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Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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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]
Thu, 2 Jun 2022
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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]
Thu, 2 Jun 2022
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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]
Thu, 2 Jun 2022
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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]
Thu, 2 Jun 2022
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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]
Thu, 2 Jun 2022
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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]
Thu, 2 Jun 2022
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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]
Thu, 2 Jun 2022
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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]
Thu, 2 Jun 2022
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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]
Thu, 2 Jun 2022
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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]
Thu, 2 Jun 2022
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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]
Thu, 2 Jun 2022
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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]
Thu, 2 Jun 2022
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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]
Thu, 2 Jun 2022
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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]
Wed, 1 Jun 2022
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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]
Wed, 1 Jun 2022
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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]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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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]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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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]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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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]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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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]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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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]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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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]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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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]