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Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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Third Level Admissions
Rose Conway-Walsh
777. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1298 of 21 March 2021, if an analysis has been conducted on the appropriate level to provide the quota for EU medical students since the Fottrell Report was published in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22217/21]
Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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Third Level Admissions
Rose Conway-Walsh
778. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1298 of 21 April 2021, if his Department or the HEA collect or collate data on initiatives or mechanisms used by higher education institutes in relation to increasing and supporting cross-Border enrolment on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22218/21]
Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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Third Level Institutions
Rose Conway-Walsh
779. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1302, 1340 and 1341 of 21 April 2021, if his Department or the HEA monitor or collate information on the revenue of institutes of higher education in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22219/21]
Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
780. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the breakdown of the funding of the Technological University Dublin pilot pre-apprenticeship programme between industry, the HEA and the Social Innovation Fund Ireland in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22220/21]
Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
781. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of mainstreaming the Technological University Dublin pilot pre-apprenticeship programme to other institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22221/21]
Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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Third Level Institutions
Rose Conway-Walsh
782. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to parliamentary Question Nos. 1313 and 1314 of 21 April 2021, if the total planned Exchequer programme B and National Training Fund, NTF, funding of the higher education sector for 2021 is in the order of €1.98 billion; if not, the total planned expenditure once Covid-19 related expenditure is removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22222/21]
Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
783. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1318 of 21 April 2021, if his Department or any other State agency monitor or collects data in relation to apprenticeships wages governed under the consortia model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22223/21]
Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
785. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1318 of 21 April 2021, if there is no minimum wage for apprenticeships governed under the consortia model; the safeguards in place to protect the apprentices as workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22242/21]
Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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National Training Fund
Rose Conway-Walsh
786. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1326 of 21 April 2021, the annual and reserve surplus of the NTF by 2025 if expenditure remained stable but excluding Covid-19 emergency spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22243/21]
Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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Health Services Staff
Rose Conway-Walsh
962. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if advice will be provide on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the practice of requiring training in the absence of a job offer is in line with the policy of his Department and that of the HSE; the reason agencies hiring on behalf of the HSE for vaccinator roles are requiring vaccinator training of candidates who have been successful in their application but without offering them a job or renumeration for this training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21584/21]
Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Rose Conway-Walsh
1020. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the rationale for not including the HPV vaccine on the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21865/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Rose Conway-Walsh
343. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport when driver lessons will resume for essential workers in need of acquiring a driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19003/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Tax Reliefs
Rose Conway-Walsh
489. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of the tax relief for tuition fees for private colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18854/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Water and Sewerage Schemes
Rose Conway-Walsh
668. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will support the request submitted to his Department for additional funding to complete the design and construction a project (details supplied); the amount that each household will be expected to pay in order to receive a water connection under the scheme; if this payment will be expedited in advance; the legal guarantees that residents will receive regarding the delivery of their connection once they have paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18113/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Water and Sewerage Schemes
Rose Conway-Walsh
695. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a community water scheme (details supplied) that received grant approval in June 2020 has been informed that it now has to find an additional nine connections or €10,411.75; the reason these charges were not included in the initial approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18639/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Teaching Qualifications
Rose Conway-Walsh
931. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the number of newly-registered primary school teachers with the Teaching Council who received their teaching qualification from a college (details supplied) since 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18302/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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School Staff
Rose Conway-Walsh
979. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the number of new primary teachers registered with the Teaching Council in each of the years since 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18825/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Social Welfare Benefits
Rose Conway-Walsh
1107. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if invalidity and blind pensions are lost if persons with disabilities take up academic scholarships; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18283/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Foster Care
Rose Conway-Walsh
1244. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the draft national standards for children's social services once approved will replace the existing National Standards for Foster Care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19922/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Third Level Admissions
Rose Conway-Walsh
1263. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a student that received a higher CAO offer in November 2020 after taking up a third-level course will be expected to pay first-year student contribution charges for both the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years; the number of students it is anticipated will be impacted; the estimated cost to the Exchequer to waive the student contribution charge for these students for the 2021-2022 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18106/21]