Parliamentary questions

Hospital Waiting Lists

Rose Conway-Walsh

871. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times for urgent referrals to the breast clinic in UCHG, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7387/23]

Disability Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

877. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists and speech and language therapists who are employed in Mayo by an organisation (details supplied) and the HSE, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7437/23]

Housing Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

97. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new-build social homes that were delivered in 2022 in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3719/23]

Defective Building Materials

Rose Conway-Walsh

158. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the recently announced Celtic tiger building defects redress scheme will apply retrospectively; if the same terms will be extended to homeowners in County Mayo and other counties effected by mica and pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3718/23]

Ukraine War

Rose Conway-Walsh

180. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the challenges Ukrainian refugees are experiencing in accessing car insurance due to the non-recognition of previous driving experience and claims history; the steps he is taking to ensure equitable access to car insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3827/23]

Banking Sector

Rose Conway-Walsh

72. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the assessments that have and will be undertaken with regards to the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears, CCMA, including the suite of alternative repayment arrangements; his plans to give the code full legal effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3100/23]

Tax Reliefs

Rose Conway-Walsh

103. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify that a special needs assistant is not a qualifying or eligible profession for flat-rate expense allowances; the reason this is the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3099/23]

InterTradeIreland

Rose Conway-Walsh

173. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the allocation under budget 2023 for InterTradeIreland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3218/23]

Tax Reliefs

Rose Conway-Walsh

242. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Minster for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the potential impact of change to company vehicle benefit-in-kind rules from 1 January 2023 on workers and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62121/22]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

442. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide the total allocation under the Student Assistance Fund provided to each higher education institution for the past three academic years, including 2022-2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2949/23]

Third Level Fees

Rose Conway-Walsh

443. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider extending the €1,000 fee reduction to students who have moved courses and were required to pay higher fees as a result of repeating a year at undergraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2950/23]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

444. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if plumbing apprentices who fail the colour vision test are unable to continue with the apprenticeship even if they can benefit from corrective lenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2951/23]

Hospital Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

580. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons based at Mayo University Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [3004/23]

Hospital Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

581. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE midwives working in the maternity department of Mayo University Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [3005/23]

Dental Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

582. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of orthodontists employed by the HSE for primary care orthodontic services in County Mayo by year from 2018 to date in 2023, in tabular form. [3006/23]

Health Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

583. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to open a walk-in warfarin clinic in County Mayo. [3007/23]

Research and Development

Rose Conway-Walsh

2. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach if, for the purposes of calculating general expenditure on research and development, the private sector research must be conducted in Ireland to be included and-or if it is only necessary for the company carrying out the research to be based in Ireland. [63606/22]

White Papers

Rose Conway-Walsh

27. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide additional details of the structured monitoring process for the targets outlined in the White Paper on enterprise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63604/22]

InterTradeIreland

Rose Conway-Walsh

28. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided to InterTradeIreland in each year for which data are available, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63605/22]

Bus Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

201. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to reports that there are no direct bus connections from Kiltimagh to Castlebar, Galway, or Ireland West Airport; the steps that he is taking for improvements to public transport connections for Kiltimagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63958/22]

Bus Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

202. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to reports that since a multinational transport company has taken over a private bus operator in the State, the fares for ten journey passes have been increased by 33.3% from Castlebar and Ballina to Galway, and by 53% from Claremorris to Galway; if he accepts that this will particularly hit workers who choose to use the bus to commute to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63960/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Rose Conway-Walsh

874. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the pathway for a PhD researcher (details supplied) to access maternity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63925/22]

Third Level Admissions

Rose Conway-Walsh

1028. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the timeline and strategy for delivering the substantial increase in healthcare training (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63450/22]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

1029. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the income and expenditure from the national training fund for 2021 and 2022 and the allocation for 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63483/22]

Education and Training Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

1031. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of management development training courses by Skillnet in each year for which data are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63607/22]

