Parliamentary questions

Primary Care Centres

Rose Conway-Walsh

587. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the provision of the primary care centre scheduled for Bangor Erris, County Mayo; the timeline for the delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62834/21]

Home Care Packages

Rose Conway-Walsh

588. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of, and waiting lists for, home care packages and home help hours in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62835/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Rose Conway-Walsh

589. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the status of the waiting list for elective surgery in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62836/21]

Home Help Service

Rose Conway-Walsh

590. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE home help staff recruited in the past 12 months, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62837/21]

Hospital Overcrowding

Rose Conway-Walsh

591. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase bed capacity and address the overcrowding crisis in the Saolta Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62838/21]

Hospital Facilities

Rose Conway-Walsh

592. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of new acute beds that have been provided in County Mayo in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62839/21]

Hospital Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

593. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical staff vacancies by staff grade currently for each hospital in the Saolta University Health Care Group; the length of time of each vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62840/21]

Hospital Facilities

Rose Conway-Walsh

594. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of additional beds that will be made operational in hospitals in County Mayo under the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62841/21]

General Practitioner Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

595. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to recent data provided by a body (details supplied); the measures he proposes to take to ensure sufficient general practitioner capacity in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62842/21]

Hospital Admissions

Rose Conway-Walsh

596. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of planned surgeries that have been cancelled in each hospital in the Saolta University Health Care Group over each of the past six months as a result of bed capacity issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62843/21]

Home Care Packages

Rose Conway-Walsh

597. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of home care hours applied for, by CHO; the number granted in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62844/21]

Primary Care Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

598. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the primary care plans for each CHO; the progress to date on each project; the timeframe for delivery of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62845/21]

Home Care Packages

Rose Conway-Walsh

599. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for approval of a home care application; the level of delayed discharges from each hospital in the Saolta University Health Care Group while waiting on a home care package or community bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62846/21]

Hospital Transfers

Rose Conway-Walsh

600. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of community hospital beds in County Mayo available to patients on discharge from acute hospitals; if he plans to increase community bed capacity in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62847/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Rose Conway-Walsh

154. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the funding of €9 million allocated to higher education institutions for antigen tests will be increased to ensure the expansion of the initiative to include students in private colleges and will not mean a corresponding reduction in the amount received by public institutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62395/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Rose Conway-Walsh

155. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the €9 million allocated to antigen tests for third level students is designed and intended to ensure in-person examinations at the end of the first semester of 2021-2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62396/21]

Housing Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

293. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the annual statutory summary of social housing assessments will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61462/21]

Teacher Training

Rose Conway-Walsh

391. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education if the Gaeltacht component of primary teacher training will go ahead as normal in January 2022 under current guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61316/21]

Research Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

485. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the State funding provided to the Tyndall Institute since 2011 either through direct exchequer funding, competitive SFI funding or another source; if there is a commitment to increase Exchequer funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61829/21]

Third Level Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

486. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of academic and research staff employed by the Tyndall Institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61830/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

487. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 24 November 2021 and in view of the fact the projected cost range of this project in the NDP is €100 to €250 million, if the project is projected to cost a total of €75 million (details supplied); the other sources of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61831/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

488. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the level of direct Exchequer funding that is being provided to deliver the upgrading of the Royal Irish Academy of Music redevelopment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61832/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

489. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the level of direct Exchequer funding that is being provided to deliver the upgrading of the E3 Trinity College Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61833/21]

General Practitioner Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

591. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners currently working in Charlestown, County Mayo and in other areas close by to increase the provision of general practitioner care in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61367/21]

Research Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

31. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has adopted recommendations by the Irish Government Economic Evaluation Service in its spending review on the disruptive technologies innovation fund published in November 2020 making particular reference to the recommendations to closely monitor the progress of projects during and after funding is completed and the recording of outputs upon completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60715/21]

Research Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

32. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of experts used in each of the calls for the disruptive technologies innovation fund; the total number of experts the European Commission's database of experts; the total number of non-Irish or Irish resident experts from outside the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60716/21]

Skills Development

Rose Conway-Walsh

34. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of qualified tradespersons and skilled retrofitting workers that will be needed to deliver on retrofitting and other climate targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60760/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Rose Conway-Walsh

46. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the safeguards that are in place to ensure that a company experienced a reduction in turnover of 30% and that this reduction was solely caused by Covid-19 in relation to the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60761/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

104. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he plans to reform the funding model of the further education and training sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60608/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Rose Conway-Walsh

105. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the breakdown of the €118.5 million of non-voted Covid-19 expenditure from the National Training Fund in 2021; the total expenditure from the National Training Fund for 2021 including the €118.5 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60609/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Rose Conway-Walsh

106. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the breakdown of the €105 million Covid-19 expenditure in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60610/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

107. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has co-funded higher education institution owned student accommodation in 2020 or 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60611/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Rose Conway-Walsh

108. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the breakdown of the spending of the €500,095,000 capital budget for 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60612/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

109. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of the 4,550 retrofit and nearly zero energy building standard places to be provided by the end of 2022 that will be one, two, three and four-day courses, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60625/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

110. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the anticipated opening date for the enrolment for the three additional retrofit centres of excellence in counties Cork, Limerick, Clare, Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim; the location and anticipated enrolment capacity in each centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60626/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

111. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 671 and 672 of 2 November 2021, if he will provide a list of the 50 plus green skills and sustainability programmes already running across the tertiary sector aimed at construction professionals in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60627/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

112. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of removing the exemption of apprenticeships to the National Minimum Wage Act 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60628/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

113. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the expenditure under the green skills action programme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60629/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

114. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total allocated each year under the apprenticeship incentivisation scheme since it began; the total actual expenditure to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60712/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

115. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of craft apprentices currently on waiting lists to access off-the-job training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60713/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

116. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total capacity of phase to off-the-job training of craft apprentices in 2019; the total enrolled capacity of phase to off the job-training in September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60714/21]

Third Level Examinations

Rose Conway-Walsh

117. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students returning from placements in healthcare settings such as student nurses will be expected to sit in-person exams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60832/21]

Veterinary Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

191. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he has implemented to ensure that the transposition of EU Regulation 2019/6 regarding veterinary medicines does not disadvantage farmers or impact negatively on rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60758/21]

National Broadband Plan

Rose Conway-Walsh

153. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the commitment in the Programme for Government to seek to accelerate the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60239/21]

Road Network

Rose Conway-Walsh

159. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the status of the commitment in the Programme for Government to ensure sufficient investment in the local and regional road network to maintain roads to a proper standard, deal with road safety challenges and improve regional accessibility in relation to County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60240/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Rose Conway-Walsh

364. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount provided in the form of electricity allowance payment under the households benefit package since 2011; the number of units of electricity that electricity allowance corresponds to in each year since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59995/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

424. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he last met with a union (details supplied) to discuss its concerns regarding the ending of the current craft apprenticeship model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60324/21]

Nursing Homes

Rose Conway-Walsh

464. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing home residents in each county in receipt of HSE top-up payments, in tabular form; the sources of funding for the top-up payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59795/21]

Nursing Homes

Rose Conway-Walsh

465. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE contract beds in nursing homes, by county, since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59796/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

144. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 24 November 2021, the time duration of the each Nearly Zero Energy Building Standard (NZEB) course (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59334/21]

Institutes of Technology

Rose Conway-Walsh

145. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 297, 298, 299 of 25 November 2021, the overall cost of the extension to the central campus EO1 project at Sligo IT; and if it is contained in the Investment Programme Tracker October 2021 which was released as part of the NDP launch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59335/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

146. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the Higher Education Strategic Infrastructure Fund has concluded or if additional calls will be made in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59336/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Rose Conway-Walsh

147. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding allocated and spent under the Infrastructure Upgrade and Refurbishment Programme; the details of each project in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59337/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Rose Conway-Walsh

148. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding allocated and spent under the Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation Pathfinder Programme; the details of each project in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59338/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Rose Conway-Walsh

149. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the anticipated capital expenditure for higher education and the capital project expenditure to date; the anticipated capital project investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59341/21]

Project Ireland 2040

Rose Conway-Walsh

150. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he remains committed to the Project Ireland 2040 commitment of Exchequer investment of €2.2 billion in Ireland's higher education infrastructure over the period to 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59342/21]

Third Level Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

55. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the increase in expenditure in the current academic year on SUSI, the student assistance fund and mental health supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59094/21]

Third Level Examinations

Rose Conway-Walsh

57. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students will have a remote option for end of semester exams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59095/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

100. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to create a situation in which universities are able to provide on-campus accommodation at affordable rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58643/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

101. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider protecting the craft apprenticeship model as we move to a unitary system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58644/21]

Third Level Fees

Rose Conway-Walsh

117. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if reducing fees for students will be considered as part of sustainable funding model brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58642/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

446. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of apprentices registering on both craft and consortia-led apprenticeships had already attained a level 8 qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58478/21]

Departmental Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

447. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the energy efficiency and decarbonisation pathfinder programme in the higher education sector and plan to develop a similar programme for the further education and training sector as outlined in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58479/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Rose Conway-Walsh

20. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will engage with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to find a solution to the situation in which parents in education are seeing a substantial loss of income in cases in which they are moved from the jobseeker's transitional payment to the back to education allowance when their child turns 14 years of age due to the impact it has on SUSI support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57970/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Rose Conway-Walsh

103. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the cuts to the pandemic unemployment payment particularly for workers in sectors that continue to be subject to Covid-19-related restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57969/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

297. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number and detail of all completed, ongoing and planned projects under the higher education strategic infrastructure fund; the level of co-financing being provided through the fund; the total cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58087/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

298. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the higher education strategic infrastructure fund is exclusively for traditional universities with independent borrowing power therefore excluding technological universities and institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58088/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

299. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total available funding under the higher education strategic infrastructure fund; the criteria used for allocating funding under the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58089/21]

Education and Training Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

135. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline all current nearly zero energy building courses such as NZEB, the fundamental awareness course; the number of persons currently enrolled on such courses; the total who graduated from each course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57752/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

136. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current drop-out rate from craft apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57754/21]

Third Level Examinations

Rose Conway-Walsh

137. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans that are in place to ensure that third ##level institutions are prepared for, and capable of providing, alternative assessments for students who do not wish to sit in-person examinations, or for students who are unable to attend due to a requirement to restrict their movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57755/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

138. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the level of direct Exchequer funding being provided to deliver the new building to expand Dublin City University capacity in key STEM areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57778/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

139. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the level of direct Exchequer funding that is being provided to deliver the upgrading of the Tyndall National Institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57779/21]

Hospital Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

196. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses employed in each hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57780/21]

Teacher Training

Rose Conway-Walsh

114. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education when she will approve the intake numbers into both the bachelor of education and professional master of education for the next academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57227/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Rose Conway-Walsh

172. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to stop the spread of Covid-19 in schools and to protect staff, students and the wider community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57226/21]

National Transport Authority

Rose Conway-Walsh

213. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the rail-based proposals included in the published draft as part of the consultation process on Connecting Ireland being run by the NTA in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56980/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

451. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of persons who completed an apprenticeship and became fully qualified tradespersons in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56974/21]

Technological Universities

Rose Conway-Walsh

452. 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. [56975/21]

Grant Payments

Rose Conway-Walsh

453. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider continuing to extend the SUSI maintenance grant to persons being transferred from the jobseeker's transition payment to the back to education allowance as a result their child turning 14 years of age and instead continue to provide a maintenance grant even though typically the back to education allowance would not be a compatible payment until the recipient completes their education course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56976/21]

Grant Payments

Rose Conway-Walsh

454. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of parents who lose the SUSI maintenance grant as a result of being transferred from the jobseeker's transition payment to the back to education allowance due to their child turning 14 years of age; if his Department has conducted research into the effect this has or will have on the completion rate of education courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56977/21]

Third Level Reform

Rose Conway-Walsh

455. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will bring forward an updated Higher Education System Performance Framework given the current framework was only intended to continue until the end of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56979/21]

Departmental Bodies

Rose Conway-Walsh

586. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the total allocation and expenditure of the Health Research Board since 2006, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56978/21]

Foreign Birth Registration

Rose Conway-Walsh

21. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that are being taken to rectify some of the impact the disruption to the operation of the foreign birth register during Covid-19 has had on applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56529/21]

Education Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

262. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of students in receipt of the back to education allowance in each year since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56617/21]

Education Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

263. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of the approved third-level institutions for the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56618/21]

Research Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

275. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the recently concluded agreement to include Israel in Horizon Europe until 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56530/21]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

277. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of enrolments and graduates from paramedic courses in each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56614/21]

Departmental Reports

Rose Conway-Walsh

278. 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. [56615/21]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

279. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of part-time students in public higher education institutes not including non-EU international students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56616/21]

Institutes of Technology

Rose Conway-Walsh

148. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to address the situation in which tutors at institutes of technology on contracts of indefinite duration are unable to join the public service pension scheme; the impact technological university status will have on the ability of tutors to access the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56260/21]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

149. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 10 November 2021, if he will provide a further breakdown of Higher Education Authority operational spending including between pay and non-pay spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56261/21]

Education Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

150. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 10 November 2021, the reason all retrofitting centre of excellence courses are non-NFQ aligned and instead accredited by private companies; if this model will be used in the other three centres of excellence currently being developed; the estimated cost of using private accreditation companies in 2021 for the retrofitting centres of excellence; the estimated cost in 2021 of using private accreditation companies for green skills and retrofitting courses across the whole further education and training sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56262/21]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

151. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total enrolments on all green skill and sustainability programmes running across the tertiary system in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56263/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

152. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 10 November 2021, if the single apprenticeship system that both consortia-led and craft apprenticeships will be migrated to by 2025 will most closely resemble the craft or consortia-led model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56264/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

159. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new apprentices registered to consortia-led apprenticeships that were already employed by the company for more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56386/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

160. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current drop-out rate of consortia-led apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56387/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

161. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the minimum duration allowed for a consortia-led apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56388/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

162. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average age of a craft apprentice; the average age of a consortia-led apprentice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56389/21]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

163. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of graduate entry medical students in each year since 2006, excluding non-EU international students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56390/21]