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Brexit and Business: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...severe being a hard Brexit, which is a real possibility now. It confirmed at the time what we already knew, namely, that there will be no good Brexit for Ireland, with a crash-out Brexit being all too real a possibility. I read the report again and it highlights how rural Ireland would be particularly hit. It predicted a loss of 30,000 jobs in the food sector in the event of a no-deal...

Roadmap for Living with Covid-19: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I want to concentrate my remarks on front-line staff and their situation in terms of burnout and stress. Front-line staff are at burnout and cannot continue to work overtime in understaffed conditions. This is not safe or fair to the staff or the patients they care for. Trolleys line the corridors and there is not enough staff to look after patients. Staff are being moved from one area to...

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (22 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Bill is in many ways a step in the right direction and banks and financial institutions need to be held accountable for protecting their customers and for being scammed and facilitating illegal activity. As previously stated, this Bill is intended to transpose this fifth EU anti-money laundering directive into Irish law. The directive represents improvement in exposing the secretive...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Admissions (9 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Like the Deputy, I encourage people to look at all the pathways that are available. I am concerned about the students who are contacting me who went through all the options last year. One student, for example, got 517 points. He had to have his grades re-examined and by the time he did so he was too late for a college place this year. It is those students who worked the hardest and gave...

Back to School, Further and Higher Education and Special Education: Statements (3 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will share time with Deputy Ó Laoghaire. I am encouraged by what the Minister and Minister of State have said today, on which I have some questions. Will they make a clear commitment to implement option 1 of the Cassells report which requires substantial increases in the level of State funding? Pushing the ever-increasing fees and escalating costs on to students and their families...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Central Bank issued a report on the SME sector yesterday and it made for very stark reading indeed. It tells a story of less money coming in. Some 39% of firms report that invoices have gone unpaid. Small businesses are struggling to get banks to lend to them. Unpaid invoices have a knock-on effect on the whole of the supply chain and we need to be conscious of that. Whether we are...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Jul 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It was obvious from the beginning that this global pandemic that a European response was required to meet the unprecedented challenges relating to Covid-19. We therefore welcome this Bill. The support to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency, SURE, instrument within this Bill provides for €100 billion to be raised on the capital markets by the EU Commission. This will enable...

Maternity Leave Benefit Extension: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: This motion is enormously important to thousands of mothers and families throughout the State, as the Minister acknowledged. I also acknowledge the work done by the National Women's Council of Ireland and the group campaigning to extend maternity leave in 2020. I further acknowledge Deputy Kerrane for bringing the motion before the House. We are only talking about 12 weeks, or 60...

Covid-19 (Rural and Community Development): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Go raibh maith agat. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Ring, and this opportunity to get answers to some questions. I thank the Minister for the funding that has been made available to the community and voluntary sector and I commend the meitheal of volunteers that have done Trojan work throughout the country. We need to examine the value of the community and voluntary sector. I refer the...