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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1380. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the report on the management of Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 cases at Mayo University that was produced between June and July, 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22497/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1393. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place for staff who are pregnant and cannot return to work due to having to use excessive sanitisers and disinfectants; if a Covid-19 payment will be introduced to cover loss of earnings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22560/20]

Back to School, Further and Higher Education and Special Education: Statements (3 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will share time with Deputy Ó Laoghaire. I am encouraged by what the Minister and Minister of State have said today, on which I have some questions. Will they make a clear commitment to implement option 1 of the Cassells report which requires substantial increases in the level of State funding? Pushing the ever-increasing fees and escalating costs on to students and their families...

Back to School, Further and Higher Education and Special Education: Statements (3 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister for appearing at the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response yesterday. At the outset I want to acknowledge all of the hard work that has been done by principals, teachers, caretakers, secretaries and boards of management in all the schools. I thank them all and wish them well for the future. I must return to the issue of school transport because I am not sure that...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and statements. I am sorry but I am used to standing up in the Seanad Chamber, where Members all stood up to speak. The real stand-out line for me is from Fórsa, which is that it can state to the committee that a significant number of staff today are providing personal care to students without adequate PPE. Have we learned nothing from the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The five minutes will be gone.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: On Fórsa representatives meeting representatives of the Department, did they bring clarity to the situation yesterday?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Is the Department aware that there are cases where one bus services several different schools, including those with special needs students, who have not been asked to wear face coverings? Based on my information from teachers, it would be helpful if people, including young people with special needs, were asked to wear face coverings unless they had a medical reason not to do so. I do not...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Minister does not get the issue of school transport at all. There are hundreds of children who cannot get a seat on the bus. I am not talking about concessionary children, although it is abysmal to categorise children in that way. Many of those the Minister refers to as concessionary are the children of our front-line workers who cannot get to work because their children do not have a...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I also asked about the €5,000 ancillary grant.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Was €5,000 taken from some schools?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jul 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Government is going in the wrong direction in the delivery of Sláintecare and of healthcare based on need, rather than ability to pay. There are over 12,000 people on the waiting list for Mayo University Hospital today. Some 9,484 of those are outpatients, 1,171 have been waiting for more than three years, and 2,654 are waiting for inpatient procedures. The Tánaiste said last...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jul 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the knock-on impact anticipated due to the delayed announcement of the leaving certificate results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19287/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jul 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am very concerned about the knock-on effect of the delays to the leaving certificate results, particularly with regard to mental health, student accommodation and the appeals process. Will the Minister address these issues? What specific and pragmatic supports and resources has the Minister put in place to address those concerns?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jul 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I wish to refer specifically to mental health and mental health supports. I am very conscious of the six weeks prior to the results. The anxiety levels will increase as we go through this process. How can someone access the money or assistance the Minister of State has mentioned? Moreover, will the Minister of State discuss the timeline for appeals? I also wish to discuss those who...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (30 Jul 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether underfunding of the educational system by successive Governments resulting in the largest average class size in the EU represents the single biggest obstacle to a safe return to schools which has already been achieved across most of Europe; if the matter will be address on a permanent basis; and if she will make a statement...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (29 Jul 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We welcome many of the initiatives and many of the things that have been done in the Bill. However, the Minister has not explained why the voucher scheme we proposed was not accepted. It would have been a much better way. I hope the Minister would be mature enough not to dismiss it out of hand just because it was a Sinn Féin proposal. I think it was the best proposal because it gave...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Jul 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of spending of the €200 million investment in training and education, skills development, work placement schemes, recruitment subsidies and job search assistance measures; the amount that will be directed to the 35,000 additional places in further and higher education and the apprenticeship...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme (29 Jul 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the increase seen or expected in the back to school allowance as a result of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19537/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (28 Jul 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing the student contribution charge for higher education by €100, €200, €500, €1,000 and €3,000, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18299/20]