Parliamentary questions

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1220. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide updated projections for the future revenue of the National Training Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29129/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1221. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average cost of a consortia-led apprentice per year including the employer incentivisation scheme; if the consortia-led scheme is funded from the National Training Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29130/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1222. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the €430 million announced in capital investment in further education and training and higher education will be additional to the current capital investment ceilings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29185/22]

Education Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

1226. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing undergraduate nursing places by 10% based on the full economic costing; the number of places that this would create for medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29302/22]

Education Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

1227. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing undergraduate dentist places by 10% based on the full economic costing; the number of places that this would create for medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29303/22]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1228. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing undergraduate medicine places by 10% based on the full economic costing; the number of places that this would create for medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29304/22]

Education Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

1229. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing undergraduate psychology places by 10% based on the full economic costing and the number of places that this would create for medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29305/22]

Education Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

1230. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing undergraduate counselling and psychology places by 10% based on the full economic costing; the number of places that this would create for medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29306/22]

Education Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

1231. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing undergraduate speech and language therapy places by 10% based on the full economic costing; the number of places that this would create for medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29307/22]

Education Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

1232. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing undergraduate physiotherapy places by 10% based on the full economic costing; the number of places that this would create for medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29308/22]

Education Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

1233. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing undergraduate occupational therapy places by 10% based on the full economic costing; the number of places that this would create for medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29309/22]

Education Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

1234. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing undergraduate pharmacy places by 10% based on the full economic costing; the number of places that this would create for medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29310/22]

Education Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

1235. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing undergraduate medical science places by 10% based on the full economic costing and the number of places that this would create for medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29311/22]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1236. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing undergraduate medical science paramedicine places by 10%, based on the full economic costing; the number of places that this would create; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29316/22]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1237. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing undergraduate medical science clinical nutrition places by 10%, based on the full economic costing; the number of places that this would create; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29317/22]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1238. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing undergraduate medical science social workplaces by 10%, based on the full economic costing; the number of places that this would create; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29318/22]

Education Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

1239. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing undergraduate medical science health and home-care assistant FETAC level 5 places by 10%, based on the full economic costing; the number of places that this would create; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29319/22]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

1272. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide the most recent data that his Department has on the breakdown between purpose-built student accommodation delivered in the private market and on campus since 2014, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30623/22]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

1273. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 25 May 2022, the average cost of the 970 beds added; the total amount allocated for non-European Union international students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30624/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1274. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide the number of personal assistants employed in the further education and training system; the number of full-time equivalent personal assistants, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30625/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1275. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of personal assistants employed in the further education and training system; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of full-time equivalent personal assistants employed by ETB, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30626/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1276. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the justification for the working conditions of personal assistants in the further education and training system including no pay scale, pension and being forced to sign on in the summer; if he will consider providing personal assistants with similar employment terms provided to SNAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30627/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1277. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost to the Exchequer of providing personal assistants in the further education and training system with the same employment conditions as SNAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30628/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1278. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of full-time PhD students in each higher education institution; the estimated number in 2022-2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30632/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1279. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total cost of PhD stipends to higher education institutions; the average value of a PhD stipend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30633/22]

Visa Applications

Rose Conway-Walsh

1335. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Justice the reason for a month processing times for fully complete English language long-stay study visas applications in Ankara in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30162/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Rose Conway-Walsh

1473. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the details of the average waiting times for an x-ray in St. Joseph's District Hospital, Ballina, currently; the average waiting time over the last number of years; if there has been any increase in waiting times recently; if he will provide the details of the cause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29351/22]

Agriculture Industry

Rose Conway-Walsh

1981. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered extending the €1,000 incentive to grow silage to small dairy farmers in designated disadvantaged areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30160/22]

Ukraine War

Rose Conway-Walsh

64. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the support that are available to persons who have opened their homes to refugees from Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21399/22]

Energy Prices

Rose Conway-Walsh

90. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if Ireland's electricity market is characterised by very limited interconnection, with gas having a strong influence on the price of electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28483/22]

Energy Policy

Rose Conway-Walsh

136. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the detail regarding the implementation of the Iberian exception will be published; if he considered the applicability of this approach in the Irish context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28482/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

335. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total cost to the Exchequer of abolishing apprenticeship registration fees broken down by consortia-led and craft; the average cost per apprentices broken down by craft and consortia-led apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28789/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

336. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost to the Exchequer of providing a minimum allowance for off-the-job training of 294, 336, 378, and 420 respectively for all craft apprentices, increasing all allowance payments below this level while leaving higher allowances at their current rate; the average cost of allowances on a per craft apprentice based on the introduction of these four minimum allowance levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28790/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

337. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a ten percent increase in the apprentice travel allowance and accommodation allowance for off-the-job training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28791/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

338. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average annual cost of craft apprentice allowances to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28793/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

339. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated capital expenditure in higher education broken down by project in 2022, in tabular form; if this figure includes public private partnerships; the estimated expenditure in 2022 on PPPs broken down by project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28820/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

340. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated capital expenditure in further education in 2022; if this figure includes public private partnerships; the estimated expenditure in 2022 on PPPs broken down by project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28821/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

341. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost to the Exchequer of delivering all public private partnerships planned for the technological sector as direct capital investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28822/22]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

342. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average capital investment required per institution-owned student bed delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28823/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

343. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-time equivalent cost of each undergraduate medical student, nurse, occupational therapist and physiotherapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28824/22]

Dental Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

399. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the pathway for a medical card patient to extensive dental treatment under sedation, who cannot access dental care due to a lack of dentists in County Mayo treating medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28787/22]

Vacant Properties

Rose Conway-Walsh

95. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the recently announced vacant home scheme through local authorities towards renovation and other costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28335/22]

School Meals Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

153. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to increase the per child payment to suppliers of school meals which has not been increased since 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28336/22]

Flexible Work Practices

Rose Conway-Walsh

187. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider allowing civil servants who moved from Dublin to rural Ireland due to the pandemic the opportunity to continue to work remotely or facilitate a transfer to work from a local office within their county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27467/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

526. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if employers are required to pay apprentices based on time served rather than the phase of the apprenticeship; the way that his Department will ensure that employers follow this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28033/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

527. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of craft apprentices who have been registered for over four or two years in the cases of those registered on two-year apprenticeships in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27278/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

528. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of processes of recognition-of-prior-learning that were used in each apprenticeship-type for the past three years; if the use of same has any impact on the level of support or incentive offered to employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27279/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

529. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average duration of time it takes to complete each type of apprenticeship in practice, rather than the intended duration in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27280/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

540. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of early school leavers in the apprenticeship system broken down by craft and consortia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27861/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

541. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the value of the weekly State paid allowance to each craft apprentice in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27862/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

542. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of Springboard places opened in the 2021-2022 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27863/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

543. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if any craft apprentices had their off-site training moved online completely or in part; if so, the details of same as a percentage of course learning moved online in each apprentice type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27864/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

544. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of staff in SOLAS tasked with communicating with apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27865/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

545. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of apprentices that have experienced delays in getting paid off the job allowances after starting training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27950/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

546. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider moving the apprentice allowance to be paid on a weekly basis in order to more closely align with standard pay practices in the trades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27951/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

547. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentices in the system with dependents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27952/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

548. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of apprentices in the total construction labour force from 2004 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27953/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

549. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will confirm that his Department has no plans to provide phase four or phase six apprentice training during the summer of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27954/22]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

34. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the capital investment plans for the community hospitals in Belmullet, and the district hospitals in Swinford and Ballina in order to take pressure off Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26945/22]

Health Services Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

54. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the Minister for Further and Higher Education to identify the number of places that are required to adequately meet the workforce needs of the healthcare system; the key professions and corresponding courses that need to be expanded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26944/22]

Departmental Policies

Rose Conway-Walsh

150. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to bring his revised CAP strategic plan before the Houses of the Oireachtas for scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26947/22]

Legislative Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

179. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to legislate for an office of transparency and fairness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26946/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

151. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of apprentices that are allocated a training place that is at an education institute that is not the closest training location to where they live; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26790/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

152. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average distance travelled by apprentices to attend off-the-job training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26791/22]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

153. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 19 May 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of beds that are being delivered and underway per institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26810/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

515. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if an apprentice who is employed by a company registered in the State can work cross-border with the same company in the North of Ireland without repercussions in terms of their apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25839/22]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

516. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost to the Exchequer of providing equal funding per student to both traditional and technological universities in order to end the situation of a 60:40 split in core funding through an increased allocation to the technological sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25874/22]

Student Visas

Rose Conway-Walsh

517. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has engaged with the Minister for Justice in relation to the situation in which language students on stamp 2 visas are being forced to leave the State at the end of May 2022 after two years even if they have to return for a post-graduate course in September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26053/22]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

518. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 615 of 10 May 2022, if he will outline which section of the Higher Education Authority Bill 2022 as amended that will further the provision of Technical University borrowing and or deliver student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26055/22]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

519. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, recipients in the academic year 2021-2022; and the total number of full-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26056/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

520. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide details on plans to provide summer off-site training to address the backlog of 8,208 apprentices that each education institute will provide summer provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26057/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

526. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the pay and conditions of personal assistants working in further education colleges; the starting salary for personal assistants; if they are on full-time, permanent contracts; if they need to access social welfare during the holidays; the steps that he is taking to improve the pay and conditions of personal assistants who work in further education colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26475/22]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

95. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he has taken to ensure that adequate places on in-demand courses, particularly where there is a corresponding skill shortage, have been made available in order to take pressure off the CAO system and reduce the need to use random selection to allocate places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25388/22]

Third Level Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

97. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps that he is taking to support students and parents with the cost-of-living crisis, making particular reference to the 25% increase to SUSI recommended in the recently published SUSI review and any plans to reduce student fees for the upcoming academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25389/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

132. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the timeframe for addressing the funding gap of €307 million in higher education outlined in the recently publish future funding proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25390/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

142. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way that he will ensure that any increase in funding to the higher education sector is translated into better employment conditions for the many workers in the sector in precarious employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25394/22]

Technological Universities

Rose Conway-Walsh

146. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to address the disparity in funding between traditional universities and technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25392/22]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

155. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of on-campus student accommodation or accommodation owned by institutes of higher education that have been added to the system in the past two years; the steps being taken to increase the number on campus institution owned accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25391/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

162. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to meet the skill shortage in construction in order to meet housing and retrofit targets given the skills shortages reported in the media to be in excess of 50,000 by 2030 making particular reference to any plans to support apprentices currently in the system through the cost of living crisis to ensure they can become fully qualified trades people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25393/22]

Third Level Admissions

Rose Conway-Walsh

157. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of European Union undergraduate enrolments in medicine in 2020-2021 and 2021-2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25069/22]

Third Level Admissions

Rose Conway-Walsh

158. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the courses that have been forced to use random allocation to allocate places in 2021; the number of additional places that will be added to each course in the 2022-2023 academic year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25070/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

159. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he will publish the SOLAS report on the skilll needs of the construction sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25071/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

160. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentices on each programme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25072/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

161. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the target number of apprenticeship registrations for 2023; the targeted total apprenticeship population in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25073/22]

Employment Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

81. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will engage with TUS and RSS around expanding and improving the service as well as addressing outstanding pay and condition claims by the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24653/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Rose Conway-Walsh

144. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that anyone who had their disability allowance removed because they were awarded a PhD scholarship prior to 1 September 2020 will be entitled to re-apply for disability allowance with payments backdated to 1 September 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24652/22]

Energy Prices

Rose Conway-Walsh

193. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the Iberian exception recently approved by the European Commission for Spain and Portugal (details supplied);
if he has engaged with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to consider a similar approach to reducing electricity costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24852/22]

Water Supply

Rose Conway-Walsh

286. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of housing developments that have been postponed due to Irish Water being unable to deliver water connections to the developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24115/22]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

539. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans in place to increase the rate of allowance for foster carers, considering that it has not been increased since 2009 and is clearly no longer in line with escalating living costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24117/22]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

563. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that part-time PhD students who apply to the Irish Research Council for funding have any prior year of part-time PhD research counted as full-time, meaning, if successful, they are eligible for less support from the IRC; if he will engage with IRC to rectify this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24116/22]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

571. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of the total full-time undergraduate student body in receipt of SUSI support since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24423/22]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

572. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing all SUSI maintenance grants by 25% above 2020-2021 levels; the euro increase to each income threshold level of maintenance grant needed over and above the €200 allocated for the upcoming academic year in order to reach the 25% increase on 2020/2021 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24424/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

573. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentices waiting to access off-the-job training; and the number who have been issued with a start date but are yet to begin their training; the number waiting for each further education and training college and-or higher education institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24425/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

574. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentice places in each college of further education and-or higher education institute per apprenticeship type in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24426/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

575. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the further education colleges in each education and training board; the courses that are offered and the course capacity in each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24437/22]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

630. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the 13-bed build intended to facilitate the larger 50-bed development resulting from the National Capital and Property Steering Committee held on 26 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24123/22]

Health Services Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

705. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the status of the remaining four advanced nurse practitioners who were to be recruited as agreed in 2018 for the implementation of the pregnancy prevention programme and included as part of the 2022 estimates process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24548/22]

Health Services Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

706. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health when he will establish a Ministerial stakeholder group to review and strengthen current risk reduction measures in relation to the prescribing and dispensing of sodium valproate in women of child-bearing potential as agreed to in November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24552/22]

Health Services Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

707. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the status of the sodium valproate inquiry announced in November 2020; when the terms of reference will be published; the make-up of the membership of the inquiry; when the inquiry will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24553/22]

School Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

85. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) is provided a third teacher for the 2022-2023 academic year following an application to her Department in order to support increasing enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23808/22]