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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (31 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of processes of recognition-of-prior-learning that were used in each apprenticeship-type for the past three years; if the use of same has any impact on the level of support or incentive offered to employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27279/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (31 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of early school leavers in the apprenticeship system broken down by craft and consortia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27861/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (31 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of the weekly State paid allowance to each craft apprentice in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27862/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (31 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Springboard places opened in the 2021-2022 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27863/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (31 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any craft apprentices had their off-site training moved online completely or in part; if so, the details of same as a percentage of course learning moved online in each apprentice type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27864/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (31 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in SOLAS tasked with communicating with apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27865/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (31 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of apprentices that have experienced delays in getting paid off the job allowances after starting training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27950/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (31 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider moving the apprentice allowance to be paid on a weekly basis in order to more closely align with standard pay practices in the trades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27951/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (31 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices in the system with dependents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27952/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (31 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of apprentices in the total construction labour force from 2004 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27953/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (31 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that his Department has no plans to provide phase four or phase six apprentice training during the summer of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27954/22]

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this subject. All of our offices are inundated with people who are desperate because of the disappointment of their children and their financial losses. When they contact their transport providers, be those airlines or however they are travelling, they are not refunded anything. People are losing thousands of euro because of chaos in the passport...

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I have dealt with many cases involving issues with photographs. In fact, my own passport was one. Are proper instructions being given? Are we communicating properly to the chemists and others who are appointed to take the photographs? Many practical measures could be taken within the system to speed the process up, but there needs to be urgency and the staff who have been recruited...

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am sharing time with my colleague, Deputy O'Reilly. I welcome this chance to debate apprenticeships, but the picture the Minister of State presents covers up what the reality is for too many apprentices who are struggling in the current system. In the course of the next eight to ten minutes, I will tell him about some of the feedback we have received from them. The Government is in denial...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (26 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 34. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the capital investment plans for the community hospitals in Belmullet, and the district hospitals in Swinford and Ballina in order to take pressure off Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26945/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 54. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the Minister for Further and Higher Education to identify the number of places that are required to adequately meet the workforce needs of the healthcare system; the key professions and corresponding courses that need to be expanded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26944/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (26 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to bring his revised CAP strategic plan before the Houses of the Oireachtas for scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26947/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Programme (26 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to legislate for an office of transparency and fairness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26946/22]

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (25 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I too want to send my solidarity to the Fullerton family. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue here today, on the protocol, on legacy issues and the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. It is important to name exactly what is happening here. The British Government is attempting unilaterally to smash an international legally binding agreement. The Good Friday Agreement...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I raise the issue of valproate. Hundreds of families across this State have been impacted. Children have been born with disabilities as a result of valproate. It is not confined to this State but it is also in Britain and France. The Minister promised an inquiry in December 2020. We are still awaiting its terms of reference. The financial and other supports promised to families have not...