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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (30 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Students, like many others in the State, are struggling to get by due to the cost of living. Between fees, rent and transport, students are finding it very hard to make ends meet. Many of them have been in contact with my office after hearing announcements or reading headlines stating that more funding is being made available. Can the Minister clearly set out the increases in expenditure...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (30 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Minister has been Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for two budgets. In October 2020 he announced an additional €20 million for SUSI which was very welcome. The Department spent the same amount on SUSI in 2020 as it had in 2019. We are on track for a slight increase in 2021, but nowhere near the €20 million announced in his first...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (30 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome the review of SUSI and I am glad to hear that it will be on his desk by Christmas. It is important that it is published immediately so that things can come into effect for next year. The Minister can see how people get lost in the millions and millions, double counting of figures and all that. People feel they are left behind in all of the millions. In July, as part of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Examinations (30 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students will have a remote option for end of semester exams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59095/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Examinations (30 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: In light of the rising numbers of people infected by Covid-19 and the arrival of the new variant, will students have an option to complete end of semester exams remotely? Students across the State are seeking clarity and uniformity on what plans are in place to ensure third level institutions are prepared and capable of providing alternative assessments for students who do not wish to sit...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Examinations (30 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I understand some colleges, such as University College Cork, have moved all their exams online. I spoke to a number of students from Waterford last night who were told they cannot be facilitated in doing their exams remotely. The issue here is that students do not feel safe or comfortable entering an exam hall with hundreds of other students and students do not want to defer these exams....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Examinations (30 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I still think we need uniformity and fairness across institutions in this. Are we really saying it is okay to tell students who are unable to leave their home or who are a close contact that they will have to repeat an exam in August? This will not only result in the punishing of students who follow public health guidance but incentivise some in not adhering to public health advice. I am...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (30 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to create a situation in which universities are able to provide on-campus accommodation at affordable rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58643/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (30 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Like my colleague, Deputy Cullinane, I wish to discuss the Saolta hospital group and, in particular, Mayo University Hospital. Mayo University Hospital is in a deep crisis at present, both in terms of the 15,000 people who are waiting for treatment there and in terms of access to the emergency department. People are waiting for hours without treatment. It is not good enough in this day and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (30 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The people in Mayo deserve better and need better at this point. The Minister of State has spoken about staff and looking after them, and I acknowledge the Trojan work they do. Why do we not do exit interviews with all the nurses who are leaving? Why do we not offer contracts that are flexible to meet the family needs of nurses? Why are we going around the world recruiting nurses when...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider protecting the craft apprenticeship model as we move to a unitary system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58644/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (30 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if reducing fees for students will be considered as part of sustainable funding model brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58642/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of apprentices registering on both craft and consortia-led apprenticeships had already attained a level 8 qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58478/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (30 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the energy efficiency and decarbonisation pathfinder programme in the higher education sector and plan to develop a similar programme for the further education and training sector as outlined in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58479/21]

Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The issue of adequate ventilation in the workplace is extremely important. I thank Solidarity-People Before Profit for bringing this legislation forward. The Bill aims to give workers the right to request an inspection of their workplace by the HSA to verify sufficient levels of fresh air. I have no doubt that the right to clean air would be viewed by most people as a fair and reasonable...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 24 November 2021, the time duration of the each Nearly Zero Energy Building Standard (NZEB) course (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59334/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (1 Dec 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 297, 298, 299 of 25 November 2021, the overall cost of the extension to the central campus EO1 project at Sligo IT; and if it is contained in the Investment Programme Tracker October 2021 which was released as part of the NDP launch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59335/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Higher Education Strategic Infrastructure Fund has concluded or if additional calls will be made in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59336/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (1 Dec 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated and spent under the Infrastructure Upgrade and Refurbishment Programme; the details of each project in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59337/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (1 Dec 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated and spent under the Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation Pathfinder Programme; the details of each project in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59338/21]