Results 161-180 of 6,645 for speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports and-or increased funding that has been made available to the further and higher education sectors to deal with the knock-on impact of Covid-19; the increased places in third level to help prospective students excluding planned investments that were already in place to improve or expand further and higher education to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding accusations of serious misconduct alleged against students and staff at Maynooth University (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23603/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeships that have been furloughed; the number that have been made redundant as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23717/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of third level students who receive each level of SUSI support such as full maintenance grants, full fees, 50% fees and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23842/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are special allocations or preferences given to persons with specific or special needs such as autism in the application for on-campus student accommodation in University of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23921/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the public health advice and justification for students living on campus to not be allowed visitors in their residence for the duration of the 2020-21 academic year; his views on whether it is fair to expect students to pay the full amount for accommodation in view of the fact they are being asked to live under such restrictions; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that students from Northern Ireland will not be requested to pay non-EU fees to study here regardless of ongoing Brexit negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24117/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Incidence (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 654. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to releasing suicide figures on a county basis in order for NGOs and charities working in this field to target support and respond to geographic trends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23334/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 670. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the motorised transport grant; when it will be reopened to applicants; if there is an alternative scheme being prepared; when it can be expected to be open to applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23395/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 671. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the mobility allowance; if and when it will be reopened to applicants; if there is an alternative scheme being prepared; when it can be expect to be open to applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23396/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 750. To ask the Minister for Health when each of the primary care services, such as X-ray, chiropody services and physiotherapy services, at Belmullet Community Hospital that were ceased in response to the Covid-19 outbreak will be restarted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23823/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 751. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols being put in place in order that patients may be admitted directly to Belmullet Community Hospital having full regard for Covid-19 screening prior to admission in view of the fact that they have to be sent to the emergency department of Mayo University Hospital before they can be transferred to Belmullet; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 902. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the food ombudsman will be set up; when farmers will feel the effects in terms of prices for produce; and if he has a strategy for the interim period. [24156/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Seaweed Harvesting (15 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 903. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to regularise the seaweed harvesting industry in a manner that protects traditional techniques of harvesting and supports the individual that harvests seaweed in this manner. [24157/20]

Taxi Industry: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for his statement. It is disappointing that he cannot support this motion as it is. I think that shows a misunderstanding of the situation and I will outline why. I am speaking in respect of the 227 registered taxi drivers in Mayo in particular. They provide an essential service, especially for rural Ireland. These operators still have to worry about their...

Protecting Jobs and Supporting Business: Statements (16 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The pandemic has delivered the sharpest, deepest and most dramatic shock to our economy and, indeed, society. We thought that Brexit, and everything we had to deal with there, and still have to deal with there, was a shock. We have now had six months to protect businesses and jobs. At an early stage, it was agreed on a global basis that austerity would not work, it was not the answer...

Protecting Jobs and Supporting Business: Statements (16 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I ran out of time.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (16 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department predicts a decline in the number of students travelling to abroad to study at third-level; the estimated increase in students accepting CAO offers as a result of a predicted decline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24369/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (16 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new university places made available as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24388/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: From Monday, 85,000 students will attend universities in Dublin. Tens of thousands of those will be criss-crossing the country. The Minister's instructions were that higher and third level institutions should consider enhanced protective measures. What does that mean and what is the Government's plan? For instance, should these students go home at the weekend and is the Minister fearful...