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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (19 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of on campus student beds in each higher education institution in each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50956/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (19 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total value that will be allocated to subhead B4, general current grants, in budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51172/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (19 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 670. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total value that will be allocated to subhead NTF, enterprise focused higher education in budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51173/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (19 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 671. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all recipients on a SUSI maintenance grant will receive an additional €200; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51174/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (19 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 672. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the anticipated percentage reduction in the spending in each academic year 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 of the €35 million SUSI package announced as part of budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51175/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (19 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total allocation for the student assistance fund in the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51176/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (19 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total allocation for the student mental health supports in the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51177/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the director of the national apprenticeship office will be appointed; if he will provide details on the appointment procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51190/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (19 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 882. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to reform the current centralised ambulance system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51238/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (19 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 883. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the above two hour wait in the case of persons (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51239/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (19 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 885. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances in the public system since 2006; the number of ambulances deployed in each county since 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51241/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (19 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 884. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an ambulance in each county since 2011;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51240/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There are aspects of this budget I welcome. The Minister of State, Deputy Collins, has just outlined some of them in respect of apprenticeships and other elements of further education. The litmus test for the apprenticeships will if the backlog is cleared. We will be monitoring it very closely to ensure it is done. This is the second time a budget has failed utterly to address the...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Perhaps the Minister can comment on that later. I would hope something would be provided this year, because students are struggling right here and now. The Minister saw the students queuing for food banks. We live in a republic in 2021. Having students queuing for food banks that run out after an hour is atrocious. When is the review of SUSI going to be published? The Minister knows...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (13 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am glad we are discussing this topic, about which the Minister has heard me contribute on many times previously, because one of the greatest tragedies is what we lose out on when we do not invest properly in young people with disabilities. I am glad the Minister referred to the Minister of State with responsibility for special education, Deputy Madigan. I welcome this initiative and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I think we have a problem and I am not sure the Minister recognises it. I ask him to re-examine this matter on the basis of the correspondence I am getting from students and parents. I have been contacted by a mother in Ballybunion who has one student in first year instrument engineering and another in third year biomedical engineering. Both are paying full fees of €6,000, and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am very concerned about students' mental health and well-being. What is coming back to me is that many of them feel they have been misled and are disappointed, as are their parents and families. I ask the Minister to send a communication to all the third level institutions to ask them to do more and to have another look at this because it is an issue. I would not bring it to him before...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that many third-level students remain studying predominantly online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49753/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Why is there such wide variation in the amount of on-campus time that students get in different colleges and universities? Students are coming back to me who say they are paying full fees, have paid for their accommodation up-front and were promised an experience by the Minister, and now find that they have as little as one to three hours on campus in a week, even for study time. This has...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (13 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that have been taken to address the student accommodation crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49752/21]