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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (23 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter regarding the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25692/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Strategic Options for Government Plan to Eliminate Community Transmission (23 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. In the five minutes I have, I will confine my questions to nursing homes and third level institutions. As we speak, there are staff in nursing homes around the country testing positive for this virus. Do the witnesses believe we can avoid a second wave of Covid-19 in nursing homes and what can we do to protect the older and frail people from...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Strategic Options for Government Plan to Eliminate Community Transmission (23 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What would Dr. McConkey's key advice to the Government be to stop the spread to nursing homes? He has referred to preventing or reducing the spread in the community but apart from that, is there anything specific we can do this time around to stop what happened in nursing homes during the first wave?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Strategic Options for Government Plan to Eliminate Community Transmission (23 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will move on now to the third-level institutions. Dr. Ronan Glynn and others are telling us that Covid-19 is being disproportionately spread by younger people who are mainly asymptomatic, as was alluded to earlier. Today we heard about outbreaks in universities in Dundee and Liverpool, with 500 students in isolation in Dundee and 80 students and seven staff infected in Liverpool. Tens of...

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (22 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Bill is in many ways a step in the right direction and banks and financial institutions need to be held accountable for protecting their customers and for being scammed and facilitating illegal activity. As previously stated, this Bill is intended to transpose this fifth EU anti-money laundering directive into Irish law. The directive represents improvement in exposing the secretive...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (22 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 54. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will continue for third-level students after they enrol for college and university in view of the fact they will still have lost their jobs due to the pandemic; if so, if this will affect a grant they may be receiving; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22607/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the approximately 8,000 students that sat the leaving certificate in 2019 or before that were directly affected by the increase in entry points received and CAO offer; the number that accepted their CAO offer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24727/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (22 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific courses given extra places from the 2,225 additional third-level places; the number of courses that had unfilled places in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24780/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 614. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students accepted to study medicine here from 2008 to 2020; the number that came through the CAO application system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24860/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (22 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 690. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive occupational and speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24706/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 694. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the guidelines for the reopening of mental health day services and training centres; when the guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24722/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (22 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 698. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) can expect to get an assessment for autism for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24730/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 707. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of fluphenazine decanoate as a treatment for schizophrenia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24787/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: From Monday, 85,000 students will attend universities in Dublin. Tens of thousands of those will be criss-crossing the country. The Minister's instructions were that higher and third level institutions should consider enhanced protective measures. What does that mean and what is the Government's plan? For instance, should these students go home at the weekend and is the Minister fearful...

Protecting Jobs and Supporting Business: Statements (16 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I ran out of time.

Protecting Jobs and Supporting Business: Statements (16 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The pandemic has delivered the sharpest, deepest and most dramatic shock to our economy and, indeed, society. We thought that Brexit, and everything we had to deal with there, and still have to deal with there, was a shock. We have now had six months to protect businesses and jobs. At an early stage, it was agreed on a global basis that austerity would not work, it was not the answer...

Taxi Industry: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for his statement. It is disappointing that he cannot support this motion as it is. I think that shows a misunderstanding of the situation and I will outline why. I am speaking in respect of the 227 registered taxi drivers in Mayo in particular. They provide an essential service, especially for rural Ireland. These operators still have to worry about their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (16 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department predicts a decline in the number of students travelling to abroad to study at third-level; the estimated increase in students accepting CAO offers as a result of a predicted decline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24369/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (16 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new university places made available as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24388/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 40. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols being put in place in order that patients may be admitted directly to Belmullet community hospital having full regard for Covid-19 screening prior to admission in view of the fact they have to be sent to the accident and emergency department of Mayo University Hospital before they can be transferred to Belmullet; and if he will make a statement...