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Page 126 of 134
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
oral
Student Assistance Fund
Rose Conway-Walsh
117. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the mechanism or criteria for distributing the student hardship fund announced as part of budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31361/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Haulage Industry
Rose Conway-Walsh
163. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport his plans to provide grant aid to support and stimulate the growth of rail freight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31128/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Haulage Industry
Rose Conway-Walsh
164. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport his plans to reduce the current track access charges for rail freight, which are currently the highest in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31129/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Haulage Industry
Rose Conway-Walsh
165. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that at the end of August 2020 the French Prime Minister announced that France would waive track access charges for rail freight for the remainder of 2020 and cut them in half for all of 2021, EU regulations permitting; his plans to support the regulation to reduce, waive or defer track access charges and ask the railway undertaking to follow the regulation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31130/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Haulage Industry
Rose Conway-Walsh
166. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport if financial supports are planned to allow Iarnród Éireann to modernise and expand its rail freight rolling stock fleet as the current limited stock will not allow for business expansion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31131/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Local Authority Housing
Rose Conway-Walsh
280. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the maximum net income a couple with two children can earn and still quality for local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31551/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Invalidity Pension
Rose Conway-Walsh
420. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the numbers of persons receiving invalidity payments by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31538/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Employment Support Services
Rose Conway-Walsh
421. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the details on the training, upskilling and reskilling available for those on invalidity payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31539/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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State Examinations
Rose Conway-Walsh
486. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason no specific plan was put in place to address the disadvantage faced by the 8,000 students who sat the leaving certificate prior to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30256/20]
Thu, 15 Oct 2020
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Brexit Preparations
Rose Conway-Walsh
16. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department expects Brexit to have a disproportionate impact on employment and business in rural Ireland; the specific mitigation strategy in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30602/20]
Thu, 15 Oct 2020
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School Funding
Rose Conway-Walsh
190. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 29 September 2020, the way in which she expects schools to be able to continue to pay the wages of secretaries and caretakers, which were increased between 2016 and 2019; if she is withdrawing the financial support that made the increases possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30751/20]
Wed, 14 Oct 2020
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State Examinations
Rose Conway-Walsh
80. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the action being taken to account for the students who were not directly affected in terms of upgrades and downgrades but were nevertheless squeezed out of places and preferred courses due to the errors in the algorithm; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30255/20]
Wed, 14 Oct 2020
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School Transport
Rose Conway-Walsh
154. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the number of students that have been left without school transport; the number of applications pending for both concessionary and eligible categories; the actions being taken to address the situation; when students currently excluded will access transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25687/20]
Wed, 14 Oct 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Rose Conway-Walsh
155. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the percentage of additional capital allocation of €75 million for primary and post-primary schools to carry out necessary reconfiguration works to support the reopening of schools in late August 2020 that has been allocated and spent to date; if all schools received their grants for 2020 in view of the fact many schools also cover cleaning costs using ancillary services grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26809/20]
Wed, 14 Oct 2020
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Third Level Institutions
Rose Conway-Walsh
236. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is monitoring the debt levels of publicly funded universities and technological universities; the total amount and by each publicly funded university and technological university; the anticipated impact on levels of debt held by universities due to Covid-related disruption to the 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26804/20]
Tue, 13 Oct 2020
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Personal Public Service Numbers
Rose Conway-Walsh
316. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the average wait times for a PPS number by county in tabular form; the steps she is taking to reduce wait times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30091/20]
Tue, 13 Oct 2020
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Health Insurance
Rose Conway-Walsh
360. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the substantial increase in health insurance costs resulting from the Health Insurance Authority decision to categorise non-EEA students studying here on courses of more than one academic year as ordinarily resident for the purposes of the health insurance Acts; the impact this will have on the ability of third-level institutions to attract international students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29855/20]
Thu, 8 Oct 2020
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European Defence Action Plan
Rose Conway-Walsh
34. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Defence if the proposed European defence fund constitutes funding from the EU budget being spent in a manner that has military or defence implications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29130/20]
Thu, 8 Oct 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Rose Conway-Walsh
71. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether businesses which were denied funding as part of the restart grant due to the fact it was oversubscribed prior to the deadline date should not be able to avail of the original €2,000 in view of the fact additional funding has been made available in the form of the restart plus grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25958/20]
Thu, 8 Oct 2020
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Research and Development
Rose Conway-Walsh
72. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether Ireland is adequately investing in research and development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25959/20]