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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 707. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the sodium valproate inquiry announced in November 2020; when the terms of reference will be published; the make-up of the membership of the inquiry; when the inquiry will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24553/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (18 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of European Union undergraduate enrolments in medicine in 2020-2021 and 2021-2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25069/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (18 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the courses that have been forced to use random allocation to allocate places in 2021; the number of additional places that will be added to each course in the 2022-2023 academic year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25070/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the SOLAS report on the skilll needs of the construction sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25071/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices on each programme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25072/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the target number of apprenticeship registrations for 2023; the targeted total apprenticeship population in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25073/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to ensure that adequate places on in-demand courses, particularly where there is a corresponding skill shortage, have been made available in order to take pressure off the CAO system and reduce the need to use random selection to allocate places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25388/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: My first question today is to ask the Minister what steps he has taken to ensure adequate places for in-demand courses, particularly where there is a corresponding skills shortage, have been made available to take the pressure off the CAO system and reduce the need to use random selection to allocate places. It is disappointing to see reports that the CAO system will again use a lottery to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Time is of the essence. How many of the extra places allocated in the past two years were taken up? How many of them led to students taking up those places? What is needed now is for students to know that everything is being done to help them to progress their education and careers. The Department of Education needs to get a handle on the grade inflation. We also need to expand in-demand...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Earlier this week the Irish Pharmacy Union, IPU, warned that a growing shortage of pharmacists is fast becoming a major threat to community healthcare. It now takes an average of five months to fill a vacant position in pharmacies. It called on the Government to increase the number of third level places. It referred to the chronic lack of university places. It is the same with regard to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that he is taking to support students and parents with the cost-of-living crisis, making particular reference to the 25% increase to SUSI recommended in the recently published SUSI review and any plans to reduce student fees for the upcoming academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25389/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: When will the paper on the cost of third level education be published? I want to talk to the Minister about SUSI and the supports for students and parents in the context of the cost-of-living crisis. I make particular reference to the 25% increase to the SUSI grant, as recommended in the recently published SUSI review. Does he have plans to reduce fees for the upcoming academic year? I...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Students and their families almost have announcement fatigue at this stage because measures are announced over and over again. They know how much money they have in their pocket or household budget because they are facing a cost-of-living crisis. Some of it has been driven by international events, though the SUSI review highlights that the greatest burden comes from the cost of rent and the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I ask the Minister to do everything possible. I hear his sentiments on not excluding students from education. I am fearful that people's choices will be greatly reduced because of the high cost of accommodation and the high cost of accessing third level education. I fear that students will need to work while they study and am concerned about what that will do in terms of outcomes for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Admissions (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Regarding workforce planning, will the Minister request the Taoiseach to convene a group of senior officials, led by the Minister's Department, that would pull together all the relevant Departments to target training in health and social care? It is really urgent that we join the dots between the provision of third level places and the workforce planning issue. It has not been done properly...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Costs (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I ask the Minister to reconsider bringing forward a new student accommodation strategy with affordability at its core. I acknowledge the different things he is doing, but we need a new student accommodation strategy to be able to tackle the extent of the problem we are facing. This issue cannot be separated from the issue of underfunding in higher education generally. Even on-campus...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We spoke earlier about the overall cost of education. I take the Minister at his word that he is committed to third level education as a public good. That must mean something, particularly in respect of apprenticeships. The Minister outlined earlier efforts that were being made to tackle the backlog but it is not being done fast enough. When does the Minister project that we will have no...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The ETBs are mentioned only twice in the national apprenticeship plan, which concerns me. I visited Ballina last week. Wonderful work is being done there on apprenticeships in electrical work, butchery and several other trades. We need an office for further education and training and apprenticeships to protect the integrity of the trades. I am really concerned about what I hear. We have...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I want to raise the issue of a family resource centre for Erris, which is absolutely imperative. We fought for more than ten years for a family resource centre there. The steering group has the strategic plan together. It has done the needs analysis. It is a beautiful area but it is severely disadvantages. It is classed as disadvantaged or very disadvantaged according to the Pobal HP...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (19 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the disparity in funding between traditional universities and technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25392/22]