Parliamentary questions

Hospital Waiting Lists

Rose Conway-Walsh

174. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the status of Mayo University Hospital in terms of waiting lists for inpatient and outpatients and the current nurse to patient ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50802/21]

Tax Reliefs

Rose Conway-Walsh

381. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the cost of the tax relief for heritage donations under each of the eligible tax categories (details supplied) in each year since 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51194/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

434. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total approved loans by the Housing Finance Agency to universities for student accommodation since 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51193/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

465. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the criteria that higher education institutions most meet in order to access financing from the Housing Finance Agency to build on-campus accommodation specifically in terms of the commercial criteria and the ability of higher education institutions to offer on-campus accommodation at affordable, non-market rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50955/21]

State Examinations

Rose Conway-Walsh

603. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the reason a student (details supplied) had their estimated grade downgraded so substantially from the accredited mark; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51242/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

666. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of on campus student beds in each higher education institution in each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50956/21]

Departmental Budgets

Rose Conway-Walsh

669. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total value that will be allocated to subhead B4, general current grants, in budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51172/21]

Departmental Budgets

Rose Conway-Walsh

670. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total value that will be allocated to subhead NTF, enterprise focused higher education in budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51173/21]

Third Level Fees

Rose Conway-Walsh

671. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all recipients on a SUSI maintenance grant will receive an additional €200; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51174/21]

Third Level Fees

Rose Conway-Walsh

672. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the anticipated percentage reduction in the spending in each academic year 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 of the €35 million SUSI package announced as part of budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51175/21]

Third Level Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

673. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total allocation for the student assistance fund in the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51176/21]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

674. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total allocation for the student mental health supports in the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51177/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

675. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the director of the national apprenticeship office will be appointed; if he will provide details on the appointment procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51190/21]

Ambulance Service

Rose Conway-Walsh

882. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to reform the current centralised ambulance system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51238/21]

Ambulance Service

Rose Conway-Walsh

883. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the reason for the above two hour wait in the case of persons (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51239/21]

Ambulance Service

Rose Conway-Walsh

884. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an ambulance in each county since 2011;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51240/21]

Ambulance Service

Rose Conway-Walsh

885. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances in the public system since 2006; the number of ambulances deployed in each county since 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51241/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

1. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps that have been taken to address the student accommodation crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49752/21]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

3. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason that many third level students remain studying predominantly online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49753/21]

Third Level Fees

Rose Conway-Walsh

50. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the SUSI review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49756/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

68. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there is evidence of a decline in the number of new registrations on construction related apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49754/21]

Third Level Fees

Rose Conway-Walsh

71. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the student contribution charge is currently set at an appropriate level; when he will bring forward a sustainable funding model for third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49755/21]

Tax Reliefs

Rose Conway-Walsh

111. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider instructing his Department to begin collecting the data either through research or as a standardised component of the tax return on which research and development activity is carried out in order to allow for an assessment of the effectiveness of the research and development tax relief incentivising companies to deepen such activity within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50062/21]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

166. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of sitting days of the student grant appeals board in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50032/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

167. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of annual registrations that would be required in order to maintain an apprenticeship population of 40,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50033/21]

Education Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

381. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 545 of 28 September 2021, if he will provide further detail and an explanation for the increase in the number of cases of overpayments discovered under the reason, information omitted from application; the breakdown of the type of information omitted; the number of discoveries of information omitted from application in each month throughout the academic year 2020-2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49192/21]

Education Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

382. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 545 of 28 of September 2021, if he will provide further detail and an explanation for the increase in the number of cases of overpayments discovered under the reason eligibility; the breakdown of the reasons students were deemed ineligible in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49193/21]

Health Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

487. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to improve transport services from rural areas to designated cancer centres for scheduled day case treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49191/21]

Social Welfare Payments

Rose Conway-Walsh

48. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if the income threshold for the fuel allowance for persons with disabilities can be raised in order to reflect the additional cost of living with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48671/21]

Employment Support Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

66. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the EU directive or regulation on public procurement that requires the dismantling of the current local employment services system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48670/21]

Third Level Admissions

Rose Conway-Walsh

141. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the barriers faced by persons within the naturalisation process in accessing further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48669/21]

State Bodies

Rose Conway-Walsh

501. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a list of the members of the Student Grants Appeals Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47625/21]

State Bodies

Rose Conway-Walsh

502. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the rationale for reducing the number of members of the Student Grants Appeals Board from 11 to seven; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47626/21]

State Bodies

Rose Conway-Walsh

503. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the years for which annual reports were prepared by the Student Grants Appeals Board for the relevant Department since its formation in 2011; the specific years in which the relevant Department requested an annual report from the Student Grant Appeals Board since its formation in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47627/21]

