Parliamentary questions

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Rose Conway-Walsh

507. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of workers who transferred from the pandemic unemployment payment to employment in January 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8714/21]

Family Resource Centres

Rose Conway-Walsh

537. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there will be an application process for additional agencies to become members of the family resource centre programme in 2021 to allow for applications to address the need for a family resource centre in Erris, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8635/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

551. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the value of direct financial supports provided to purpose-built student accommodation providers since 2011, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8709/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

555. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the most recent data his Department has on the breakdown between purpose-built student accommodation in the private market and on campus are from 2014; his plans to update this information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7981/21]

Third Level Admissions

Rose Conway-Walsh

556. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of persons who accepted an offer of a place through the CAO in 2019 and 2020, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7982/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

557. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentices working across the public sector; the percentage this has on the total number of registered apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8026/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

558. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentices that have been employed across the public sector for each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8033/21]

International Students

Rose Conway-Walsh

568. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has instructed higher education institutes not to encourage international student to travel into the State for the second semester of the 2020-2021 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8305/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

572. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number and percentage of craft apprentices who have been temporarily laid-off at some stage throughout the pandemic; the current figures for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8403/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

573. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number and percentage of craft apprentices have had their off-the-job training postponed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8406/21]

Third Level Institutions

Rose Conway-Walsh

575. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding in third-level institutions by student; the way it compares to 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8453/21]

Education and Training Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

576. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the breakdown between expenditure on training for those seeking employment and in employment training; the way in which apprenticeships are categorised; the percentage spent on funding apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8462/21]

Erasmus+ Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

577. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 589 of 10 February 2021, if by taking the step to support students from Northern Ireland and maintain the number of students accessing Erasmus+ from the island of Ireland while simultaneously losing the capacity of universities in Northern Ireland to host incoming students from across the EU will require higher education institutions in this jurisdiction to host additional Erasmus students from elsewhere in the EU; if this will have financial implication for HEIs; if so, the funding that will be available to ensure HEIs can facilitate this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8634/21]

Citizenship Applications

Rose Conway-Walsh

604. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application by a person (details supplied); when they can expect a response on their status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8330/21]

Teagasc Activities

Rose Conway-Walsh

995. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost per green cert place; the additional cost of increasing places to meet the currently level of demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7980/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Rose Conway-Walsh

205. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the reason for excluding boat tour operators from the Covid restrictions support scheme on the basis of not having a business premises; if his attention has been drawn to the negative impact the matter is having on the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6638/21]

Rent Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

328. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average rent per student in purpose-built student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6988/21]

Erasmus+ Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

587. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagement he had with Minister for the Economy, Diane Dodds and the Department for Economy in Northern Ireland on the Erasmus+ scheme and its extension to students in Northern Ireland beyond Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6783/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

588. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentices that have been stopped from qualifying or advancing to the next year due to the disruption to off-the-job training; the contingency plans in place to deal with the backlog as soon as it is safe for apprentices and staff to return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6795/21]

Erasmus+ Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

589. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost to allow students from Northern Ireland to continue to access the Erasmus+ programme; if the cost includes financial support for colleges to host more Erasmus students from across Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6796/21]

Erasmus+ Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

590. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the funding for Erasmus+ applicants from Northern Ireland will contribute to the overall Erasmus funding allocation in exchange for permission for applicants from Northern Ireland to be eligible; if not, if it will be funded on a per students basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6797/21]

Hospice Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

856. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if funding for a hospice (details supplied) will be included in the 2021 HSE service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6985/21]

Employment Rights

Rose Conway-Walsh

21. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to seek an extension to the redundancy moratorium set to end on 31 March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5527/21]

National Car Test

Rose Conway-Walsh

115. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport if the NCT is deemed an essential service; the rationale for its change of status since the first lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5528/21]

Import Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

193. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in terms of customs charges, duty and VAT associated with an individual importing power tools on a non-commercial basis from the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5466/21]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Rose Conway-Walsh

196. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if an employee enrolled on the wage subsidy scheme in 2020 who has continued to work full time throughout the pandemic will face a reduction in their income due to the calculation of the scheme as a percentage of an employee's previous net weekly earnings rather than gross weekly earnings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5505/21]

Tax Reliefs

Rose Conway-Walsh

204. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if the interim benefit-in-kind measures for employees who have a company car or van will be extended into 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5822/21]

Household Benefits Scheme

Rose Conway-Walsh

426. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the increased cost to recipients of the household benefits package in relation to the electricity price increase which came into effect on 1 October 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5601/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Rose Conway-Walsh

530. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a list will be provided of higher education institutions that continue to charge repeat exam fees for modules taken during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5170/21]

Third Level Fees

Rose Conway-Walsh

533. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students enrolled in a graduate entry medical course can secure a loan for their fees if their parents are not in a financial position to guarantee the loan; if he will provide details of the other options available to students struggling to afford the €16,000 fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5526/21]

Medical Research and Training

Rose Conway-Walsh

534. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position regarding the inclusion of a special policy for biomedical research into myalgic encephalomyelitis and other under investigated conditions in the first work programme of Horizon Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5507/21]

Erasmus+ Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

537. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to protect the access of Northern Ireland applicants to the Erasmus programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5623/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

543. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average rent per student in purpose-built student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5723/21]

Leave to Remain

Rose Conway-Walsh

578. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Justice the status of the processing of applications for permission to remain; the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5506/21]

Dental Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

753. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in the dental treatment services scheme in 2019 by LHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5529/21]

Teagasc Activities

Rose Conway-Walsh

955. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons awaiting a place on a green certificate course by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5800/21]

Teagasc Activities

Rose Conway-Walsh

956. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new green certificate places available for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5801/21]

Teagasc Activities

Rose Conway-Walsh

960. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of course places available in each year since 2016 for green certificate qualification; the number of applicants for green certificate courses in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5856/21]

Teagasc Activities

Rose Conway-Walsh

961. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the figures used to predict demand for places on green certificate courses; the demand predicted for 2021; the predicted demand for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5857/21]

Land Issues

Rose Conway-Walsh

966. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the European Union basic payment scheme inheritance regulation 2017 ensures that when there is no provision for entailments made in a will that the entailments transfer with eligible land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5940/21]

School Meals Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

177. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the details regarding the continuation of school meals during Covid restriction particularly in relation to the frequency of deliveries; the quality of food provided; the nutritional value of the food provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4780/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Rose Conway-Walsh

274. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if therapeutic staff for children with complex needs will be redeployed in any capacity in relation to the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4832/21]

Student Assistance Fund

Rose Conway-Walsh

581. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount received by each higher education institute under the student assistance fund; the amount distributed to students in each institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3835/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

582. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science The number of additional purpose-built student accommodations beds that have been added since the launch of the National Student Accommodation Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3846/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

583. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average rent per student in purpose-built student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3847/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

584. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the breakdown between higher education institute-owned accommodation and private sector accommodation in terms of beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3848/21]

Third Level Admissions

Rose Conway-Walsh

588. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of applicants to the CAO that did not receive an offer in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3919/21]

Third Level Admissions

Rose Conway-Walsh

589. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the additional 2,000 undergraduate places secured in the budget for the academic year 2021-2022 are separate from and in addition to the maintenance of all places added in for the academic year 2020-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3920/21]

Third Level Admissions

Rose Conway-Walsh

590. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide additional detail on the circa 5,000 additional places for higher education referenced in the Budget 2021 expenditure report; if this figure includes postgraduate and international students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3921/21]

Departmental Reports

Rose Conway-Walsh

591. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the demographic trend in the Department of Education report Projection of Demand for Full-Time Third-Level Education 2018 – 2040 published in November 2018 are the most up-to-date and the projections currently being used by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3922/21]

