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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 487. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to improve transport services from rural areas to designated cancer centres for scheduled day case treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49191/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There are aspects of this budget I welcome. The Minister of State, Deputy Collins, has just outlined some of them in respect of apprenticeships and other elements of further education. The litmus test for the apprenticeships will if the backlog is cleared. We will be monitoring it very closely to ensure it is done. This is the second time a budget has failed utterly to address the...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Perhaps the Minister can comment on that later. I would hope something would be provided this year, because students are struggling right here and now. The Minister saw the students queuing for food banks. We live in a republic in 2021. Having students queuing for food banks that run out after an hour is atrocious. When is the review of SUSI going to be published? The Minister knows...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the SUSI review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49756/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (13 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is evidence of a decline in the number of new registrations on construction related apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49754/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the student contribution charge is currently set at an appropriate level; when he will bring forward a sustainable funding model for third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49755/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (13 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider instructing his Department to begin collecting the data either through research or as a standardised component of the tax return on which research and development activity is carried out in order to allow for an assessment of the effectiveness of the research and development tax relief incentivising companies to deepen such activity...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of sitting days of the student grant appeals board in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50032/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (13 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of annual registrations that would be required in order to maintain an apprenticeship population of 40,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50033/21]

Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Regional Group for initiating this legislation. It dates from 2017 and it is now 2021. That speaks for itself. Many elements in this Bill must be implemented and it is urgent that it passes quickly. I note what this legislation states about the need for joined-up services. I refer to a communication the HSE sent to a young man with autism who is aged 22. It stated that he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (20 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1302 of 27 July 2021, if he will provide details on the work plan of the NTF Advisory Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51465/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (20 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the expenditure heading Training People for Employment of the National Training Fund for 2021; the full range of course covered; the number of places provided; the average cost per place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51466/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the future of the beef task force; and the consideration he has given to extending its remit in order to secure a fair price for beef farmers. [51705/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What are the Minister's plans for the future of the beef task force and what consideration has been given to extending its remit in order to secure a fair price for beef farmers? Is the Minister satisfied it has achieved the transparency and equity it set out to achieve?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: One of the key tasks that needs to be undertaken is a comprehensive analysis of the impact of factory-owned feedlots in the market, including their impact on the prices and effect on the environment. Figures released by the Department indicate the numbers originating from feedlots has increased drastically. The number of cattle originating from units with feedlot status during the first...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister. Despite the achievements to date, there is still a clear trend for an ever-increasing share of intensive farming driving out the family farms. That is what we are concerned about in the west of Ireland. The other clear trend over the past number of years is for beef prices to get ever lower. The Minister might say for a moment in time, they have increased, but the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (19 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Go raibh maith agaibh to all of our guests. I have been listening intently online for part of the meeting and now I am here. This is one of the most refreshing, honest and valuable conversations we have had around leaving certificate reform and what needs to be done. Our guests' experiences and their honesty are appreciated and will be valuable for the report we are trying to do and in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (19 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We would need to have each contributor here in a separate session and we could fill it with us expanding and developing points about how the training of Irish language teachers needs to change and what we need to do on that to create a love of the language rather than a fear of it, which I think many of us have. I can identify with what Professor Hegarty is saying about not having the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (19 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I wish to return to the nurse transitioning to being a doctor because I am very concerned about how training for medicine is designed. I can offer a case example. The person has a degree in biochemistry and an M.Sc. in molecular medicine, both from Trinity College Dublin, and has pursued the aim of being a medical doctor since the age of 14 years. In 2016, after working full-time in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (19 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I raised this issue with the Taoiseach and the Minister previously because a lot of people are affected in the same way through these loans. I do not believe in a loan system, as exists in some other countries. The solution to much of what we are talking about is the immediate publication of the Cassells report and the selection of option one. Let us take it seriously because this is part...