Visa Agreements

Rose Conway-Walsh

1065. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Justice if any consideration is being given to extending visa-free travel to tourists from Colombia as was done in Britain on 9 November 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63224/22]

Visa Applications

Rose Conway-Walsh

1066. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Justice the rationale for outsourcing visa application in Colombia to a company (details supplied); the duration and annual cost of the contract; the number of countries in which the company has responsibility for processing applications for Irish visas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63226/22]

Ambulance Service

Rose Conway-Walsh

1180. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of external Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council-registered qualified paramedics who applied for positions with the National Ambulance Service; the number of successful candidates since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63271/22]

Health Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

1357. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 15 December 2022, if he will confirm that the registration of residential services with HIQA is done on a self-assessment basis by private providers, as set out in HIQA guidelines on definition of designated centres in June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63923/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

1769. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that a farmer is not eligible for the new sheep improvement scheme in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63482/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Rose Conway-Walsh

116. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated revenue that would have been generated had the €120/MWh cap on renewable electricity generation and the €180/MWh cap on other inframarginal generation been applied since the beginning of 2022; if he will consider retroactively applying the cap as is being done by Belgium to capture some of the undue windfall gains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62778/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Rose Conway-Walsh

133. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if electricity generators will be allowed to keep all windfall profits from 2022 under current Government proposals; if he will consider extending the solidarity contribution such as the windfall tax to electricity companies as is being considered by Spain and the Czech Republic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62779/22]

Public Private Partnerships

Rose Conway-Walsh

208. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the projections for future growth in expenditure related to PPP charges that includes all planned PPP projects at various stages of development such as the projects contained in bundles 1 and 2 of the higher education public private partnership programme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62865/22]

Primary Care Centres

Rose Conway-Walsh

305. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all primary care centres, specifying whether a GP is operating out of the centre in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62866/22]

Health Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

306. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 8 December 2022, if he has the power to mandate an independent investigation into individualised services under the service agreement between an organisation (details supplied) and the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62867/22]

Health Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

307. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in the individualised services of an organisation (details supplied) since 2011; the number of vacancies in its individualised services in each year since 2011; the average time to fill a vacancy in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62868/22]

Hospital Charges

Rose Conway-Walsh

310. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will address the situation whereby long-stay contribution hospital charges are being applied in cases in which home support has been awarded but where HSE or agency staff were not available such as in the case of a person (details supplied) meaning that the patient has to remain in hospital due to not having home help support which would allow them to go home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62878/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Rose Conway-Walsh

387. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times for initial referrals in respect of each urology clinic in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63096/22]

Qualifications Recognition

Rose Conway-Walsh

148. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education when previous graduates from the SNA national online training programme will have their award accredited retrospectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62553/22]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

204. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 8 December 2022, if he will also request the presidents of social care providers in receipt of public funding to provide an update on the CORU accreditation status of each course to his Department to ensure adequate oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62552/22]

Education and Training Boards

Rose Conway-Walsh

205. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 8 December 2022, if six ETBs (details supplied) spanning nine counties have no personal assistants employed either directly or indirectly; the impact that this may have in terms of supporting people with disabilities accessing further education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62554/22]

Education and Training Boards

Rose Conway-Walsh

206. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 8 December 2022, the average annual cost to an ETB of employing a personal assistant; the average cost of employing a personal assistant via external providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62555/22]

Aviation Industry

Rose Conway-Walsh

211. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the steps that he is taking to ensure that European Union Aviation Safety Agency, EASA, aviation licences are recognised by the Civil Aviation Authority, CAA, in Britain in order to facilitate cross-Border employment in the aviation sector on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61825/22]

Protected Disclosures

Rose Conway-Walsh

28. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the protected disclosures made to the HSE regarding individualised services provided by an organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61350/22]

Health Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

63. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will initiate an independent investigation into the performance and service provision of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61349/22]

Public Private Partnerships

Rose Conway-Walsh

224. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total annual expenditure on PPP-related charges; if he will outline the projections for future growth in expenditure related to PPP charges in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61508/22]

Disability Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

232. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of accessible units built for persons with disabilities in County Mayo in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61467/22]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

286. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 1 December 2022, if he will instruct the Higher Education Authority to include a criterion of regional balance as part of the expression of interest for delivering increased numbers in veterinary medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61468/22]

Education and Training Boards

Rose Conway-Walsh

287. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of personal assistants employed, both directly and indirectly, by each ETB in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61469/22]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

288. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide details of all the social care courses available and their status with regard to CORU registration in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61470/22]

Energy Prices

Rose Conway-Walsh

9. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider extending the solidarity contribution, such as the windfall tax, to electricity companies, as is being considered by Spain and the Czech Republic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61392/22]

Energy Prices

Rose Conway-Walsh

10. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider retroactively applying the €120/MWh cap on renewable electricity generation and €180/MWh cap on other inframarginal generation, as is being done by Belgium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61393/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

96. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of newly qualified apprentices to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61390/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

97. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a full list of all approved undergraduate courses for application under SUSI provided in the State to which the free fees scheme does not apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61391/22]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

427. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of part-time undergraduate and postgraduate students in public institutes of higher education each year since 2011 including the 2022/2023 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60227/22]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

428. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of part-time undergraduates and postgraduate students in each public institute of higher education each year since 2011 including the 2022/2023 academic year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60228/22]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

429. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of part-time third level students by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60229/22]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

430. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of guidance counsellors employed directly by each ETB; the number contracted in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60230/22]

Nursing Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

441. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the quotas for nursing students in both the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 academic years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60728/22]

Protected Disclosures

Rose Conway-Walsh

614. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the protected disclosures reported to the HSE regarding concerns raised about the individualised services provide by an organisation (details supplied) in Mayo; his plan of action to investigate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60591/22]

Care Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

615. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if only eight individualised services are in HIQA designated centres and 42 are unregulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60592/22]

Housing Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

22. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on when the first housing units for persons with disabilities are expected to be completed under the national housing strategy for disabled people 2022-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59836/22]

Defective Building Materials

Rose Conway-Walsh

72. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on engagement between his Department and Mayo County Council regarding a scheme for the remediation of the 17 social houses that have tested positive for the existence of Pyrite in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59835/22]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

88. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the capital funding to unlock student accommodation projects and deliver approximately 3,000 student beds, currently at advanced stages of planning but unable to progress; if he will ensure that this accommodation is affordable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59803/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

90. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason that such little progress has been made in clearing the backlog of apprentices waiting to access off-the-job training in further education colleges and technological universities, given that 4,937 apprentices have currently been waiting over six months to be given a date to begin off-the-job training; the steps that he is taking to facilitate apprentices accessing training close to home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59804/22]

Research and Development

Rose Conway-Walsh

118. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will commit to associate membership of CERN; if so, if he will outline a timeframe for joining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59806/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

126. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps that he is taking to provide supports for part-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59805/22]

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 in which he will address the chronic shortage of veterinary medicine places; if he will outline a timeframe for delivering additional places; if he will instruct the Higher Education Authority to include a criterion of regional balance as part of the expression of interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59807/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

147. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an estimated timeframe for the introduction of new contracts for academic staff working in technological universities in order to develop research capacity; if he will provide an update on his engagement with trade unions and other stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59808/22]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

154. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on increasing transfer rates from FET to degree programmes; if he will outline in particular any progress made in increasing transfer rates from courses such as pre-nursing and pre-law into degree courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59809/22]

Energy Production

Rose Conway-Walsh

171. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications If any windfall tax will be applied to electricity generation companies for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59926/22]

Energy Production

Rose Conway-Walsh

172. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if any windfall tax will be applied to the owners and operators of the Corrib gas field for 2022; if so, the estimated revenue that will be generated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59927/22]

Teacher Training

Rose Conway-Walsh

295. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will engage with the Minister for Education on the issue of increasing the cap on primary teacher training places in public HEIs given that the Department of Education is currently in the process of determining the intake on the primary B.Ed. and PME programmes for the 2023-2024 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59999/22]

