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Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Today, the Taoiseach and Government have one last chance to stop the backslapping and answer the question asked by people in Mayo and every other county who are being forced to move out of their homes this weekend and in the coming weeks, namely where do they go. Mayo is the county of Michael Davitt. How disgraceful is it that almost 100 years after his death, evictions would feature in the...

Education and the School Building Programme: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome this motion from the Labour Party.

Education and the School Building Programme: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I know the feeling.

Education and the School Building Programme: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Labour Party for tabling this timely motion, which touches on a number of important issues, one of which is the lack of capacity in school transport. Across the State, students and families that had relied on school transport for years were suddenly displaced last year. The Government had no plan to increase capacity meaningfully and left children on the side of the road. We...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (28 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 723 of 21 March 2023, when the property will be used for education purposes given that it has sat vacant since 2017 and in the possession of her Department for the past four years; if she will outline any plans her Department has for the use of the property; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (28 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 730. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of all medical professions that require a clinical placement as part of their education and qualification in the respective field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15338/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (28 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 731. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of clinical placements places in each medical profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15339/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Internships (28 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 732. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken to increase the number of clinical placements in the healthcare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15340/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank both witnesses for their statements. We have discussed this subject many times. What is our current approach to PhD support? What are the negative consequences of having a PhD support system that is not fit for purpose? SFI called for urgency with regard to the PhD review. Will the witnesses expand on the urgent need to complete the review and what type of a framework they would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The cost-of-living and accommodation crises obviously feed into that. I commend the organisation that protested outside the Oireachtas last week. It has a very co-ordinated campaign and it would benefit all of us if it succeeded. The review should be done as quickly as possible and the proper consultations done so we have an opportunity to put things right as quickly as we can. I have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: How are the opportunities identified in this area being communicated to all the primary and second-level schools and the career guidance system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Mr. Reynolds. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan is waiting so I will ask further questions later.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to increase the number of apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15918/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: My first question relates to apprenticeships. I ask the Minister to bring us up to date on what is happening in relation to apprenticeships and the step he is taking to increase their number and to address the backlogs in the system.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister for his response. In 2016 the Government set a target of 9,000 annual apprenticeship registrations by 2020 but here we are in 2023, and we still have not reached that target. The Government set a new target of 10,000 in 2020. The Minister has said that we are making progress towards that but we have not even reached the old target. Back in 2016 we did not even...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I really welcome that. If one takes the figure of 300, that is the number of apprenticeships the ESB alone does every year. The local authorities have been dragging their feet on this. We need to sit down with them, examine why that is the case and determine what are the blockages. We need to be able to facilitate the local authorities as well as giving them the responsibility for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We could talk about apprenticeships all day.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (30 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his strategy for addressing student accommodation ahead of the next academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15919/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (30 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: In this question I am asking the Minister to outline the strategy for addressing student accommodation ahead of the next academic year. What is he doing to ensure that students have accommodation and will be able to attend the college or university of their choice in September or October?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (30 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome the shift in Government policy in regard to investment in student accommodation. That is what we as a party have wanted for a long time. Will the Minister confirm that at the end of 2019, there were 28,414 student accommodation units registered with the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB? However, at the of 2021 that number was down to 21,681. That was a decline of 7,000 beds....