The unit within the Taoiseach's Department must deliver tangible results, not least for scoliosis patients who have been let down. Sixteen-year-old Mikey Henry is a scoliosis patient. I have approached the previous Taoiseach, the previous Minister for Health and the current Minister for Health and there is no response. All I am asking for, and all Mikey Henry's parents are asking for, is an opinion from a spinal spec…
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Rose Conway-Walsh
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518
questions asked
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94,087
words spoken in the chamber
Across 490 contributions
377
votes recorded
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169
topics asked about
Across 20 departments
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Questions asked 518 in all
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| December 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 5 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 27 | 33 |
| March 2025 | 37 | 24 |
| April 2025 | 24 | 30 |
| May 2025 | 83 | 30 |
| June 2025 | 31 | 18 |
| July 2025 | 41 | 14 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 14 | 19 |
| October 2025 | 12 | 17 |
| November 2025 | 36 | 58 |
| December 2025 | 20 | 34 |
| January 2026 | 13 | 35 |
| February 2026 | 33 | 28 |
| March 2026 | 18 | 14 |
| April 2026 | 28 | 35 |
| May 2026 | 23 | 24 |
| June 2026 | 16 | 20 |
| July 2026 | 34 | 15 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 10 | 27 |
| October 2026 | 13 | 15 |
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- constituency Mayo 29 November 2024 to now
- party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
A second opinion, yes, please. That is all.
The parents for their child, just to see if there is anything that can be done before things get too bad.
31. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education and disability will meet next. [7770/25]
I have met with special needs co-ordinators in Mayo and they have raised two serious issues with me. The first concerns students in mainstream classes with mild to moderate learning difficulties accessing the junior cycle level 2 learning programmes. These students required specialised special education needs teaching. However, the National Council for Special Education, under the auspices of the Department of Educat…
And the extra hours.
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta Ó Snodaigh agus Eoghan Finn for tonight. Ar dtús, caithfidh an Rialtas tacú le Scoil Náisiúnta Thuar Mhic Eadaigh, Gaelcholáiste Chomáin agus leis na bunscoileanna go léir i gContae Mhaigh Eo. Anois, le teacht an earraigh agus an lá ag dul chun síneadh, fós níl meánscoil lán-Ghaeilge i lár Chontae Mhaigh Eo, san áit ar chónaigh Raifteirí an file. Teastaíonn Gaelcholáistí i gContae Mha…
I thank Deputy Coppinger for bringing forward this motion, but I do so with a heavy heart. The truth is we do not take this issue seriously. Let us face it, if we were serious about tackling violence against women - sexual, financial, coercive control and all these aspects - we would be doing something about it. We are not. I looked at the aid granted and the total is twice as much as what the scanner in the National…
I congratulate the Minister and the Minister of State on their new roles. I wish them well. We all want them to succeed and we all need them to succeed in the area of health.
I wish to concentrate my contribution on eating disorders. Some Members may have attended when Cared Ireland presented in the audiovisual room. The reason I went in there was I am desperately seeking help for a constituent whose BMI is at 14.8 …
6. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the Cabinet committee on water quality [6037/25]
23. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will meet next. [7769/25]
29. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [8191/25]
1. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will put financial support in place for businesses affected by Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6593/25]
It is almost four weeks since Storm Éowyn battered the country. I wrote to the Minister early in February to ask that a scheme be put in place urgently to assist businesses affected by the storm. Last week Sinn Féin used its Private Members' business time to call for Government support to businesses. Why has no scheme been put in place to date? Businesses need to know today what help they can expect from the Governme…
The Minister might clarify if he got agreement from the insurance companies that the amount they pay will not be impacted. Businesses have two concerns about insurance. The first relates to the excess. If the excess is a couple of thousand euro and their loss is less than that, obviously they will not be able to claim. They are also afraid that their premiums will go up, meaning that over a three- or five-year period…
I want to get clarity on this. Will a scheme be put in place for businesses? I welcome what the Minister has said about horticulture. As he knows, the land in Mayo and the west in general does not lend itself to that. Will we have a scheme similar to the one we had for Storm Babet? It is important that is done sooner rather than later because people and businesses want certainty. There are many people who are self-em…
3. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has been made aware of potential job losses in the software sector; if he has asked the IDA to intervene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6594/25]
We now know that 142 staff are to be laid off by the Irish branch of the global HR and payroll processing company, Workday. When was the Department notified of these job losses? What contact has the Department had with the company and the workers? What is being done for those workers? Has IDA Ireland been involved and how can these workers be helped to find alternative employment and supported? This morning I want to…
Last month we learned that Meta is to cut 5% of its staff globally and last year Intel and TikTok notified staff of impending job losses. As the Minister rightly said, there is a significant contraction and it is very important we have a plan in place as this is likely to happen again in the future. Last night we talked with the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, about AI and the implications for the Irish economy. Whi…
I thank the Minister and I agree with a lot of what he said. Within these strategies, it is always in the implementation and how quickly the implementation can be done. There are opportunities there for self-employment as well. When people find themselves in a situation where they lose their jobs, we should be coming in there to support them. What I am finding in some areas is that when the brightest and best young p…
5. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the programme for Government commitment to develop strategic development zones; and how this will relate to additional supports for the strategic development zone at Knock Airport. [6595/25]
I welcome the commitment in the programme for Government to develop strategic development zones, SDZs. What will this look like for Ireland West Airport Knock? What timescales will be on that? There is huge untapped potential in our region, which has 95,000 sq. m of commercial enterprise space that can be used for economic development. I welcome the appointment of a manager specifically for this, but we need to know …
Comhghairdeas to the Minister of State on his new role. We share an interest in Knock Airport and its development. We have talked about it for decades since Monsignor Horan was brave enough, against all the odds, to build the airport. It is obvious that it has not fulfilled its potential. In 2022, the EU downgraded the north and west as a lagging region with a GDP of only 71% of the EU average. Last year, the Norther…
It is important that people's expectations are not raised. Before elections, there are nonsensical announcements and all that. It is a ten-year period before this will be done with utilities and all of that which needs to be done to develop this zone. Things can be done in the meantime but people's expectations need to be managed. There is a critical opportunity here. In 2021, Sinn Féin wrote to the European Commissi…
I thank the Minister of State for the debate yesterday as well. Specifically, how many AI experts are employed in Government now? What efforts are being made in this regard on an all-island basis? We must very much have congruence between North and South in terms of regulation and how we go about maximising the potential of AI technology and where we are now.