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Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: They do not cover maternity leave. That is a disgrace in itself. It is not equal in all areas either. When people come from rural areas, like where I come from in Mayo, in CHO 2, things do not work together. Somebody must be responsible in the system for making things happen and making things work together, but that is not being done. The Minister of State has responsibility for this...

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Millions and millions of euro are being spent here, but that is no good to the children and parents waiting tonight.

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I wish everybody a happy International Women's Day across the House, including Members, staff and former Members. We all share the solidarity we want to send to the hundreds of thousands of women and girls fleeing Ukraine, and many who have stayed behind and are actively involved in resisting the Russian invasion. I offer my unwavering solidarity at this deeply distressing time. We all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to move to a unitary funding model that provides equal funding to the university and technological sector as part of a sustainable funding model for third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12745/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of revised principles for a new higher education staffing agreement to update the current employment control framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12744/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for a driver test in each centre nationwide; the average waiting time in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12334/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the SUSI income thresholds for 2022-2023 were raised by €1,000 across all bands including for the special rate band which is for the lowest earners, that is, those on a Department of Social Protection payment with combined household earnings of less than €24,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome our guests. I also welcome Alex, who I hope finds this session interesting. I thank our guests for their opening statements, each of which spoke to what we need to do with the future funding model. My first question is for Mr. Jones from IFUT. He highlighted the impact that underfunding has had on the ranking of our institutes of higher education. In this committee, we have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: If the universities had the funding tomorrow morning, is there anything else that would stop them from doing that? Is it purely a matter of funding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I ask for a brief answer on the SFI model and the 1% levy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am asking about the proposed 1% levy on corporation profits. The levy on the payroll is ring-fenced for the National Training Fund. Why is it proposed to levy 1% on profits instead of increasing the training fund levy? Is there any reason for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes. Has the fact that the money is going to SFI impacted on the working conditions within the education sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank my colleagues, Deputies Ó Murchú and O'Rourke, for allowing me in today. I really wanted to be here to discuss this matter. Obviously like Deputy Calleary, I am from Mayo. In the context of its importance to the Atlantic economic corridor, is the western rail corridor shovel ready if the funding were to be provided tomorrow morning? I have read the report by Dr. John...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I have heard the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, say how important it is to connect all that up. This is why I am confused. Every politician I speak to, with very few exceptions, seems to recognise the importance of it. If there is so much political support for it, why is it not happening? Why do we get a TEN-T report which leaves it out of the core projects again? During the Covid...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Do they all agree on the importance the western rail corridor? Do they all agree on how important rail infrastructure is?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I need to interrupt Mr. Devane because we have limited time. Why have we moved to being a region in transition and why have we seen from the recent Central Statistics Office, CSO, figures showing that the income inequality gap is three times larger?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I wish to give Mr. Feeney an opportunity to contribute. At €154 million, we are talking about a small amount of money. Why are we back here time and again? It does not make sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Climate change, emissions and so on as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: How concerned is Mr. Feeney about recent developments in the TEN-T?