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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I send my best wishes to the Minister for Health and thank the Minister of State for stepping in this evening. My question is about Belmullet hospital, which serves almost 10,000 people. I want the Minister of State to explain to me the logic of refusing direct referrals from GPs in the area. Patients are being asked to travel 100 miles to 150 miles in a round trip to stay a night in the...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I do not accept that. Why are we sending somebody on a trip of 100 miles or 150 miles to an acute hospital before sending that person back? Covid-19 was in Mayo University Hospital as well. Yesterday we had the example of a 95-year-old man who could have been catheterised by a GP and admitted to Belmullet hospital in his local area but instead he was forced to go to Mayo University...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister of State but I still do not believe this is not being used as an excuse. We have excellent staff in Belmullet hospital and it has the required facilities. We needed some minor works done and it has taken over a year to recruit staff for that. There is a line of matters that are unacceptable. Why is the eye clinic finished at Belmullet and what excuse is there for it?...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 771. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to assess the current restrictions on partners being present during the entirety of childbirth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23886/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 77. To ask the Minister for Health if he will liaise with the HSE to ensure flexibility for the procurement of catheters from a company (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23699/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Regional Development (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to publish the review conducted in 2019 of the European regional development funding in Ireland known as the Crowe review; his position on the management of the funds as to whether he plans centralising European regional development funds in a Department or agency and removing the management authority role from the regional...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaelcholáistí Issues (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 320. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she views certain conditions of the stabilisation package for Gaeltacht Irish colleges as contradicting the stated initiative, specifically plans to deduct from the per capita payment students who transferred to 2021 and students who transferred onto online courses in addition to boarding accommodation only receiving 50% of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Residential Tenancies Board has a role to play in helping students and their families attempting to receive refunds from student accommodation providers for the unused months of lockdown; the avenues available to students and parents in such a situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23987/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which secondary school transport for special needs schools will be delivered specifically in terms of face coverings, social distancing, mixing of different isolation groups and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23924/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to take action to assist students and their families that are trying to receive refunds for rent paid for student accommodation that was not used from mid-March 2020 due to the lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23986/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will share the legal advice he has received that has led to him deciding not to ring-fence places for CAO applicants who sat the leaving certificate before 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23498/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports and-or increased funding that has been made available to the further and higher education sectors to deal with the knock-on impact of Covid-19; the increased places in third level to help prospective students excluding planned investments that were already in place to improve or expand further and higher education to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding accusations of serious misconduct alleged against students and staff at Maynooth University (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23603/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeships that have been furloughed; the number that have been made redundant as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23717/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of third level students who receive each level of SUSI support such as full maintenance grants, full fees, 50% fees and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23842/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are special allocations or preferences given to persons with specific or special needs such as autism in the application for on-campus student accommodation in University of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23921/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the public health advice and justification for students living on campus to not be allowed visitors in their residence for the duration of the 2020-21 academic year; his views on whether it is fair to expect students to pay the full amount for accommodation in view of the fact they are being asked to live under such restrictions; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that students from Northern Ireland will not be requested to pay non-EU fees to study here regardless of ongoing Brexit negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24117/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Incidence (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 654. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to releasing suicide figures on a county basis in order for NGOs and charities working in this field to target support and respond to geographic trends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23334/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 670. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the motorised transport grant; when it will be reopened to applicants; if there is an alternative scheme being prepared; when it can be expected to be open to applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23395/20]