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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Private Partnerships (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The technological universities have the ability to deliver high-quality third level education for many people, including in Mayo and the west, and to be a real driver for regional development. They are one of the most important developments in third level education for decades. Why, with almost no public debate, is the Government using controversial public private partnership contracts for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Private Partnerships (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: This Government is spearheading a substantial shift in how the State delivers building projects in third level education. Essentially, PPP is a misleading name for an agreement where a developer delivers a project and the Government agrees to pay every year for 25 years for the right to use the building. It is essentially build to rent for the Government. It is good for the developer, but...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Private Partnerships (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Minister will remember that we discussed in the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform the Carillion example and what it cost people. This has major implications for finances for the State for the next 25 years. One contract signed in 2020 was valued at almost €600 million. These contracts typically mean that the public pays a lot for very little control. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Energy Policy (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 125. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of skilled retrofitting workers that will be needed to deliver on retrofitting targets; the number of each category of tradesperson or specifically qualified retrofitting construction workers in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55483/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total allocation and final expenditure on each Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland technology centre in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55506/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 129. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way the performance of the disruptive technologies innovation fund will be assessed and the output of the research and development activity to ensure value for money for taxpayers', given that €235 million has been awarded to private companies in the first three calls for the fund; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to reflect the support given by Dáil Éireann to the motion regarding regional transport infrastructure making particular reference to the Western Rail Corridor in the context of the expenditure ceilings for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55902/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with eating disorders are currently being denied access to mortgage protection insurance policies at times on a near permanent basis in respect to persons with long-term conditions; the steps he is taking to address the issues faced by persons unable to access life insurance; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 9 November 2021, the percentage of the 2% of primary home mortgages provided without the requirement for mortgage protection insurance that were given an exemption either specifically due to suffering from an eating disorder or under the exemption (b) of section 126 of Consumer Credit Act 1995 given that this is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Communications (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact his Department and bodies under his aegis as outlined in circular 25/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56019/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 2,650 additional places on retrofit and NZEB courses as outlined in Budget 2022 will be open; the total number of places on retrofit and NZEB courses including these additional places in 2022; the breakdown of the number of places that will be provided for each education and training board; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of graduates in each on-site retrofit programme in Waterford, Wexford and Laois Offaly ETB that is targeted at near zero energy building skills training for existing construction professionals and skills to advance programmes related to retrofitting as part of the Just Transition response for Bord na Móna employees in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of trainees currently enrolled in each retrofitting centre of excellence to date; the target enrolment for each retrofitting centre of excellence for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55504/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of each retrofitting or green building skills related reform to the curricula of construction related apprenticeships in the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55486/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new national strategy for research and innovation will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55508/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the annual cost of infrastructure projects under the higher education public private partnership are paid directly from the Exchequer or from the core funding of the institution involved in the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55558/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total value collected from the sale of the former DIT campus building; the total amount from the same of former DIT campus buildings use to fund the Central and East Quad at Grangegorman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55559/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Science Foundation Ireland (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of Science Foundation Ireland funding that will be ring-fenced for research investment in technological universities in 2022; the amount of Science Foundation Ireland research funding that has been allocated to technological universities and institutes of technology each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details, including cost, of all non-PPP capital projects currently approved or under way in the technological university and institute of technology sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55561/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Science Foundation Ireland (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation and expenditure each year for Science Foundation Ireland since 2012, in tabular form; the allocation for 2022; if this includes the €72 million for a national grand challenge announced in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55562/21]