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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: If the question is lost, can we bring it back on Report Stage?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 152: In page 67, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “(b) at least 20 per cent of members shall have a level B2 or higher of competency in spoken Irish on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR),”. I put this forward because it increases the Irish language competency on the governing authority, and it is the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment 125: In page 44, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “(l) meets the needs of native Irish speakers and other speakers of the language.”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 131: In page 56, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: "(g) how the institution intends to progressively increase the provision of education across disciplines through the medium of Irish and promote increased use of the Irish language, and". I propose to withdraw this amendment on the basis that it may be resubmitted on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes, I will withdraw it on the basis that there is a lot covered there.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will not press it at this stage, but I reserve the right to bring it back again on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: This is a necessary amendment and I appreciate the Minister putting it forward and the rationale for it.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 172: In page 77, to delete lines 33 to 38, and in page 78, to delete lines 1 to 15. The amendment deletes the section that outlines the composition of the governing authorities. It is quite a blunt approach but, fundamentally, we think we are trying to solve a problem that does not exist here. I have spoken on it previously so will not say any more on it. I will...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will withdraw my opposition to the section.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I strongly welcome the inclusion of academic and non-academic staff on the governing authority. However, my view remains the same. We are attempting to squeeze too much needed representation into an unnecessarily small governing authority. That said, I think this is a very positive improvement.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 185: In page 84, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(b) at least 20 per cent of members shall have a level B2 or higher of competency in spoken Irish on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR),”. Again, the amendment seeks to increase the Irish language competency on the governing authority. We have discussed...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 196: In page 102, lines 8 and 9, to delete "and cultural" and substitute ", cultural and Irish language". The aim of the amendment is "to delete "and cultural" and substitute ", cultural and Irish language"".

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 207: In page 109, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: “(7) Where a designated institution of higher education departs from guidelines, codes or policies prepared under subsection (1), the designated institution of higher education shall be afforded an opportunity to provide an explanation as to— (a) which parts of the guidelines, codes or...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That is not a first, to be out of order.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 177: In page 78, after line 40, to insert the following: “(b) at least 20 per cent of members shall have a level B2 or higher of competency in spoken Irish on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR),”. These are self-explanatory. Amendment No. 177 seeks to increases the Irish language competency of the governing authority.

Home Heating Fuels: Motion [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Minister knows this is wrong. He knows it is the wrong thing to do and so do his fellow Deputies and Ministers. It is disgraceful they have left the Minister on his own in here this evening and have not even come in. They and councillors have taken to the airwaves throughout country, trying to detach themselves from this. It speaks to the absolute chaos in Government. In terms of...

Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome the Central Bank regulations seeking to ban dual pricing. I commend my colleague, Sinn Féin's finance spokesperson, Deputy Doherty, who has painstakingly and relentlessly pursued this issue. That is known the length and breadth of this country. It is disappointing that the legislation will not ban the practice but will simply require the CBI to produce a report on the impact...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The HSE has just informed me that it does not know how many GPs in any county, or State-wide, are accepting new medical card patients because it does not collect that data. I have been contacted by a number of constituents who have been unable to find a GP in Mayo to take them on. These constituents were only assigned a GP after they contacted the HSE themselves. This comes on the back of...