State Bodies

Rose Conway-Walsh

504. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if in accordance with the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies 2016, an oversight agreement has been put in place between his Department and the Student Grants Appeals Board; if not, if any exemption has been sought from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47628/21]

State Bodies

Rose Conway-Walsh

505. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he or another Minister or Minister of State from the Department of Education last met with the Student Grants Appeals Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47629/21]

Foreign Birth Registration

Rose Conway-Walsh

18. 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, such as cases in which the delay to completing the registration of a person could impact the rights of their children to claim citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47173/21]

Passport Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

81. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of and position on the turnaround times for and backlog of passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47172/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Rose Conway-Walsh

147. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider raising the income threshold for fuel allowance for persons with disabilities to reflect the increased cost of living for persons with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46854/21]

Cabinet Committees

Rose Conway-Walsh

5. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [43828/21]

Cabinet Committees

Rose Conway-Walsh

8. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [45152/21]

Cabinet Committees

Rose Conway-Walsh

19. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing last met; and when it will next meet. [44854/21]

Employment Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

184. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach the percentage of households that have one or more self-employed member of the household. [46365/21]

National Broadband Plan

Rose Conway-Walsh

233. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a school (details supplied) will be connected under the National Broadband Plan given that it is unable to access the schools broadband programme due to location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46591/21]

National Broadband Plan

Rose Conway-Walsh

235. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of premises in County Mayo; the number of premises that have had NBI surveys completed in County Mayo; the number of premises in which NBI surveys are ongoing in County Mayo; the number of premises that have been passed and available for internet connection in County Mayo; the number of premises that have been connected in County Mayo in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46597/21]

Public Transport

Rose Conway-Walsh

264. 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. [46620/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

325. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of loans provided by the Housing and Finance Agency to each institute of higher education for each year data is available; the amount of financing drawn down to date from each institute of higher education for each year data is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45964/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

326. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of student accommodation providers that have received planning permission to rezone for other purposes in each year since 2011; the number of student beds that this has removed from the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45965/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

359. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will work with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to bring forward a new strategy for student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46505/21]

Housing Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

360. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans that have been issued to non-first-time buyers who instead qualify due to separation or divorce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46506/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

366. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of student beds that have been lost in each year for which data is available due to purpose-built student accommodation being provided with planning permission to covert for alternative uses; if this has been done on a permanent or temporary basis; the duration in the case of temporary permission; the alternative use approved in each case whether short-term, tourist letting, co-living and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46574/21]

Departmental Communications

Rose Conway-Walsh

460. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [46398/21]

National Broadband Plan

Rose Conway-Walsh

475. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) will be connected under the national broadband plan given that it is unable to access the school's broadband programme due to location.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46592/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

543. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the drop-out rate from apprenticeship for each trade per year since 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45960/21]

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 apprentices waiting to access off-the-job training in an apprenticeship programme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45961/21]

Third Level Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

545. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of overpayment paid out by SUSI since 2018; the details of the cause of these overpayments in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45962/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

546. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new registrations for each apprenticeship course since 2015; the number of new registrations to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45963/21]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

550. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 13 May 2021, the cost of extending to those studying for a professional doctorate in counselling psychology the conditions that apply to those in clinical psychology in terms of salary during training and a 60% fee reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46353/21]

Third Level Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

551. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of SUSI recipients with farm income included within the assessed household; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46366/21]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

552. 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 graduations, respectively in dentistry in each of the years 2006 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46367/21]

Third Level Admissions

Rose Conway-Walsh

553. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact the CAO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46399/21]

Departmental Reports

Rose Conway-Walsh

558. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will publish the findings of the independent consultants appointed by the European Commission to assess the Cassells report in advance of Budget 2022 next month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46600/21]

Dental Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

756. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in the dental treatment services scheme in Ballina and Belmullet, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46444/21]

Vaccination Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

766. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if students who missed or refused the HPV vaccine while in first year are able to access the vaccine through their school if they are still in secondary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46530/21]

School Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

258. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) will be provided with additional teaching staff to deal with the rapid increase in student numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45775/21]

Hospital Facilities

Rose Conway-Walsh

319. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health when capital funding will be allocated to Belmullet Hospital for a modular build that will ensure the safety of patients and a maximum of 12 step-down beds can be operated in relation to infection prevention control issues identified during a HIQA inspection of the service at Belmullet Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45774/21]

National Development Plan

Rose Conway-Walsh

51. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date of the final publication of the revised National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45522/21]

Third Level Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

52. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is engaged in discussions to agree revised principles for a new higher education staffing agreement to update the current employment control framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45523/21]

