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Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
1222. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the training capacity of each college of further education per apprenticeship type and the total increase since 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20912/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Bodies
Rose Conway-Walsh
1223. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding for the Skills and Labour Market Research Unit for the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20929/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Funding
Rose Conway-Walsh
1224. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding for the National Open Research Coordinator for the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20930/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Research Funding
Rose Conway-Walsh
1225. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way that the €37.305 million in research funding allocated directly to his Department was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20932/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Research Funding
Rose Conway-Walsh
1229. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the breakdown of Irish Research Council funding provided to each higher education institute and research-performing organisation in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21171/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Health Services Staff
Rose Conway-Walsh
1557. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number and the percentage of clinical psychologist students at PhD level who are sponsored by the HSE who continue to work in the public sector for at least five years following the completion of their studies; the terms associated with the HSE sponsorship of clinical psychologist students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20128/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Medical Cards
Rose Conway-Walsh
1720. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if there is a pathway to a discretionary medical card for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20744/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Medical Cards
Rose Conway-Walsh
1721. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20745/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Reports
Rose Conway-Walsh
1835. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health when the last performance output report was published in relation the Health Research Board; when the next performance report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21172/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Disability Services
Rose Conway-Walsh
1837. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will allocate funding for increased day support hours to end the situation of persons being approved or additional support without the capacity being in place such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21195/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Funding
Rose Conway-Walsh
1927. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to the Marine Institute over the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20933/22]
Thu, 7 Apr 2022
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Redundancy Payments
Rose Conway-Walsh
74. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department has taken to protect employees, subcontractors and suppliers effected a company (details supplied) entering receivership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18680/22]
Thu, 7 Apr 2022
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Company Closures
Rose Conway-Walsh
82. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there will be impact on statutory redundancy for a worker from a company (details supplied) that takes up additional employment during the statutory redundancy consultation period provided they do not formally resign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18681/22]
Thu, 7 Apr 2022
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Energy Prices
Rose Conway-Walsh
116. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the role that gas plays in setting the wholesale electricity price of other forms of generated electricity, particularly renewable energy; the way this has impacted the overall wholesale price of electricity over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18682/22]
Thu, 7 Apr 2022
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Fuel Prices
Rose Conway-Walsh
124. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is a price point for gas or other fossil fuels at which it would be necessary to consider decoupling high-priced hydrocarbons from setting the overall wholesale electricity price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18683/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Education Schemes
Rose Conway-Walsh
156. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of extending SUSI fee cover to part-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18522/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Education Policy
Rose Conway-Walsh
163. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated increase in Exchequer spending that would be required to bring Ireland in line with the OECD average for spending on higher education as a share of GDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18686/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Third Level Fees
Rose Conway-Walsh
164. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated amount it would cost to reduce the student contribution charge by €1,000; the estimated amount it would cost to abolish the student contribution charge completely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18687/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Technological Universities
Rose Conway-Walsh
165. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are plans to form a new consortium in relation to forming an additional technological university with DKIT and or another higher education institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18688/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
166. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total annual student contribution charge to each consortia-led apprenticeship for each phase in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18864/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
167. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total amount spent each year on each form of apprenticeship support since 2006, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18865/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
168. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the rates of support for an apprentice under each support scheme since 2006, in tabular form; and if he has considered increasing the level of apprentice supports given the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18866/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
169. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average cost to the Exchequer for each craft apprentice and consortia-led apprentice each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18867/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
170. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the anticipated number of fully qualified tradespeople to have completed apprenticeships in 2022; the number in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18868/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Rose Conway-Walsh
171. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the set that his Department is taking to address low registration levels in certain construction-related trades; the apprenticeships that are being targeted in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18869/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Rose Conway-Walsh
215. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners accepting new medical card patients in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18521/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Hospital Facilities
Rose Conway-Walsh
216. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if an update will be provided in relation to the capital proposal from Ballina District Hospital to the HSE in relation to additional beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18523/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Renewable Energy Generation
Rose Conway-Walsh
129. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has engaged with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications in relation to supporting island communities such as on Achill Island to develop community-owned renewable energy projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18048/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Rural Schemes
Rose Conway-Walsh
133. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the design and delivery of the next Leader programme will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18049/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Public Service Obligation
Rose Conway-Walsh
178. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount collected through the public service obligation levy each year since its introduction, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18153/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Energy Prices
Rose Conway-Walsh
179. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the role gas plays in setting the wholesale electricity price of other forms of generated electricity, particularly renewable energy. [18154/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Wind Energy Generation
Rose Conway-Walsh
180. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost of producing wind energy in the State; the average wholesale price of wind energy each month since January 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18155/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Housing Schemes
Rose Conway-Walsh
390. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of recipients of HAP and RAS support in County Mayo each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18274/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Housing Policy
Rose Conway-Walsh
391. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the last time that income thresholds were increased; the effect in real terms on income thresholds due to inflation in that time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18275/22]