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Tue, 23 Nov 2021
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Departmental Bodies
Rose Conway-Walsh
586. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the total allocation and expenditure of the Health Research Board since 2006, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56978/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Foreign Birth Registration
Rose Conway-Walsh
21. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that are being taken to rectify some of the impact the disruption to the operation of the foreign birth register during Covid-19 has had on applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56529/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Education Schemes
Rose Conway-Walsh
262. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of students in receipt of the back to education allowance in each year since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56617/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Education Schemes
Rose Conway-Walsh
263. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of the approved third-level institutions for the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56618/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Research Funding
Rose Conway-Walsh
275. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the recently concluded agreement to include Israel in Horizon Europe until 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56530/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Departmental Data
Rose Conway-Walsh
277. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of enrolments and graduates from paramedic courses in each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56614/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Departmental Reports
Rose Conway-Walsh
278. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he will publish the economic evaluation of the Cassells report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56615/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Departmental Data
Rose Conway-Walsh
279. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of part-time students in public higher education institutes not including non-EU international students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56616/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Institutes of Technology
Rose Conway-Walsh
148. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to address the situation in which tutors at institutes of technology on contracts of indefinite duration are unable to join the public service pension scheme; the impact technological university status will have on the ability of tutors to access the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56260/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Departmental Data
Rose Conway-Walsh
149. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 10 November 2021, if he will provide a further breakdown of Higher Education Authority operational spending including between pay and non-pay spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56261/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Education Schemes
Rose Conway-Walsh
150. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 10 November 2021, the reason all retrofitting centre of excellence courses are non-NFQ aligned and instead accredited by private companies; if this model will be used in the other three centres of excellence currently being developed; the estimated cost of using private accreditation companies in 2021 for the retrofitting centres of excellence; the estimated cost in 2021 of using private accreditation companies for green skills and retrofitting courses across the whole further education and training sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56262/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Departmental Data
Rose Conway-Walsh
151. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total enrolments on all green skill and sustainability programmes running across the tertiary system in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56263/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
152. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 10 November 2021, if the single apprenticeship system that both consortia-led and craft apprenticeships will be migrated to by 2025 will most closely resemble the craft or consortia-led model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56264/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
159. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new apprentices registered to consortia-led apprenticeships that were already employed by the company for more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56386/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
160. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current drop-out rate of consortia-led apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56387/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
161. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the minimum duration allowed for a consortia-led apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56388/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
162. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average age of a craft apprentice; the average age of a consortia-led apprentice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56389/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Departmental Data
Rose Conway-Walsh
163. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of graduate entry medical students in each year since 2006, excluding non-EU international students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56390/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Departmental Data
Rose Conway-Walsh
166. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places in medicine in each institution by undergraduate and graduate entry medicine for students from Ireland, Northern Ireland, the UK, other EU and non-EU international since 2016, excluding those repeating first year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56427/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Departmental Funding
Rose Conway-Walsh
167. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 10 November 2021, if he will provide a further breakdown of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56428/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Third Level Admissions
Rose Conway-Walsh
168. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students currently enrolled on undergraduate courses in a public higher education institution that are not eligible for the free fees initiative due to the fact that they have previously enrolled on a undergraduate course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56429/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Departmental Funding
Rose Conway-Walsh
169. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total funding allocated to the innovation through collaboration fund; the projects funded, partners and funding allocated in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56430/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Further and Higher Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
170. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students from universities in Northern Ireland were able to register for Erasmus for the winter semester of the 2021-2022 academic year; if they will be able to register in the summer semester; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56431/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Public Private Partnerships
Rose Conway-Walsh
73. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for using public private partnerships, PPPs, to deliver capital projects, particularly in relation to the technological higher education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55903/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Energy Policy
Rose Conway-Walsh
125. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of skilled retrofitting workers that will be needed to deliver on retrofitting targets; the number of each category of tradesperson or specifically qualified retrofitting construction workers in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55483/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Industrial Development
Rose Conway-Walsh
128. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total allocation and final expenditure on each Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland technology centre in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55506/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Departmental Funding
Rose Conway-Walsh
129. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way the performance of the disruptive technologies innovation fund will be assessed and the output of the research and development activity to ensure value for money for taxpayers', given that €235 million has been awarded to private companies in the first three calls for the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55507/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Transport Policy
Rose Conway-Walsh
206. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to reflect the support given by Dáil Éireann to the motion regarding regional transport infrastructure making particular reference to the Western Rail Corridor in the context of the expenditure ceilings for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55902/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Insurance Coverage
Rose Conway-Walsh
227. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with eating disorders are currently being denied access to mortgage protection insurance policies at times on a near permanent basis in respect to persons with long-term conditions; the steps he is taking to address the issues faced by persons unable to access life insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56076/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Insurance Coverage
Rose Conway-Walsh
228. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 9 November 2021, the percentage of the 2% of primary home mortgages provided without the requirement for mortgage protection insurance that were given an exemption either specifically due to suffering from an eating disorder or under the exemption (b) of section 126 of Consumer Credit Act 1995 given that this is the only exemption that could cover a mortgage applicant with an eating disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56077/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Departmental Communications
Rose Conway-Walsh
296. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact his Department and bodies under his aegis as outlined in circular 25/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56019/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Education and Training Provision
Rose Conway-Walsh
427. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the 2,650 additional places on retrofit and NZEB courses as outlined in Budget 2022 will be open; the total number of places on retrofit and NZEB courses including these additional places in 2022; the breakdown of the number of places that will be provided for each education and training board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55484/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Education and Training Provision
Rose Conway-Walsh
428. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of graduates in each on-site retrofit programme in Waterford, Wexford and Laois Offaly ETB that is targeted at near zero energy building skills training for existing construction professionals and skills to advance programmes related to retrofitting as part of the Just Transition response for Bord na Móna employees in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55485/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
429. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide details of each retrofitting or green building skills related reform to the curricula of construction related apprenticeships in the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55486/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Education and Training Provision
Rose Conway-Walsh
430. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of trainees currently enrolled in each retrofitting centre of excellence to date; the target enrolment for each retrofitting centre of excellence for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55504/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Research and Development
Rose Conway-Walsh
431. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when a new national strategy for research and innovation will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55508/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Departmental Funding
Rose Conway-Walsh
434. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the annual cost of infrastructure projects under the higher education public private partnership are paid directly from the Exchequer or from the core funding of the institution involved in the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55558/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Institutes of Technology
Rose Conway-Walsh
435. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total value collected from the sale of the former DIT campus building; the total amount from the same of former DIT campus buildings use to fund the Central and East Quad at Grangegorman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55559/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Science Foundation Ireland
Rose Conway-Walsh
436. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of Science Foundation Ireland funding that will be ring-fenced for research investment in technological universities in 2022; the amount of Science Foundation Ireland research funding that has been allocated to technological universities and institutes of technology each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55560/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Institutes of Technology
Rose Conway-Walsh
437. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide details, including cost, of all non-PPP capital projects currently approved or under way in the technological university and institute of technology sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55561/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Science Foundation Ireland
Rose Conway-Walsh
438. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the allocation and expenditure each year for Science Foundation Ireland since 2012, in tabular form; the allocation for 2022; if this includes the €72 million for a national grand challenge announced in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55562/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Third Level Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
443. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department, not SOLAS or the Higher Education Authority, monitors the transfer rate from further education and training pre-law courses to higher education degree courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56016/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Third Level Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
444. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of students who enter higher education on the basis of a further education qualification in each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56017/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Departmental Reports
Rose Conway-Walsh
446. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the response his officials have received in relation the request made for a copy of the McHugh Report into the pay of student nurses and midwives; if he has received a copy of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56095/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Public Private Partnerships
Rose Conway-Walsh
447. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide the public sector benchmark for National Maritime College of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56096/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Public Private Partnerships
Rose Conway-Walsh
448. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide the public sector benchmark for the Cork School of Music; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56097/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Public Private Partnerships
Rose Conway-Walsh
449. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide the public sector benchmark for Carlow Institute of Further Education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56098/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Public Private Partnerships
Rose Conway-Walsh
450. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the practice in the education sector of allowing approximately five years to elapse after the award of a public private partnership contract before a public sector benchmark is published in order to allow for a reasonable level of transparency and political accountability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56099/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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General Practitioner Services
Rose Conway-Walsh
492. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the average age of general practitioners in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55505/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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DNA Database
Rose Conway-Walsh
628. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the progress towards delivering on the commitment in the programme for Government to establish a national genetics and genomics medicine network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56018/21]
Thu, 11 Nov 2021
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Housing Provision
Rose Conway-Walsh
33. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new build social homes that will be delivered in County Mayo in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55199/21]
Thu, 11 Nov 2021
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Housing Policy
Rose Conway-Walsh
83. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that persons who have been through a separation or divorce and or have been denied a mortgage on medical grounds have adequate access to the Rebuilding Ireland home loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55200/21]
Thu, 11 Nov 2021
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Social Welfare Code
Rose Conway-Walsh
327. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the jobseeker's transition payment beyond the 14th birthday of the child when a recipient is in full-time education to allow the recipient to continue to receive the payment until they have completed their education course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55399/21]
Thu, 11 Nov 2021
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Social Welfare Code
Rose Conway-Walsh
328. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of parents who lose the jobseeker's transition payment while taking part in an education course due to the child turning 14; if her Department has conducted research into the effect this has or will have on the completion rate of education courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55401/21]
Wed, 10 Nov 2021
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Banking Sector
Rose Conway-Walsh
76. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the four locations in which a bank (details supplied) will continue to maintain an ATM after a branch closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55015/21]
Wed, 10 Nov 2021
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Semi-State Bodies
Rose Conway-Walsh
185. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the expenditure of the HEA each year since 2016, in tabular form, on its own operation and administration, separate from the funding it provides to the higher education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55016/21]
Wed, 10 Nov 2021
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Nursing Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
186. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of first year enrolments and the number of graduates, respectively, in mental health nursing in each higher education institution in each year since 2008 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55017/21]
Wed, 10 Nov 2021
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Education Schemes
Rose Conway-Walsh
187. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of all green skill and sustainability programmes running across the tertiary system, indicating their duration, NFQ level and providing institution, in tabular form. [55018/21]
Wed, 10 Nov 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
188. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the wind turbine maintenance apprenticeship currently in development will be ready to be launched; the further education and training and higher education institutions which will deliver the training; if it will be craft or consortia-led; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55019/21]
Wed, 10 Nov 2021
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Education Schemes
Rose Conway-Walsh
189. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of all Springboard+ 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 courses in construction related areas; the number of participants in each programme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55020/21]
Wed, 10 Nov 2021
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Third Level Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
190. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 673 of 2 November 2021, if he will explain the discrepancy between the 708 quota on EU entrants into medicine, 468 undergraduate and 240 graduate entry and the actual enrolment figures of 734, 480 and 254; the means through which the quota is applied upon higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55021/21]
Wed, 10 Nov 2021
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Third Level Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
191. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding provided to the RCSI each year since 2008, in tabular form in both current and capital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55022/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Banking Sector
Rose Conway-Walsh
145. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with eating disorders are currently unable to get a mortgage due to the fact that they are being turned down for life insurance, a requirement of all mortgage applications; the steps he is taking to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54313/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Industrial Development
Rose Conway-Walsh
173. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the proposed industrial park for Ballina, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54033/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Tax Reliefs
Rose Conway-Walsh
255. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider applying a change to the corporation tax return which would oblige multinational companies to disclose the state research and development activity which is carried out in order to make an assessment of the effectiveness of the research and development tax relief at incentivising companies to deepen research and development activity within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54314/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Public Sector Staff
Rose Conway-Walsh
285. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if special consideration will be given to civil servants with disabilities in terms of returning to the office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54604/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Housing Schemes
Rose Conway-Walsh
344. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of loan applications to the Housing Finance Agency from higher education institutions that have not been approved in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54581/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Departmental Reports
Rose Conway-Walsh
410. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education when the Education Indicators Report 2021 intended for publication in Q1 2021 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54160/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Health Services Staff
Rose Conway-Walsh
499. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he or his officials have requested a copy of the McHugh Report into the pay of student nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54031/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Educational Disadvantage
Rose Conway-Walsh
500. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the decreasing share of students from DEIS schools going on to higher education; the steps that are being taken to address the growing inequality of access to higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54158/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Further and Higher Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
501. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he anticipates that further education and training options will be fully integrated within the CAO application system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54159/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Further and Higher Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
502. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of students in pre-law in the further education system each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54161/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Further and Higher Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
503. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of students accepted from further education and training pre-law courses into undergraduate law programmes in public higher education institutions each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54162/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Third Level Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
506. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps that are being taken to prepare the third level education system to meet the demands that will be placed on it by the enactment of the Official Language (Amendment) Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54204/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Grant Payments
