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Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I want to deal with the budget. No matter how it is spun, it is an anti-rural budget and it fails to give workers and families a break. I will demonstrate for the Minister of State a couple of ways it does that. The overarching litmus test for the budget was whether it narrowed the gap between the haves and the have nots and if measures contained in it lead to a fairer redistribution of...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I know the Minister of State will but I want to get across the point that businesses and individuals are being fleeced. I am not sure that is fully appreciated. For one's insurance to increase from €19,000 last year without any claims having been made to €49,000 this year to cover two thirds of one's business is not right. I am very concerned-----

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is related to it and I will explain the reason. I refer to the measures that have been included in terms of the contingency fund. From the very beginning we spoke about the rainy day fund and the inflexibility in that in terms of what we needed to do. It is not enough to save those business. I am concerned to hear the Minister of State say that viable businesses will be supported. How...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will say no more. It is not possible to change somebody's behaviour without giving him or her an alternative. It is as simple as that.

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I wish somebody would take the point.

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is the DUP.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: The impact of Storm Lorenzo is on some people's minds today, particularly those in the west. It is also of concern to a number of people who are homeless tonight. It is all right that the Government's message is to stay high and dry but Irish citizens all over this country today and tonight will not have a choice because of a lack of beds. Storms such as this may become more frequent and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: We need to be mindful of the costs involved. Mayo County Council is stating it will have an overrun of €3 million this year. There is a serious lack of funding for the local authorities to engage in the core activities that need to be undertaken. When one adds the expenses necessary to deal with a storm such as Storm Lorenzo, the costs rise. We need a full debate in this Chamber on...

Seanad: Beef Sector: Statements (3 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I welcome the Minister. It is not just today or yesterday that farmers were let down by Governments, but repeatedly. We have the proof of that and we only have to look back at the beef tribunals to see what happened and to examine the pathway of payments to politicians, including some who stand up here now and pretend that they are the saviours of the farming community. It was proven...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Application of VAT to Food Supplements: Discussion (3 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. They say that if this is changed in this budget, no matter what evidence becomes available or what the impact is on people's ability to afford supplements, we cannot change it back to zero.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Application of VAT to Food Supplements: Discussion (3 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: But there is not a concession and I believe that is the key to this issue. Government and Revenue are giving away our authority on this. We are giving away any scope to change our minds once the impact has been studied.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Application of VAT to Food Supplements: Discussion (3 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: We are facing, if we have the 23% VAT plus the 12% tariffs that may come in if we have a hard Brexit, a 35% increase for people who are taking supplements. People take supplements because they need them in the main. The serious consequences of what the witnesses have said is an administrative error are quite daunting. It makes no sense whatsoever. People can then buy these supplements...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Application of VAT to Food Supplements: Discussion (3 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yes, it is bureaucracy gone absolutely insane. Unfortunately, people will have the pay for it in the first instance, with those who need the supplements paying the ultimate price.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Application of VAT to Food Supplements: Discussion (3 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: How dependent on supplements are people with coeliac disease?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Application of VAT to Food Supplements: Discussion (3 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: What does Dr. Clare consider to be the main cohort of people who will be affected? For what types of disease do people need to take regular supplements?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Application of VAT to Food Supplements: Discussion (3 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I imagine we have a significant number of people on statins. Is there a figure for the percentage of the overall population?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Application of VAT to Food Supplements: Discussion (3 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is right. I foresee this leading to widening inequality. Food supplements are already expensive and increasing their cost will separate further those who cannot afford them from those who can. Is VAT applied to food supplements in the North?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Application of VAT to Food Supplements: Discussion (3 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: They normally work out cheaper. I thank the witnesses.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I support Senator Lombard and second his proposal that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine be contacted and that the Minister provide at least an extra week to allow for weather conditions. I wish to discuss the value of family resource centres, of which there are 121 across the State. We have heard from them about the funding cuts made since 2008. In 2008 funding for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Daly, for the work he has done and I wish him well for the future. I thank him particularly for coming to Belmullet hospital and for the courtesy he showed to the staff there and to those protesting outside. I am aware of the issues discussed with him. We will have a follow-on meeting, including on the commitments he made on the day. I had several...