Results 441-460 of 6,645 for speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of and her position regarding the leaving cert results appeals process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31358/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school bus transport both in terms of ensuring all students have access to the services in addition to meeting the 50% capacity level advised by NPHET; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35806/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the €250 support scheme for students has not been extended to part-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39527/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the €250 support scheme for students has not been extended to Irish students studying abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39528/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €250 support scheme will be extended to students who travel to Northern Ireland to attend third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39529/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are tax implications related to the €250 student rebate in terms of reducing the tax relief persons receive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39579/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with third level institutes regarding the possibility of offering partial refunds or reduced rates for master's students due to the impact of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39795/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which students in their final year of third level education who paid their fees in full up front can avail of the €250 student support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40283/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons reissued a medical card as a result of changes in household income related to the pandemic unemployment payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39698/20]

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome this motion being brought forward by Solidarity-People Before Profit. I absolutely condemn the amendment put forward by the Government. During the discussion this morning I was minded of the time I spent in London. Hundreds of thousands of our nurses were forced to emigrate there, and nothing has changed. All the camogie and football teams there were full of nurses that this...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome the inquiry into the prescribing of valproate, known as Epilim, to pregnant women without informing them of the harm it was likely to do their unborn children which was announced last week by the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. I thank the Minister for keeping his word. When is the inquiry going to commence? Will the Minister engage with OACS Ireland, the families impacted and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (2 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of part-time courses in public third-level institutions; the average cost per institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40554/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Public Service Numbers (3 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 11. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the waiting lists for PPS numbers; if her attention has been drawn to the negative impact this has had on workers and businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40008/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Public Service Numbers (3 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister and take on board what she said about the PPS numbers. The reason that I submitted this question was that a constituent has had construction staff sitting idle for months now because they could not do the Safe Pass test. Will the Minister liaise directly with SOLAS to ensure that at least those people who are waiting for PPS numbers can do the Safe Pass test? The woman...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Public Service Numbers (3 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I take on board what the Minister says. I look forward to an improvement in it. Perhaps the Minister could liaise on the transfer over of cars. People are trying to get their cars transferred over but cannot do so because they do not have PPS numbers. A bit of common sense and flexibility around it would go a long way. I commend staff who have done Trojan work on this, the PUP and other...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (3 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 64. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if representation by trade unions and organisations that represent the elderly, women and farming organisations will be included on the Pensions Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40007/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (3 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 128. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the expansion plan to increase the number of family resource centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40502/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (8 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 45. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the REPS mark 2 pilot scheme will open for applications; if farmers locked out of schemes since AEOS finished in 2018 will be given preference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41626/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (8 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a provision in CAP in which persons who had no basic payment entitlements are given some if they have a record of farming in the previous two years similar to that provided for in the last CAP reform under the Scottish Derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41627/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (8 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a further degree of flexibility can be shown in the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the qualifying criteria for the back to education allowance have been changed to reflect the difficulty faced by many prospective and current students as a result of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement...