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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) (No. 2) Order 2022: Motion (24 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister. I congratulate him because the technological universities are one of the initiatives he has driven forward. I commend all those who have worked so hard to make this happen. It is not easy to disagree and keep progressing at the same time. I have every confidence, however, that if the proper resources and funding are provided and the right leadership is in place for...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 1: In page 11, line 28, to delete "the Higher Education Authority Act" and substitute "Údarás um Ard-Oideachas Act". The reason for this amendment is that I want to delete "the Higher Education Authority Act" and substitute it with "Údarás um Ard-Oideachas Act". This Bill and the 1971 Act create a body whose only legal name is "An...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I accept that and am glad we will continue this discussion, but I really believe we need to set the parameters for this. That is why I believe this amendment is really important. It would guide other amendments throughout. For that reason, I intend to press it.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Do I reserve the right to resubmit the amendment on Report Stage?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay. If you do not call a vote, then you can bring it up.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 2: In page 12, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “ “Core funding” means the Recurrent Grant Allocation Model (RGAM) used by the HEA to fund the public institutions of higher education and any model that may replace the RGAM as the HEA funding model;”. The reason we want to insert this definition of core funding is that it...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I appreciate what the Minister is saying. Certainly, I would not want to exclude the institutions the Minister has named. I am seeking to make a distinction between the public higher education institutions, HEIs, and the designated institutions. My concern is that the Bill provides a pathway for private colleges to become designated institutions of higher education and that there are a...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We agree more than disagree on what we are trying to achieve here. Others may wish to speak on this matter. I do not want the core funding to be diluted by spreading it to private institutions.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will revisit this matter at a later Stage.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am happy to support that amendment. It makes sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank all of the witnesses for their very interesting opening statements. I thank Dr. Kennedy for being here and it is an absolute shameful disgrace that somebody in his position is at risk merely by appearing before an Oireachtas committee to tell the truth about how things are, which is a shame on a lot of Dáileanna, not just on successive Governments. To be in a position like...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am really conscious that as we discuss this here today, there are families who are absolutely crippled with the cost of trying to access third level education and there are other children in households who are doing without just so those students can cling on to the third level education that they are in or going to start in September. We really need to be mindful of that in how we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am conscious that time is of the essence. We cannot afford to just let this be absorbed into third level institutions where it would have to through a whole ream of processes. A fast-tracking mechanism is needed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What upskilling or cross-skilling will be required to meet the needs of the labour market?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The joint committee adjourned at 1.27 p.m. until 11 a.m. on Tuesday, 5 April 2022.

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: At the outset, I want to thank my colleague, Deputy Funchion, for all the work she has done on childcare, and for tabling these solid proposals. The Minister will know that we are often accused of not having the solutions or the answers. Yet, time and again the solutions are put forward to the Minister around what we need to do in childcare. The Minister needs to listen to parents and the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is not unusual for senior policymakers to move into academia and research, but it is for a civil servant to maintain his salary and pension entitlements from the Department of Health when he leaves the Civil Service and becomes an academic. While Trinity is a public institution, it has the highest level of private revenue of any college. It is not true to say that his €187,000...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Dr. Tony Holohan.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: No, I did not mention any other person. I am sorry; I spoke to a lecturer, but I did not mention her name. There are thousands of people on precarious working conditions in our third level institutions. The inequality is stark indeed.