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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (15 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of green certificate places that will be provided by Westport FET in September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39019/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Traveller Education: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Mr. Joyce, Ms Joyce and Ms Reilly. I was not on this committee the last time around and I am learning a lot from their contributions. It is clear to me that, as Ms Joyce stated, the system needs to look at itself. That is the major message from today. We need to examine the reasons why the previous strategy was not implemented, and who is responsible for that and why. There is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Traveller Education: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Could Ms Joyce give examples of specific grants that would be useful? It would be good to have tangible examples.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Traveller Education: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Ms Reilly might respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Traveller Education: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Ms Reilly for that response. Senator Flynn cannot contribute today but she has submitted questions. I want to acknowledge the difference she has made on the committee in education. We are continuously learning from her. The witnesses have a great voice in her in holding people to account. That is important and it will be important as we move forward with a new strategy and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Traveller Education: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Great. Mr. Joyce might answer this question. Are there specific recommendations on the further education provision and how it can do more? I know from dealing with further education there is flexibility to allow local colleges of further education to meet the needs of the communities and such flexibility may not be available in higher education. Does Mr. Joyce believe strengthening the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Traveller Education: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I acknowledge the good work of my former colleague, Colette Kelleher, in the previous Seanad, in bringing forward the Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill, as well as Oein de Bhairdúin, who worked with her. It is important. She did significant work in my time in the Seanad.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Ballymurphy Families: Discussion (1 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Everyone on this call fully understands the responsibility that lies on the Minister's shoulders. He referred to it being compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights. What particular mechanisms are available to ensure the implementation of the Stormont House Agreement from that perspective? Can there be continuous communication with the families? If we lose the relatives and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Ballymurphy Families: Discussion (1 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Perhaps the Minister could start to answer some of those questions and when Mr Hazzard reconnects he could come back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Higher Education Authority Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank all the witnesses. Scrutinising this legislation is an almost impossible task. There is an enormous responsibility on us to ensure we come out with the best possible legislation that serves to give us a system that is fit for purpose. The key issue in the legislation is striking the right balance between the Department and the HEA; between the HEA and the institutes of higher...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Higher Education Authority Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Ms Hoade might reply as well, Chair, if time allows.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Higher Education Authority Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Will the general scheme of the Bill in its current form result in the centralisation of control in the higher education sector? That is a broader question for everybody. The 1971 Act set out the democratisation of the third level sector as an objective. Is this still relevant today? Does this Bill further this or contradict it? I return to the funding model and the CSO categorisation....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Higher Education Authority Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: This might be in hand, but we will need to ask the CSO in for a session to examine that so that, as Mr. Miley said, there are not unintended consequences and that we have a model that is suitable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Higher Education Authority Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What is the current role of the Higher Education Authority in governing the private college sector? How will this proposed Bill impact on the current governance structure in respect of the private colleges? In that regard, what would the provision for an independent appeals process look like? I refer to the process mentioned in some of the submissions. I thank the Chair for allowing me to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion (22 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is just as well I was ready. I commend the collaboration that has happened. There have been huge collaborative efforts across the third level sector. We all witnessed that over the year and a half of the pandemic. I hope it will continue. I have no reason to think it will not because that is the way we can develop and bring forward the third level sector throughout the country and,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion (22 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What seems to be happening is there is a key part in section 7(5) of the legislation which state, "This section shall apply to a tenancy created not earlier than one month after the passing of the Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021." That seems to be the section that is being exploited. I am glad the Minister is sending out that message. He is saying it is illegal for landlords or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion (22 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Will the Minister raise it with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy O'Brien? It seems to be confined to the Limerick area, including Kerry, Limerick and Clare, and to people attending the University of Limerick. I thank the Minister regarding SUSI and what we are trying to do on getting the current circumstances assessed so students on PUP would not be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion (22 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Minister stated there would be extra support for technology. That is very important, but I wish to make one point to him. Rather than more hardware in terms of laptops, could he look at providing extra IT support staff? From my visits to them, that is what the institutions seem to be crying out for. They often have laptops, but they have nobody to open the boxes and do all the...