Results 1-20 of 218 for long speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (28 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Part of the problem is the pipeline and how long the pipeline is. Since the possible sites were submitted to the Minister, nothing seems to have happened from the school end. Some of the children are in Marsh House, some are in Cavendish Lane and some are near the hat factory. The Minister may have heard Sarah Calvey, the principal, and Sarah Scott, one of the pupils, on "Morning Ireland"...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: What Mr. Cody is saying is that the Revenue Commissioners can manage them, which is good. Mr. Cody said that people still have a final chance to engage with Revenue to avail of the 0% rate. How long will that flexibility last?

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I do not mean in any particular context. The Department would have been notified because we have been dealing with these problems for a long time, as I certainly have been in Mayo, given they were first identified, as the witnesses will know, in Erris and Belmullet and on the Mullet Peninsula. That was in about 2013. I heard pyrrhotite being mentioned at that time, actually in the context...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There is a conflict here. We need to look at the long-term impact on the children who are now being born and those who are growing up in emergency accommodation and unsuitable accommodation. The cost of not investing in housing to provide a home for those children will be huge in the long term. We will have to meet that cost at the same time as all the other costs the Minister mentioned,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I absolutely believe that Deputy Durkan is 100% right. A long-standing Government TD is now saying that it is time to call an emergency. The only thing I would disagree on is that it is actually past time to call an emergency in light of what is happening. I agree 100% that the thresholds are too low. A great many hardworking families in my constituency and across the board are trapped in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...response. I am trying to get greater detail and confirmation of whether the contingency reserve is now within core rather than non-core expenditure. Is the contingency reserve intended to be a long-term feature in our budgets?

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...I apologise, because I had to go to the Chamber for questions to the Minister for public expenditure while the witnesses were here. We agree, however, that it is critical that when they go to vote, and long before then, that people will know exactly what it will mean for their families, for themselves and so on and that we can project that into the future. Macroeconomic modelling is...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: My point, however, is that there is life long learning and education investment. One of the most significant things I found in making comparisons between North and South was the introduction of the DEIS programme here and the difference that made. Were a DEIS programme introduced tomorrow morning, looking at the socioeconomic factors that are impacting education, I do not agree with the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...before the Minister had his homework done. Will the Taoiseach provide an update as to why this emergency funding has been delayed and when it will be paid out? Will he also confirm that the long-promised legislation underpinning the wider scheme will be published and whether that scheme will open in 2024 or 2025?

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...sleeping on the streets. People can accept the use of hotels as an emergency response but the Government is building an industry around it. We must remember that problems in health and housing existed long before the invasion of Ukraine and the increase in asylum seekers. The challenges that are faced by this country are not insurmountable. The Government should not let them be...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: In the meantime, where do the houses that have been demolished and are being rebuilt sit? Why is it taking so long to a new standard? The science and a lot of evidence is available. Why is it taking so long and what will the homeowners who are building right now do?

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: How long has it been with the Government?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...connection fees for other group water schemes in Mayo or the west. We would like to try to clear up how much the connection fee will be, what that connection fee will be made up of and for how long people have to pay for it. It was my understanding that the connection fee has to be agreed to and paid up. Off the top of my head, the latest one we dealt with was regarding the Murrisk...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...it went in in 2018. Could we clear that up? Would there have been an issue if there had been the capacity in the treatment plant from the beginning? Because this was going through the river, how long did the Natura report take? If those two variables were taken out of it, would we be in this situation today or would it have been much more straightforward?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay. On the Natura impact assessment report, how long does this add to the time required for a scheme?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...sign up to this and then it holds up the whole scheme. I am trying to find some solutions here. Does anyone here know what will be the duration of the scheme? Once the construction starts, how long will it take before the water is available?

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 the Taoiseach could provide that note, as well as details on the timeframe envisaged, it would be appreciated. It took a long time to get terms of reference for the inquiry that would, in some way, go towards uncovering the truth around the valproate scandal. I heard what the Taoiseach said about immigration. The fact is we need a national strategy that is fair, efficient and firm and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Spending Code (23 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...the public spending code. Changes to the public sector spending code were announced early last year. It took until the end of the year before the infrastructure guidelines were published. How long will it be before we see the reforms adopted by the Departments? Most importantly, how will the Minister's Department measure the effectiveness of this change?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Private Partnerships (23 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There is no transparency around these contracts, even long after the deals have been signed, so we have to ask where the oversight and accountability are. When the Minister had this portfolio in 2017, the IMF recommended Ireland reduce the sums Departments could spend on PPP contracts. Departments are not supposed to spend more than 10% of the capital budget, as the Minister knows, on...