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Wed, 24 Mar 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
1173. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average cost per apprentice for off-the-job training excluding allowances; the estimated cost of putting in place the necessary capacity to clear the backlog and end waiting times for apprentices to access training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15842/21]
Wed, 10 Mar 2021
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Third Level Admissions
Rose Conway-Walsh
680. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students that accept a place to study medicine each year through the CAO system since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13218/21]
Wed, 10 Mar 2021
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Medicinal Products
Rose Conway-Walsh
962. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry into the historical licensing of sodium valproate which was announced in November 2020; if the terms of reference have been agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13444/21]
Wed, 10 Mar 2021
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Medicinal Products
Rose Conway-Walsh
963. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he plans to establish a valproate stakeholder group consisting of State bodies, representative and patient groups to improve the co-ordination of risk minimisation measures associated with the ongoing use of sodium valproate in women of child-bearing age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13445/21]
Wed, 10 Mar 2021
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Departmental Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
964. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the community operations programme for families of children affected by sodium valproate; if funding is currently in place to ensure that the programme is made fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13446/21]
Wed, 10 Mar 2021
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Rose Conway-Walsh
966. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the details of funding options available to persons requiring fertility treatment; if such treatment is not available on the public system under the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13459/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Student Universal Support Ireland
Rose Conway-Walsh
161. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if support will continue to be provided through the free fees initiative and SUSI grants for students that have to repeat a year due to the impact of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12217/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Student Universal Support Ireland
Rose Conway-Walsh
162. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider including the pandemic unemployment payment received by students within the income disregard for the SUSI grant scheme; if his Department has conducted an analysis on the impact pandemic unemployment payments will have on access to SUSI for the 2021-2022 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12218/21]
Wed, 3 Mar 2021
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Education and Training Provision
Rose Conway-Walsh
434. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education if she plans to attach an accreditation to the ten-month SNA course launched in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11360/21]
Wed, 3 Mar 2021
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Third Level Costs
Rose Conway-Walsh
626. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the full economic costings per discipline across the third-level sector will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11113/21]
Wed, 3 Mar 2021
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Rose Conway-Walsh
637. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if officials from his Department have met with the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland to discuss higher education provision in the north-west region as outlined in the joint communiqué from the 25th North-South Ministerial Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11475/21]
Wed, 3 Mar 2021
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Departmental Data
Rose Conway-Walsh
642. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of graduates each year from a college (details supplied) from a professional master's degree in education in primary initial teaching education since the college was founded in 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11835/21]
Thu, 25 Feb 2021
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Research and Development
Rose Conway-Walsh
209. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the public expenditure on research and development and as a percentage in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10604/21]
Wed, 24 Feb 2021
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Driver Licences
Rose Conway-Walsh
85. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons that have submitted a UK driver licence to be transferred to an Irish licence; the number still waiting to be issued an Irish licence; if these persons are permitted to drive in the interim period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9424/21]
Wed, 24 Feb 2021
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Ireland Strategic Investment Fund
Rose Conway-Walsh
213. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 17 February 2021, when payment was given to a company (details supplied); the terms on which payment was provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10250/21]
Wed, 24 Feb 2021
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National Archives
Rose Conway-Walsh
254. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she plans to introduce legislation to enable the development of systematic web archiving on a legal deposit basis; her views on the need for such an archive for Ireland’s national research infrastructure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10328/21]
Wed, 24 Feb 2021
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Further Education and Training Colleges
Rose Conway-Walsh
460. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education if publicly-funded higher education institutions are restricted or limited to independently determining the number of students they enrol for professional masters of education courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10081/21]
Wed, 24 Feb 2021
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Education Data
Rose Conway-Walsh
536. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of extending the Gaeltacht grant to students in a college (details supplied) in 2021; the estimated cost if the grant was extended to the 800 second-year students in the college; the estimated cost if it was extended to both first and second-year students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10507/21]
Wed, 24 Feb 2021
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Technological Universities
Rose Conway-Walsh
656. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if an application for the Connacht-Ulster Alliance of GMIT, LYIT and IT Sligo has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9537/21]
Wed, 24 Feb 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Rose Conway-Walsh
657. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students who have already paid their fees for the 2020-2021 academic year will effectively be unable to access the €250 Covid support until September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9540/21]