Third Level Admissions

Rose Conway-Walsh

592. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of additional third-level places at undergraduate and postgraduate level that have been added since the Department of Education published the Projection of Demand for Full-Time Third-Level Education 2018 – 2040 in November 2018; the breakdown based on Irish, EU, international non-EU and postgraduate students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3923/21]

Departmental Reports

Rose Conway-Walsh

593. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of additional third-level places that will be needed in the coming academic year to meet the demographic demand based on both scenario 1 and scenario 3 of the Department of Education report Projection of Demand for Full-Time Third-Level Education 2018 – 2040 published in November 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3924/21]

Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Rose Conway-Walsh

48. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Transport Infrastructure Ireland is carrying out tree felling on a substantial scale in County Mayo; the planned extent of this tree felling in the county and nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3361/21]

Third Level Fees

Rose Conway-Walsh

281. 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 certain higher education institutes, HEIs, are informing prospective students if they are residents in Northern Ireland that they may be subject to international fees; if a list of the HEIs taking this approach will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3352/21]

Higher Education Institutions

Rose Conway-Walsh

282. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason for including commercial premises in the roll-out of extended virtual campuses by a provider (details supplied); the selection criteria and process for commercial premises; if students will be able to assess the Wi-Fi without being paying customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3353/21]

Higher Education Institutions

Rose Conway-Walsh

283. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the anticipated cost of rolling out extended virtual campuses by a provider (details supplied) to 90 locations in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3354/21]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Rose Conway-Walsh

284. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps that have been take to engage with student unions outside of a group of unions (details supplied) particularly in relation to the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3355/21]

Education Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

285. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of students enrolled in the first year in higher education at the beginning of 2020-21 academic year; and the way it compares to the same figure for the 2019-20 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3356/21]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

286. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the actions taken to expand in-demand third level course places for the 2021-22 academic year; the target number for increased places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3357/21]

Primary Care Centres

Rose Conway-Walsh

443. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the amount of financial support provided to facilitate the construction of the primary care centre in Ballina, County Mayo; the amount of rent paid annually by the HSE for the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3358/21]

Primary Care Centres

Rose Conway-Walsh

444. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the service overlap that will exist between Ballina District Hospital and the expanded primary care centre in Ballina, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3359/21]

Health Services Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

445. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if oncology blood services in the community will continue and if there are no plans to require patients to travel into hospitals in order to provide a blood sample; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3360/21]

Drugs Payment Scheme

Rose Conway-Walsh

855. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will consider including the HPV vaccine within the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45049/20]

Cancer Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

860. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients suspected of having cancer are facing waiting times of five months from initial specialist referral to the appointment for a biopsy such as in the case of a person (details supplied); the steps he is taking to reduce these waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45073/20]

Cancer Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

887. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if there have been supply disruptions for medication for chemotherapy at Tullamore hospital (details supplied); if there is a risk of supply-related issues in the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45176/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Rose Conway-Walsh

89. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports in place for community halls and centres nationwide that have lost the ability to generate revenue during Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43785/20]

Industrial Relations

Rose Conway-Walsh

126. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has engaged with workers and their trade union in relation to the appointment of provisional liquidators to a group (details supplied); the other steps he has taken to ensure that the company will honour the workers' collective agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43950/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Rose Conway-Walsh

176. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to ensure that all employers are adhering to public health advice to allow employees to work from home unless it is absolutely necessary particularly in relation to staff with underlying health conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43784/20]

Mobile Telephony Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

262. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average 4G mobile coverage by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44589/20]

National Broadband Plan

Rose Conway-Walsh

263. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when persons in Ballygowan, Claremorris, County Mayo can expect to be connected to the broadband network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44590/20]

Mortgage Interest Relief

Rose Conway-Walsh

308. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if mortgage interest relief for all active housing is to be abolished at the end of 2020; the breakdown by county of the number of mortgage holders this will affect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44586/20]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

464. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of registered employers in the apprenticeship programme; the number of active employers in the programme; the number of apprenticeship participants by type and county in each of the years 2017 to 2019, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44599/20]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

465. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of mature student apprentices currently enrolled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44600/20]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

466. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new apprentices enrolled since the announcement of July stimulus; the way in which the number compares to the same time period in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44601/20]

Nursing Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

467. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if any decision taken by the HSE regarding remuneration for nursing students would have an impact on the degree status of nursing in higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44602/20]

Irish Prison Service

Rose Conway-Walsh

490. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to instances in which the Irish Prison Service is not facilitating remote work for employees who are high risk due to underlying medical conditions despite recommendations from the medical adviser of the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44604/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Rose Conway-Walsh

514. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the HSE guidance on recovery for sufferers of long-term Covid-19 issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44150/20]

Dental Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

613. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have withdrawn from the dental treatment services scheme; the number of dentists remaining in the scheme by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44587/20]

HSE Waiting Lists

Rose Conway-Walsh

614. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on lists as both inpatients and outpatients for Mayo University Hospital; the average wait time; the number waiting more than one, two, three and four years, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44591/20]

HSE Waiting Lists

Rose Conway-Walsh

615. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the wait time for outpatient appointments at Mayo University Hospital and University Hospital Galway, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44592/20]

HSE Waiting Lists

Rose Conway-Walsh

616. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list to see a paediatrician in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44593/20]

HSE Waiting Lists

Rose Conway-Walsh

617. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an outpatient appointment at Mayo University Hospital and University Hospital Galway; the comparison to the same period in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44594/20]

HSE Waiting Lists

Rose Conway-Walsh

618. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to access the national counselling service by county; the average wait time; the number of persons waiting over one year by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44595/20]

HSE Waiting Lists

Rose Conway-Walsh

619. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for cataracts surgery by county; the average wait time; the number waiting over one, two, three and four years, respectively by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44596/20]

HSE Waiting Lists

Rose Conway-Walsh

620. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for physiotherapy services by county; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44597/20]

HSE Waiting Lists

Rose Conway-Walsh

621. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for physiotherapy services by county; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44598/20]

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme

Rose Conway-Walsh

664. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number waiting and the average waiting times to avail of the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44588/20]

LEADER Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

676. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of projects and administration allocations under the LEADER transitional programme; the funding provided for new LEADER projects in 2021; the funding identified for the delivery and administration of the LEADER programme in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44603/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Rose Conway-Walsh

33. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of grants and loans approved for each individual Covid scheme by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43829/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Rose Conway-Walsh

375. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown of Covid-19-related supports allocated to community halls and centres by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43830/20]

Departmental Functions

Rose Conway-Walsh

7. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach if he will consider a review of the appraisal processes used in decision making to ensure better balanced regional development and greater transparency across the appraisal and decision-making process. [41617/20]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

35. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all public institutes of higher education have now agreed to provide refunds for unused accommodation; the actions his Department has taken to help students again battling with private accommodation providers for refunds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43159/20]

Student Support Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

37. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the €250 payment will be extended to include all students in full-time third level education; the way in which students in final year who have already paid their fees can avail of the support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43160/20]

Third Level Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

50. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures he has taken to urge universities to compensate postgraduate students for the move to online teaching and the much-reduced student experience promised in their prospectus and marketing campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43162/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Rose Conway-Walsh

55. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide additional information on the €20 million in budget 2021 for SUSI that will see the funding returned to 2019 levels; the projections on demand upon which this is based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43163/20]

Third Level Fees

Rose Conway-Walsh

89. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if universities are in a position to assure students applying from Northern Ireland that under no circumstance will they be charged international fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43164/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Rose Conway-Walsh

91. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which he will provide clarity to students in terms of on-campus time in the next semester given the experience of the last semester; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43161/20]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

414. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures and supports that have been put in place for third-level students with dyslexia and other conditions that secured them supports at second level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43284/20]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

415. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the independently appointed consultants conducting the economic evaluation of the funding options presented in the report of the Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education under the European Commission DG Reform Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43285/20]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

424. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of full-time further education students by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43563/20]