Research and Development

Rose Conway-Walsh

48. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of the research and development activity subsidised by the State through the research and development tax credit that is conducted outside of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44853/21]

Housing Policy

Rose Conway-Walsh

306. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider extending the eligibility criteria of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan to include non-first-time buyers who have separated from a partner and who meet all other criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45145/21]

Third Level Admissions

Rose Conway-Walsh

455. 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 graduations, respectively, in veterinary medicine in each of the years 2006 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44679/21]

Grant Payments

Rose Conway-Walsh

471. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of student in receipt of SUSI with a self-employed parent or guardian included within the assessed household; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45143/21]

Third Level Admissions

Rose Conway-Walsh

472. 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 a leaving certificate student (details supplied) has not been offered a place due to putting his name as Gaeilge on the exam despite the CAO using a unique CAO and exam number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45144/21]

Health Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

584. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that cancer patients are being turned away for scheduled inpatient chemotherapy treatment in Galway University Hospital due to a lack of beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44680/21]

Health Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

585. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health when the construction of a new radiation oncology unit for University Hospital Galway is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44686/21]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

231. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education when the transition rates from post-primary to higher education figures will be published for 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44293/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Rose Conway-Walsh

255. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the expenditure under the Human Capital Initiative for each year for which it has been in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44296/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Rose Conway-Walsh

256. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of funding spent on private colleges for each year of the Human Capital Initiative in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44297/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

258. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when apprenticeship off-the-job training will return to full capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44386/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

259. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 9 September 2021, 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. [44387/21]

Research Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

260. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of direct Government and indirect Government research capital funding received by each higher education institution since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44388/21]

Regulatory Bodies

Rose Conway-Walsh

287. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of HIQA site inspections that were carried out to date in 2021 in Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44294/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Rose Conway-Walsh

122. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that have been taken to protect businesses such as retail and hospitality from commercial landlords attempting to recoup rent waived during periods of lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43819/21]

Research and Development

Rose Conway-Walsh

151. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach when the next business expenditure on research and development, BERD, survey will be published. [43028/21]

Labour Market

Rose Conway-Walsh

223. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport if the working condition of HGV drivers is contributing to the labour shortage in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43936/21]

Research and Development

Rose Conway-Walsh

277. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the countries in the European Economic Area that provide a tax credit system for research and development; the countries in the European Economic Area that apply a tax credit system for research and development that applies to research and development activity in circumstances in which the activity is carried out in another jurisdiction of the EEA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43442/21]

Research and Development

Rose Conway-Walsh

278. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the amount of cash repayments made on research and development tax credits in circumstances in which the company involved did not have sufficient tax liability for each year since 2015; the amount scheduled to be paid out in 2021, 2022 and 2023 under ongoing repayment instalments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43443/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

281. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if Uninest student accommodation provides support in the form of tax incentive for the construction of student accommodation at Ardcairn House, Dublin 7; the value of the incentive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43549/21]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

508. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason the University of Limerick has received such a small proportion of the €38 million in capital investment announced on 6 September 2021 in comparison to other universities, technical universities and institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43276/21]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

510. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of additional higher education places added over and above the total amount in 2021-2022 academic year; the additional higher education places in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43329/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

515. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the breakdown of spending under the heading employee development provision including the workplace basic education fund, WBEF, of the national training fund expenditure, particularly the amount allocated for WBEF in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43441/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

517. 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 certain purpose-built student accommodation has been given permission to function as short-term tourist accommodation despite the shortage of suitable student accommodation; his views on the decision to grant permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43550/21]

Visa Applications

Rose Conway-Walsh

567. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider a visa extension beyond 20 September 2021 for stamp two visas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43934/21]

Fishing Industry

Rose Conway-Walsh

795. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the detail of all FLAG funding awarded to organisations in Achill in the past five years in tabular form; the name of the organisations and project details; the amount of funding awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43548/21]

Enterprise Policy

Rose Conway-Walsh

6. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding through technology gateways received by each EU NUTS 2 and 3 regions in the State per year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41688/21]

Financial Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

181. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if the commercial terms under which public investment was made by ISIF in a company (details supplied) assure the State preferential access to genome data collected by the company; if so, the details of preferential access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41649/21]

Digital Archiving

Rose Conway-Walsh

267. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she will report on the feasibility of establishing a digital legal deposit scheme for large-scale, systematic and sustained archiving of the Irish web domain as committed to in section 108 of the Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41647/21]

Traveller Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

311. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount of funding for Traveller specific accommodation that was drawn down by each local authority since 2014; the amount drawn down to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41806/21]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

312. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of persons presenting as homeless in County Mayo each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41807/21]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

313. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of persons from the Travelling community presenting as homeless each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41808/21]