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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We spoke earlier about the overall cost of education. I take the Minister at his word that he is committed to third level education as a public good. That must mean something, particularly in respect of apprenticeships. The Minister outlined earlier efforts that were being made to tackle the backlog but it is not being done fast enough. When does the Minister project that we will have no...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Costs (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I ask the Minister to reconsider bringing forward a new student accommodation strategy with affordability at its core. I acknowledge the different things he is doing, but we need a new student accommodation strategy to be able to tackle the extent of the problem we are facing. This issue cannot be separated from the issue of underfunding in higher education generally. Even on-campus...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Admissions (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Regarding workforce planning, will the Minister request the Taoiseach to convene a group of senior officials, led by the Minister's Department, that would pull together all the relevant Departments to target training in health and social care? It is really urgent that we join the dots between the provision of third level places and the workforce planning issue. It has not been done properly...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I ask the Minister to do everything possible. I hear his sentiments on not excluding students from education. I am fearful that people's choices will be greatly reduced because of the high cost of accommodation and the high cost of accessing third level education. I fear that students will need to work while they study and am concerned about what that will do in terms of outcomes for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that he is taking to support students and parents with the cost-of-living crisis, making particular reference to the 25% increase to SUSI recommended in the recently published SUSI review and any plans to reduce student fees for the upcoming academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25389/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: When will the paper on the cost of third level education be published? I want to talk to the Minister about SUSI and the supports for students and parents in the context of the cost-of-living crisis. I make particular reference to the 25% increase to the SUSI grant, as recommended in the recently published SUSI review. Does he have plans to reduce fees for the upcoming academic year? I...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Students and their families almost have announcement fatigue at this stage because measures are announced over and over again. They know how much money they have in their pocket or household budget because they are facing a cost-of-living crisis. Some of it has been driven by international events, though the SUSI review highlights that the greatest burden comes from the cost of rent and the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to ensure that adequate places on in-demand courses, particularly where there is a corresponding skill shortage, have been made available in order to take pressure off the CAO system and reduce the need to use random selection to allocate places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25388/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: My first question today is to ask the Minister what steps he has taken to ensure adequate places for in-demand courses, particularly where there is a corresponding skills shortage, have been made available to take the pressure off the CAO system and reduce the need to use random selection to allocate places. It is disappointing to see reports that the CAO system will again use a lottery to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Time is of the essence. How many of the extra places allocated in the past two years were taken up? How many of them led to students taking up those places? What is needed now is for students to know that everything is being done to help them to progress their education and careers. The Department of Education needs to get a handle on the grade inflation. We also need to expand in-demand...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Earlier this week the Irish Pharmacy Union, IPU, warned that a growing shortage of pharmacists is fast becoming a major threat to community healthcare. It now takes an average of five months to fill a vacant position in pharmacies. It called on the Government to increase the number of third level places. It referred to the chronic lack of university places. It is the same with regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the disparity in funding between traditional universities and technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25392/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for addressing the funding gap of €307 million in higher education outlined in the recently publish future funding proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25390/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that he will ensure that any increase in funding to the higher education sector is translated into better employment conditions for the many workers in the sector in precarious employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25394/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of on-campus student accommodation or accommodation owned by institutes of higher education that have been added to the system in the past two years; the steps being taken to increase the number on campus institution owned accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25391/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to meet the skill shortage in construction in order to meet housing and retrofit targets given the skills shortages reported in the media to be in excess of 50,000 by 2030 making particular reference to any plans to support apprentices currently in the system through the cost of living crisis to ensure they can become...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Strive (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will speak first and we will see how we go. I thank all the witnesses for being before the committee. It is a really interesting discussion. I also thank them for their opening statement and all the materials they sent us. It will take a while to read them all. It was interesting to hear them detail the work that goes on in the interface with young people that is youth-led. A large...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Strive (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is community development. We have lots of similar projects here. Are there exchanges between North and South? Will the witnesses give some examples of successful exchanges?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Strive (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: How do we than develop that or ensure it evolves through multi-annual funding so there can be a more strategic approach to it? This is so it is not just a one-off day but programmes of events where people learn about each other, learn from each other and understand each other better. I have seen programmes where we have had loyalist students and students from republican areas here. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Strive (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is very interesting. It is interesting how young people can influence the adults in their household for positive change. How do the groups measure increased educational attainment and employability? I know much of that work is very difficult to measure because a lot of it qualitative rather than quantitative. How do they measure attainment and people who go on?