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Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
101. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider protecting the craft apprenticeship model as we move to a unitary system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58644/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Third Level Fees
Rose Conway-Walsh
117. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if reducing fees for students will be considered as part of sustainable funding model brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58642/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
446. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of apprentices registering on both craft and consortia-led apprenticeships had already attained a level 8 qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58478/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Departmental Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
447. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the energy efficiency and decarbonisation pathfinder programme in the higher education sector and plan to develop a similar programme for the further education and training sector as outlined in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58479/21]
Thu, 25 Nov 2021
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Social Welfare Benefits
Rose Conway-Walsh
20. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will engage with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to find a solution to the situation in which parents in education are seeing a substantial loss of income in cases in which they are moved from the jobseeker's transitional payment to the back to education allowance when their child turns 14 years of age due to the impact it has on SUSI support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57970/21]
Thu, 25 Nov 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Rose Conway-Walsh
103. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the cuts to the pandemic unemployment payment particularly for workers in sectors that continue to be subject to Covid-19-related restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57969/21]
Thu, 25 Nov 2021
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Departmental Funding
Rose Conway-Walsh
297. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number and detail of all completed, ongoing and planned projects under the higher education strategic infrastructure fund; the level of co-financing being provided through the fund; the total cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58087/21]
Thu, 25 Nov 2021
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Departmental Funding
Rose Conway-Walsh
298. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the higher education strategic infrastructure fund is exclusively for traditional universities with independent borrowing power therefore excluding technological universities and institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58088/21]
Thu, 25 Nov 2021
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Departmental Funding
Rose Conway-Walsh
299. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total available funding under the higher education strategic infrastructure fund; the criteria used for allocating funding under the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58089/21]
Wed, 24 Nov 2021
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Education and Training Provision
Rose Conway-Walsh
135. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline all current nearly zero energy building courses such as NZEB, the fundamental awareness course; the number of persons currently enrolled on such courses; the total who graduated from each course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57752/21]
Wed, 24 Nov 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
136. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current drop-out rate from craft apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57754/21]
Wed, 24 Nov 2021
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Third Level Examinations
Rose Conway-Walsh
137. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans that are in place to ensure that third ##level institutions are prepared for, and capable of providing, alternative assessments for students who do not wish to sit in-person examinations, or for students who are unable to attend due to a requirement to restrict their movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57755/21]
Wed, 24 Nov 2021
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Departmental Funding
Rose Conway-Walsh
138. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the level of direct Exchequer funding being provided to deliver the new building to expand Dublin City University capacity in key STEM areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57778/21]
Wed, 24 Nov 2021
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Departmental Funding
Rose Conway-Walsh
139. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the level of direct Exchequer funding that is being provided to deliver the upgrading of the Tyndall National Institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57779/21]
Wed, 24 Nov 2021
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Hospital Staff
Rose Conway-Walsh
196. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses employed in each hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57780/21]
Tue, 23 Nov 2021
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Teacher Training
Rose Conway-Walsh
114. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education when she will approve the intake numbers into both the bachelor of education and professional master of education for the next academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57227/21]
Tue, 23 Nov 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Rose Conway-Walsh
172. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to stop the spread of Covid-19 in schools and to protect staff, students and the wider community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57226/21]
Tue, 23 Nov 2021
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National Transport Authority
Rose Conway-Walsh
213. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the rail-based proposals included in the published draft as part of the consultation process on Connecting Ireland being run by the NTA in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56980/21]
Tue, 23 Nov 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
451. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of persons who completed an apprenticeship and became fully qualified tradespersons in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56974/21]
Tue, 23 Nov 2021
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Technological Universities
Rose Conway-Walsh
452. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the provision of a borrowing framework for the technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56975/21]