Results 301-320 of 4,002 for speaker:Rose Conway Walsh

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: What I want to say, and it is very current, relates to what has happened in terms of the problems that have arisen with the beef industry and the processing companies. That matter did not land on our table today or yesterday. It landed did so under a Fianna Fáil Government which had a close relationships with large corporate donors. Tribunals have proven that there was a direct...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products Availability (10 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Catherine Byrne, for coming to the House to respond to my Commencement matter on the status of the levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel, LCIG, known as Duodopa. The medicine is used to treat advanced Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that affects 12,000 people in Ireland. The uncertainty around the availability...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products Availability (10 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I ask her to ask the Minister, or the HSE directly, to sit down with the manufacturer and negotiate on the price of the drug. I understand the processes involved, the limited resources and everything else around it. However, can the Minister of State imagine what it must be like to be patient No. 82 in this situation? I cited the example of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products Availability (10 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I very much appreciate that. Could the Minister of State ask the Minister if it could be included in the July meeting, if at all possible?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Many people who receive various types of social protection payments still find themselves living in poverty. In many cases, pensioners who only receive the State pension are still living in poverty. I come across more and more pensioners who do not even get the State pension because of the many deductions and anomalies that apply. I asked previously that the Minister come to the House to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is not often Senator McDowell usurps me.I agree wholeheartedly with what he said in the context of what James Nesbitt and Harold Good said over the weekend. What Senator McDowell outlined can be very simply done through this House. We have done some very good things. I want to see the House play a part in the consultations, just as my colleague, Senator Ó Donnghaile, and Senator...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank our guests for their presentation on behalf of the Garda. I have just a couple of questions. In October 2018, PULSE was updated and insurance fraud was then categorised. What was the classification before then?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: There is reference to economic crime. How is economic crime defined?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: In determining the increase or decrease in insurance fraud, do we not have any empirical data from before 2018?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does Mr. Lordan believe it needs to be made an offence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: If the absence of an offence of insurance fraud creates difficulty for the Garda, it would obviously need to be classed as a crime.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: These offences are all categorised now and the Garda has been able to measure and monitor them since 2018.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: The witnesses referred to the pilot projects, one of which is in County Mayo. How would an insurance company report insurance fraud differently under one of these projects? Will the witnesses would talk me through the steps involved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: To clarify, where is this administrative work done? Is the team in Castlebar?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: There is an administrative team there dealing with insurance fraud only.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is not particular to insurance fraud.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: How long has the pilot project been running?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Is it too soon to tell what the outcomes are?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: In terms of the training that is being done, what does that constitute? For example, for how long will a garda or sergeant be trained in insurance fraud?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: For how many days does the training last?