Housing Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

93. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of accessible units built in 2022 for people with disabilities in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59838/22]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

531. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students enrolled in level 5 pre-law courses in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59168/22]

Third Level Admissions

Rose Conway-Walsh

532. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who were accepted onto undergraduate law courses following the completion of a level 5 pre-law course in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59169/22]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

533. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide information on the anticipated increased administrative burden on SUSI in order to process the €500 fee reduction for the 2023-2024 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59170/22]

Legislative Process

Rose Conway-Walsh

534. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the working group will be established to examine the issues in relation to the legislative process, transitional arrangements and establishment of the new agency in advance of the publication of the research Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59174/22]

Legislative Process

Rose Conway-Walsh

535. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the research Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59175/22]

Departmental Projects

Rose Conway-Walsh

536. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of bundle 1 of the Higher Education Public Private Partnership Programme particularly in relation to the status of each project; if it has reached its financial closure; if construction has commenced; the total life-time cost and annual cost to the State of each of the six projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59176/22]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

537. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students enrolled in level 5 pre-nursing courses in the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59177/22]

Third Level Admissions

Rose Conway-Walsh

538. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who were accepted onto undergraduate nursing courses following the completion of a level 5 pre-nursing course in 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59178/22]

Special Educational Needs

Rose Conway-Walsh

73. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education if she will take action to ensure that children with Down's syndrome in County Mayo have access to a school and supports in their local schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58439/22]

Teacher Training

Rose Conway-Walsh

78. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education when she will set the intake cap for primary teacher training courses in public universities; if she will consider raising the cap to allow more students to take a public route into the profession; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58438/22]

Defective Building Materials

Rose Conway-Walsh

181. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to any issue with persons who have been accepted on to the defective concrete blocks grant scheme being unable to remortgage their home to help fund the repairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58549/22]

National Treasury Management Agency

Rose Conway-Walsh

66. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans to move the National Fund Reserve from National Treasury Management Agency Exchequer notes where it accrues no interest, given the change in interest rate environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58319/22]

Revenue Commissioners

Rose Conway-Walsh

72. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the number of final demands issued by the Revenue Commissioners; the number of sheriff enforcement procedures that have been initiated in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58320/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Rose Conway-Walsh

7. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the European Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager. [57859/22]

European Council

Rose Conway-Walsh

22. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Council meeting held on 20 and 21 October 2022. [57860/22]

Departmental Reviews

Rose Conway-Walsh

258. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his Department will conduct and updated version of the spending review of apprenticeships published in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57717/22]

Defective Building Materials

Rose Conway-Walsh

267. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the total drawdown from the defective block remediation fund; if he will provide a further breakdown by drawdown in counties Mayo and Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57252/22]

Defective Building Materials

Rose Conway-Walsh

305. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the rationale behind the decision to exclude terraced and semi-detached houses with respect to the recent working group examination of defects in purpose-built apartments and duplexes built between 1991 and 2013, from report and terms of reference; if there are any plans for a similar working group examination of defects in houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57915/22]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

505. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide details on the proposals recently supported by the Cabinet to increase the supply of student accommodation, including proposals for the State to assist directly in bridging the gap between development costs and rental affordability in relation to the provision of additional student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57707/22]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

506. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he anticipates the student accommodation unit will bring forward a new student accommodation policy for Cabinet approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57708/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

507. 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 is of the total number of registered apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57709/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

508. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentices employed across the public sector in each of the years since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57710/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

509. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of registered apprentices; the number of registered craft apprentices; the number of craft apprentices who have been registered for more than two or four years in the cases of those registered on two-year apprenticeships, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57711/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

510. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the annual expenditure on the apprentice accommodation allowances and travel allowance, per year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57712/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

511. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of craft apprentices waiting to access off-the-job training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57713/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

512. 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. [57714/22]