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Tue, 31 May 2022
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Further and Higher Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
542. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of Springboard places opened in the 2021-2022 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27863/22]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
543. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if any craft apprentices had their off-site training moved online completely or in part; if so, the details of same as a percentage of course learning moved online in each apprentice type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27864/22]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
544. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of staff in SOLAS tasked with communicating with apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27865/22]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
545. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of apprentices that have experienced delays in getting paid off the job allowances after starting training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27950/22]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
546. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider moving the apprentice allowance to be paid on a weekly basis in order to more closely align with standard pay practices in the trades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27951/22]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
547. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentices in the system with dependents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27952/22]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
548. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of apprentices in the total construction labour force from 2004 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27953/22]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
549. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will confirm that his Department has no plans to provide phase four or phase six apprentice training during the summer of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27954/22]
Thu, 26 May 2022
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Rose Conway-Walsh
34. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the capital investment plans for the community hospitals in Belmullet, and the district hospitals in Swinford and Ballina in order to take pressure off Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26945/22]
Thu, 26 May 2022
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Health Services Staff
Rose Conway-Walsh
54. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the Minister for Further and Higher Education to identify the number of places that are required to adequately meet the workforce needs of the healthcare system; the key professions and corresponding courses that need to be expanded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26944/22]
Thu, 26 May 2022
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Departmental Policies
Rose Conway-Walsh
150. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to bring his revised CAP strategic plan before the Houses of the Oireachtas for scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26947/22]
Thu, 26 May 2022
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Legislative Programme
Rose Conway-Walsh
179. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to legislate for an office of transparency and fairness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26946/22]
Wed, 25 May 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
151. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of apprentices that are allocated a training place that is at an education institute that is not the closest training location to where they live; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26790/22]
Wed, 25 May 2022
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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 the average distance travelled by apprentices to attend off-the-job training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26791/22]
Wed, 25 May 2022
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Student Accommodation
Rose Conway-Walsh
153. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 19 May 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of beds that are being delivered and underway per institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26810/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
515. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if an apprentice who is employed by a company registered in the State can work cross-border with the same company in the North of Ireland without repercussions in terms of their apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25839/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Third Level Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
516. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost to the Exchequer of providing equal funding per student to both traditional and technological universities in order to end the situation of a 60:40 split in core funding through an increased allocation to the technological sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25874/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Student Visas
Rose Conway-Walsh
517. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has engaged with the Minister for Justice in relation to the situation in which language students on stamp 2 visas are being forced to leave the State at the end of May 2022 after two years even if they have to return for a post-graduate course in September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26053/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Third Level Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
518. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 615 of 10 May 2022, if he will outline which section of the Higher Education Authority Bill 2022 as amended that will further the provision of Technical University borrowing and or deliver student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26055/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Departmental Data
Rose Conway-Walsh
519. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, recipients in the academic year 2021-2022; and the total number of full-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26056/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
520. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide details on plans to provide summer off-site training to address the backlog of 8,208 apprentices that each education institute will provide summer provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26057/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Further and Higher Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
526. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the pay and conditions of personal assistants working in further education colleges; the starting salary for personal assistants; if they are on full-time, permanent contracts; if they need to access social welfare during the holidays; the steps that he is taking to improve the pay and conditions of personal assistants who work in further education colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26475/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
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Third Level Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
95. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he has taken to ensure that adequate places on in-demand courses, particularly where there is a corresponding skill shortage, have been made available in order to take pressure off the CAO system and reduce the need to use random selection to allocate places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25388/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
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Third Level Costs
Rose Conway-Walsh
97. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps that he is taking to support students and parents with the cost-of-living crisis, making particular reference to the 25% increase to SUSI recommended in the recently published SUSI review and any plans to reduce student fees for the upcoming academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25389/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
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Further and Higher Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
132. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the timeframe for addressing the funding gap of €307 million in higher education outlined in the recently publish future funding proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25390/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
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Further and Higher Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
142. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way that he will ensure that any increase in funding to the higher education sector is translated into better employment conditions for the many workers in the sector in precarious employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25394/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
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Technological Universities
Rose Conway-Walsh
146. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to address the disparity in funding between traditional universities and technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25392/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
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Student Accommodation
Rose Conway-Walsh
155. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of on-campus student accommodation or accommodation owned by institutes of higher education that have been added to the system in the past two years; the steps being taken to increase the number on campus institution owned accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25391/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
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Further and Higher Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
162. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to meet the skill shortage in construction in order to meet housing and retrofit targets given the skills shortages reported in the media to be in excess of 50,000 by 2030 making particular reference to any plans to support apprentices currently in the system through the cost of living crisis to ensure they can become fully qualified trades people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25393/22]
Wed, 18 May 2022
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Third Level Admissions
Rose Conway-Walsh
157. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of European Union undergraduate enrolments in medicine in 2020-2021 and 2021-2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25069/22]
Wed, 18 May 2022
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Third Level Admissions
Rose Conway-Walsh
158. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the courses that have been forced to use random allocation to allocate places in 2021; the number of additional places that will be added to each course in the 2022-2023 academic year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25070/22]
Wed, 18 May 2022
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Further and Higher Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
159. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he will publish the SOLAS report on the skilll needs of the construction sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25071/22]
Wed, 18 May 2022
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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 number of apprentices on each programme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25072/22]
Wed, 18 May 2022
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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 target number of apprenticeship registrations for 2023; the targeted total apprenticeship population in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25073/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Employment Schemes
Rose Conway-Walsh
81. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will engage with TUS and RSS around expanding and improving the service as well as addressing outstanding pay and condition claims by the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24653/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Rose Conway-Walsh
144. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that anyone who had their disability allowance removed because they were awarded a PhD scholarship prior to 1 September 2020 will be entitled to re-apply for disability allowance with payments backdated to 1 September 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24652/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Energy Prices
Rose Conway-Walsh
193. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the Iberian exception recently approved by the European Commission for Spain and Portugal (details supplied);
if he has engaged with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to consider a similar approach to reducing electricity costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24852/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Water Supply
Rose Conway-Walsh
286. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of housing developments that have been postponed due to Irish Water being unable to deliver water connections to the developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24115/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Departmental Funding
Rose Conway-Walsh
539. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans in place to increase the rate of allowance for foster carers, considering that it has not been increased since 2009 and is clearly no longer in line with escalating living costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24117/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Third Level Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
563. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that part-time PhD students who apply to the Irish Research Council for funding have any prior year of part-time PhD research counted as full-time, meaning, if successful, they are eligible for less support from the IRC; if he will engage with IRC to rectify this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24116/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Departmental Data
Rose Conway-Walsh
571. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of the total full-time undergraduate student body in receipt of SUSI support since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24423/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Departmental Data
Rose Conway-Walsh
572. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing all SUSI maintenance grants by 25% above 2020-2021 levels; the euro increase to each income threshold level of maintenance grant needed over and above the €200 allocated for the upcoming academic year in order to reach the 25% increase on 2020/2021 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24424/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
573. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentices waiting to access off-the-job training; and the number who have been issued with a start date but are yet to begin their training; the number waiting for each further education and training college and-or higher education institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24425/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
574. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentice places in each college of further education and-or higher education institute per apprenticeship type in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24426/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Further and Higher Education
Rose Conway-Walsh
575. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the further education colleges in each education and training board; the courses that are offered and the course capacity in each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24437/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Rose Conway-Walsh
630. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the 13-bed build intended to facilitate the larger 50-bed development resulting from the National Capital and Property Steering Committee held on 26 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24123/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Health Services Staff
Rose Conway-Walsh
705. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the status of the remaining four advanced nurse practitioners who were to be recruited as agreed in 2018 for the implementation of the pregnancy prevention programme and included as part of the 2022 estimates process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24548/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Health Services Staff
Rose Conway-Walsh
706. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health when he will establish a Ministerial stakeholder group to review and strengthen current risk reduction measures in relation to the prescribing and dispensing of sodium valproate in women of child-bearing potential as agreed to in November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24552/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Health Services Staff
Rose Conway-Walsh
707. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the status of the sodium valproate inquiry announced in November 2020; when the terms of reference will be published; the make-up of the membership of the inquiry; when the inquiry will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24553/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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School Staff
Rose Conway-Walsh
85. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) is provided a third teacher for the 2022-2023 academic year following an application to her Department in order to support increasing enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23808/22]