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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I also thank Deputies Farrell and Ó Broin for their work on this legislation. It is an important step forward to protect both students and homeowners. We do not want to discourage people from renting out a room but we feel the generous amounts in tax subsidies allowed should come with a requirement to protect those renting out their rooms. However, the overall issue of student...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I acknowledge the hard and valuable work the 53,000 childminders across the country do. They fulfil a great role. As a parent, I have experience of this. Not everybody can afford long maternity leave. My two children went to a wonderful childminder, Sheila Wilson. They were part of her family and she provided not just a service but had them as part of her family. I know the difference...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Thank you, Chair. Unfortunately, I have a meeting as well, with the Department of public expenditure. We are delighted to have the witnesses here, and I thank Ms Weir and Ms McCrory for the effort in coming down. I am more familiar with the Falls Road than I am with the Shankill but I have been to both and I see a real opportunity here in the work we are doing because it is quite similar...

Nature Restoration Law: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome this motion and the opportunity to speak on the protection and restoration of nature. Sinn Féin completely supports and prioritises the need to protect nature. The scale of the crisis relating to biodiversity cannot be understated. Sinn Féin opposed the nature restoration law but we certainly support the aim behind it. In the absence of real funding, however, we will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: HERe NI (30 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Ms Nelson for taking the time to appear before us. She is very welcome. I read her statement with interest and the contribution she has to make to the discussion on women in the Constitution is hugely valuable, as well as the key issues that affect LGBTQIA+ groups in particular. I value her contribution and hear what she said in terms of not locking out marginalised LGBTQIA+,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: HERe NI (30 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: On the funding framework, what would that look like, because I hear what Ms Nelson is saying and resources are absolutely needed to get the most marginalised voices? That might be practical things, such as childcare, transport and all of those things that are barriers to participation. It takes resources for the animation work that needs to be done in order to build confidence and capacity...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: HERe NI (30 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is very interesting. This committee will be doing work specifically around health and what an all-island health service might look like, using the experiences from North and South. We might bring Ms Nelson's group back again to look in-depth at issues of health.

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Deputy is actually over time, and that is not for the first time either. This is an important issue. The reason it is important is that it is simple to fix, and it could have been fixed. I am sorry the Minister of State, Deputy Dillon, is not here because his party has been in government for 13 years. To be at this stage after 13 years is not acceptable. The Minister of State will...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am glad the Minister for Social Protection is beside the Taoiseach. She might be able to answer this question. She recently announced changes to jobseeker-related benefits. I was contacted by a woman from County Mayo who has worked 30 hours a week cleaning a school for eight years. Every summer, she is forced to sign on. She told me she dreads the summer, every year is a struggle and...

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: If one lives in Mayo or many parts of the west, the struggle to access neurology services is monumental. The regional inequality and inequity are stark. This is the account from just one young woman who is trying to ease her suffering. She is a 40-year-old mother of three young children living in rural Mayo and suffering with debilitating nerve pain in her face, a condition called...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Mr. Cody for being here. His statement is short but it has a lot of information about where we are and the risks ahead of us. The main matter that sticks out is that there seems to be substantially different profiles between the two groups, namely, those who have engaged and those who have not. On the face of it, it seems that larger companies with a larger quantum of debt...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the witnesses for appearing again today, and I acknowledge all the work of the Neurological Alliance and for putting this up the agenda. I am not a member of this committee and I thank the Chair for letting me in today. It is a very important issue for us, and for me living in Mayo. I want to speak of a case and ask advice on it. I have listened with interest while I have been in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Would Mr. Rafferty be able to prepare a note for the committee on the information he has to hand in respect of the breakdown of the €2.2 billion, if that is what it is? Just the information that he has available. That would be really useful for the committee. I want to go to Mr. Rafferty’s statement and the untruth to the effect that the grant covers 100% of the work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am a politician as well. This is absolutely critical and I think the witness underestimates politicians in a sense by putting it all into one category. We absolutely know that we need evidence. The issue with this - and obviously the reason it attracted attention - was that for the first time, it used the €20 billion figure. The focus was so narrow that to have a conclusion like...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We will split up the Donegal representation and go to Mayo now. Obviously, a lot of the issues arising in Donegal are also happening in Mayo. We have a whole list of things that need to happen in Mayo for people to get on and I really welcome the opportunity to talk to our guests here today. I want to start with Engineers Ireland and its opening statement. In one paragraph, Mr. O'Dowd...

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Sinn Féin believes that Ireland can better create a fair, efficient and enforced immigration system by exercising its rights to opt out of a majority of the EU pact's proposals. Sinn Féin opposed the migration and asylum pact for very good reasons. First, it undermines human rights. At the justice committee yesterday, several human rights organisations outlined a number of...

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome this opportunity to discuss some of the issues impacting on farming. I thank the Minister for his statement. In particular, I welcome his remarks around the well-being of farmers. There is not much we can do about the weather in the short term, but there are many actions we can take to serve the financial stability and viability of farms and to alleviate the financial stress that...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (24 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: If I may, I will just ask one more short question on the €1.4 million cost of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use. Is that the annual cost or total cost of that citizens' assembly? Is it in line with the costs of citizens' assemblies held in the past? I ask because it is time for a citizens' assembly on Irish unity. As the Taoiseach knows, the Good Friday Agreement provides for a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: At this point, I want to acknowledge Aingeal O'Donoghue and the really good work that she did. It is not easy to set up a unit like that. I want to commend her work and the work that is being done here. I am looking forward to being able to develop some of that in my next slot.

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: At the outset, I thank my colleague, Deputy Pauline Tully, for bringing forward this motion. We certainly need a more humane approach for people with disabilities and carers. We need to work to make a real and lasting difference in people's lives. I know there will be lots of carers and people with disabilities looking in tonight, and as often happens, the picture that is painted is so...