes proposed by the gas and oil industry to not have new licences?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: That is significant. It is important that all of this is compatible with Government policy on the oil and gas industry. I will conclude on seaweed. To date, we have not exploited the seaweed industry in the way we need to on behalf of coastal communities. This is why in 2012 I disagreed so much with the sell-off by Údarás na Gaeltachta of Arramara Teoranta. I thought it was a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Have the licences been granted for the west coast?