Results 5,041-5,060 of 7,061 for speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Feb 2022)
Rose Conway-Walsh: It has been two years since the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, gave a 100% commitment that he would have an inquiry into the valproate scandal. Fourteen months ago in the Dáil, he promised that inquiry would commence but it still has not. When is it going to commence? I remind the Tánaiste that when an inquiry was conducted in the UK by Baroness Cumberlege, she...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (10 Feb 2022)
Rose Conway-Walsh: 138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and determination of cases processed by the unfair trading practices unit within his Department; the number on non-salary related expenditure; the amount of salary related expenditure to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6940/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (10 Feb 2022)
Rose Conway-Walsh: 167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to publish the CAP Strategic Plan in view of the fact that 16 other European Union member states have done so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6941/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2022)
Rose Conway-Walsh: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to extend the rates waiver to hairdressers that are struggling financially as a result of the effects of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6939/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (10 Feb 2022)
Rose Conway-Walsh: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is flexibility in the income limits for social housing applications in a situation (details supplied) in which a single parent with three children, full-time frontline worker in the National Ambulance Service all through the pandemic has received a 33% rent increase and is now at risk of homelessness; and if he will...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022) Rose Conway-Walsh: I wish to begin with line B(4), which deals with the core funding of the institutes. What is the per student figure? Has there been an increase on a per student basis?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022) Rose Conway-Walsh: I appreciate the Minister of State might not be able to answer.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022) Rose Conway-Walsh: I would appreciate if the Minister of State could provide me with a written answer.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022) Rose Conway-Walsh: Looking at appendix B that outlines the key high-level metrics, what was the total number of registered apprentices in the system at the end of 2021? It was 23,459 at the end of November. I wish to find out what the end-of-year figure is for that. Why is the target 23,534 for 2022 if this is already the level it is at? Are we not aiming for an increase in the number of apprenticeships...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022) Rose Conway-Walsh: We can see from the figures there were 6,913 in 2014. We are so far behind. This is why we need to monitor this as well as the number of dropouts. We need to keep advancing. We also need clarity that we are measuring it properly across the board. The Minister of State will agree we are still way behind other countries in how apprenticeships are handled. With regard to the backlog in...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022) Rose Conway-Walsh: I ask the Minister of State to please do so. I need to know how many apprentices are not included in the waiting list figure because they have been given a date. They are waiting but they have been given a date. Perhaps the Minister of State will clarify this.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022) Rose Conway-Walsh: The Minister of State will give us the dropout figure when he has it. That would be good. On phase 2, the Minister, Deputy Harris, said the backlog would be cleared. Obviously this is where the majority are on the waiting list. He said it would be cleared by the end of 2022. Is this the case?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022) Rose Conway-Walsh: How much of the overall increase in the total number of apprenticeships is the result of increased registrations? How much is as a result of apprentices being trapped in the system? I take what the Minister of State is saying on the national apprenticeship office. Many of these issues will be deciphered so we can see clearly. It is important for the Minister of State also, with regard to...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022) Rose Conway-Walsh: That would be useful. How much did the State save as a result of the backlog in the apprenticeship system in 2020 and 2021?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022) Rose Conway-Walsh: It may be around €55 million but I stand to be corrected. How much of this has been allocated specifically to clearing the backlog? What is the difference between them in terms of the savings made? How much is allocated to it? In his statement the Minister of State referred to an increased number of undergraduate places to support leaving certificate students. Do we know how...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022) Rose Conway-Walsh: Are the nursing course places private or public?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022) Rose Conway-Walsh: Could I also have a forecast? My final point is on the increases the Minister of State rightly outlined. My question on the per-student figure is important because of the chronic underfunding of the system. It is one thing to add the places but it entirely different to consider how much is invested per student to create the places. I am very conscious of the pressure put on the...