Parliamentary questions

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

State Examinations

Rose Conway-Walsh

295. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the CAO results will be announced in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23809/22]

Foreign Birth Registration

Rose Conway-Walsh

124. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent of the backlog in foreign birth registrations; and the steps that he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22995/22]

Departmental Reports

Rose Conway-Walsh

597. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he will publish the economic evaluation of the Cassells report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23010/22]

Third Level Reform

Rose Conway-Walsh

598. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide details on the new oversight group, the Higher Education Reform Implementation Review Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23011/22]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

599. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline plans he has to move higher education to a unified funding system for universities and technological institutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23012/22]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

600. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline plans he has to allocate additional resources from the National Training Fund to higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23013/22]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

601. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if funding supports for apprenticeship are allocated from the National Training Fund; the total expenditure in each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23014/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Rose Conway-Walsh

614. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the academic or budgetary year the €307 million corresponds to given that reports indicate the economic evaluation of the Cassells report has outlined an annual funding gap of €307 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23347/22]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

615. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the provision of a borrowing framework for the technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23348/22]

Third Level Reform

Rose Conway-Walsh

616. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science which of the options 1,2,3 or a hybrid, analysed as part of the economic evaluation of the Cassells report most closely align with his proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23349/22]

Third Level Reform

Rose Conway-Walsh

617. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department proposed the outline of the alternative hybrid option included in the report; if he will outline the parameters set for the model by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23350/22]

Research Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

69. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach the funding allocated to the shared island research programme including a breakdown of funding between the IRC competitive funding, ESRI research and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22274/22]

Departmental Offices

Rose Conway-Walsh

123. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the future plans for the National Driver Licence Service Office in New Antrim Street, Castlebar, County Mayo given that prior to Covid-19 the office had a walk-in and appointment service; if both of these services will continue long-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21956/22]

Tax Reliefs

Rose Conway-Walsh

150. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if accessing research support funding from Enterprise Ireland, IDA, Disruptive Technologies Fund or any other Government programme that financially supports research and development in the private sector impacts a company’s ability to access the research and development tax relief in the form of a payable credit; if in relation to the R&D tax relief any R&D expenditure funded by a Government supports are excluded from the calculation of the R&D tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22271/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

354. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage and total number of both craft and consortia-led apprentices that will access off-the-job training in 2022 and the anticipated figures for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22272/22]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

570. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated from the Exchequer to the Marine Institute in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22273/22]

Tax Exemptions

Rose Conway-Walsh

27. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider providing a tax exemption for apprenticeship allowances during participants' off-site training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21407/22]

Tax Reliefs

Rose Conway-Walsh

44. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance when he will conclude the review into providing agricultural contractors with a similar status to farmers regarding the carbon tax on green diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21406/22]

Tax Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

73. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance when he will publish the 2022 Research and Development Tax Credit Statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21353/22]

Tax Reliefs

Rose Conway-Walsh

74. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer on an annual basis of the tuition tax relief for undergraduate courses in public higher institutes of education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21355/22]

Inflation Rate

Rose Conway-Walsh

76. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the estimated level of inflation for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21377/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

116. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average annual cost of studying part-time at 'undergraduate and postgraduate level in public institutes of higher education; the total number of part-time undergraduate and postgraduate students in public institutes of higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21354/22]

Third Level Fees

Rose Conway-Walsh

117. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost of reducing part-time undergraduate and below course fees by €500, €1000 and abolishing them completely in public institutes of higher education for EU students; the cost of reducing postgraduate fees by €500, €1000 and abolishing them completely in public institutes of higher education for EU students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21356/22]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

118. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total current reserve of the National Training Fund at the end of 2021; the projected expenditure and income to the fund for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21357/22]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

119. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated total capital expenditure on further education, the technological sector and universities in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21376/22]

Third Level Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

120. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of a 1% increase in the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21378/22]

Third Level Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

121. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of extending the income threshold increase announced as part of budget 2022 to the special rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21379/22]

Third Level Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

122. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of extending SUSI to support students from the South who study at approved institutions (details supplied) in the North of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21380/22]

Rail Network

Rose Conway-Walsh

124. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport if he will seek to have the Western Rail Corridor included in the TEN-T programme in advance of the publication of the all-Ireland strategic rail review as has been done in the case of the DART+ project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21091/22]

Rail Network

Rose Conway-Walsh

159. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport when the all-Ireland strategic rail review will be completed; if he will request the conclusion on well-developed projects such as the Western Rail Corridor in advance of the full report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21092/22]

Research and Development

Rose Conway-Walsh

219. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if in order to be eligible for IDA Ireland RD&I grant support the R&D activity must be conducted in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21169/22]

Electricity Generation

Rose Conway-Walsh

279. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average percentage share of the overall electricity generation produced by projects under the renewable electricity support scheme; the anticipated share of renewable electricity support scheme supported projects in overall electricity generation by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20152/22]

Electricity Generation

Rose Conway-Walsh

280. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a list of all renewable electricity support scheme projects by the county in which each project is based; the amount of support allocated to each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20153/22]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

320. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding for the Environmental Protection Agency research activities for the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20931/22]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

328. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland National Energy Research Development and Demonstration Funding Programme 2022 by private and public institutions and the amount of funding received in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21170/22]

Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Rose Conway-Walsh

421. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the reasons for and output from the substantially increased research budget for Transport Infrastructure Ireland and the Conference of European Directors for Roads in 2021 compared to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20913/22]

Ukraine War

Rose Conway-Walsh

442. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport if there is a role for the Local Link service to ensure Ukrainian refugees have adequate transport; the support that local link will receive to deliver in this manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21144/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

528. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the average amount of tax paid by a registered apprentice on off-the-job training in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20881/22]

Research and Development

Rose Conway-Walsh

531. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if accessing research support funding from Enterprise Ireland, IDA, Disruptive Technologies Fund or any other Government programme that financially supports research and development in the private sector impacts a company’s ability to access the R&D tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21168/22]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

532. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the projected GNI* figure for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21194/22]

Social Welfare Code

Rose Conway-Walsh

1082. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if recipients of invalidity pensions are required to go on partial capacity benefit in order to take up a PhD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20882/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Rose Conway-Walsh

1083. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if disabled PhD students lose eligibility to the fuel allowance and other means tested secondary supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20909/22]

Social Welfare Code

Rose Conway-Walsh

1084. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the manner in which academic scholarships for undergraduate or masters level impact on invalidity, pension and secondary supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20910/22]

Social Welfare Code

Rose Conway-Walsh

1085. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the way that income from compulsory work as part of a PhD such as grading papers, teaching support and so on will affect disability support payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20911/22]

Departmental Budgets

Rose Conway-Walsh

1188. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the budget line under which mental health supports in higher education are currently drawn; if recent increases will be put on a more permanent footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20126/22]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

1189. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the drop-out rate of clinical counselling and educational psychologists and psychotherapy in each of the years since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20127/22]

Third Level Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

1190. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to plans for a bank (details supplied) to discontinue providing student loans to graduate-entry medical students; the steps he is taking to address the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20171/22]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

1191. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of EU students enrolled in graduate-entry medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20172/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

1218. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he intended to conduct an updated review of the cost of providing consortia-led apprenticeships given the increase from 5,100 in 2015 to an estimated 9,877; the targeted cost once programmes are established and set up cost are no longer a factor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20879/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

1219. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps that his Department is taking to address low registration levels in certain construction-related trades such as brick-laying and plastering; the apprenticeships that are being targeted in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20880/22]

Third Level Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

1220. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of the Exchequer of waiving the student contribution charge for all EU nursing students in the state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20883/22]