Rose Conway-Walsh
507. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider implementing the announced reforms of SUSI for this academic year to address the rising cost of living impacting students and families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54205/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Third Level Costs
Rose Conway-Walsh
510. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 814 of 9 September 2021, the average cost for each undergraduate medical student on the Exchequer rather than the higher education institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54582/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Project Ireland 2040
Rose Conway-Walsh
511. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding allocated per year for the cross-Border Project Ireland 2040 infrastructure projects under his remit in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54583/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Hospital Staff
Rose Conway-Walsh
559. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has received funding applications to appoint a consultant endocrinologist, a clinical nurse specialist for diabetes and a dietician for diabetes in pregnancy to Mayo University Hospital; if he will pursue the appointment of these positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54032/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Medicinal Products
Rose Conway-Walsh
656. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he has considered including cariban on the drug payment scheme for persons suffering with hyperemesis gravidarum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54584/21]
Thu, 4 Nov 2021
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National Broadband Plan
Rose Conway-Walsh
20. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the original target for the connection of premises in County Mayo under the National Broadband Plan by the end of 2021; the current target for the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53696/21]
Thu, 4 Nov 2021
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Regional Airports
Rose Conway-Walsh
102. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the steps that are being taken to ensure the recovery of the Ireland West Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53695/21]
Thu, 4 Nov 2021
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Rail Network
Rose Conway-Walsh
170. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the reason the Western Rail Corridor was excluded from the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53694/21]
Wed, 3 Nov 2021
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Defective Building Materials
Rose Conway-Walsh
97. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an overview of the current regulation and market surveillance in place to ensure that defective blocks are not being produced or sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53124/21]
Wed, 3 Nov 2021
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Departmental Funding
Rose Conway-Walsh
99. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projects supported under the community monument fund in County Mayo in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53527/21]
Wed, 3 Nov 2021
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Departmental Funding
Rose Conway-Walsh
100. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the safeguards in place to ensure that projects funded under the community monument fund meet higher academic and conservation standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53528/21]
Wed, 3 Nov 2021
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Third Level Admissions
Rose Conway-Walsh
115. 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. [53530/21]
Wed, 3 Nov 2021
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Third Level Admissions
Rose Conway-Walsh
116. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education her views on whether the use of intake limits on public institutions to professional master of education programmes as a policy lever to control teacher supply has led to the de-facto privatisation of approximately 50% of primary teacher training; her plans to return primary teacher training through professional master of education to predominantly public provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53531/21]
Wed, 3 Nov 2021
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Grant Payments
Rose Conway-Walsh
138. 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 students are being denied SUSI support while renting a room from a landlord availing of the rent-a-room relief due to the fact the landlords are only required to register with the Revenue Commissioners not the Residential Tenancies Board; if he will provide SUSI with the means of accepting alternative proof of accommodation when landlords are not registered with the Residential Tenancies Board but are included in other schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53529/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Water Services
Rose Conway-Walsh
134. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are grants available to purify water systems for drinking water under the BEH scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52238/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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EU Directives
Rose Conway-Walsh
136. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when Article 8 of the Broadband Cost Reduction EU Directive will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52250/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Public Transport
Rose Conway-Walsh
171. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the steps that are being taken to improve public transport services from rural areas to designated cancer centres for scheduled day case treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52022/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Airport Policy
Rose Conway-Walsh
220. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the total allocated funding for Ireland West Airport in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53018/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Housing Schemes
Rose Conway-Walsh
264. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance his plans to review the ceiling for house purchases under the help-to-to buy scheme at €500,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52384/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Banking Sector
Rose Conway-Walsh
300. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he will engage with a bank (details supplied) on behalf of residents and businesses in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo with the aim of securing the ongoing use of the premises of the closed bank as a community resource and in order to maintain an ATM in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53125/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Housing Provision
Rose Conway-Walsh
366. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the local authority affordable homes scheme and the first home scheme will be in place and begin accepting applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52485/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Social Welfare Benefits
Rose Conway-Walsh
617. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if long-Covid will be considered for inclusion on the list of prescribed diseases for the occupational injuries benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53311/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Irish Sign Language
Rose Conway-Walsh
648. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; when a role will be created entirely separate from the SNA role for supporting deaf signing children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53312/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Third Level Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
655. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the commitment under the New Decade, New Approach agreement to expand third-level opportunities for the persons in the north-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52023/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Departmental Projects
Rose Conway-Walsh
656. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the development of an advanced manufacturing training centre of excellence in Dundalk, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52027/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Rose Conway-Walsh
657. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the development of cross-Border apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52028/21]