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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There needs to be transparent measures. If somebody has had no issues arise for many years that should be recognised. If a person is getting counselling and has everything in place, he or she should be rewarded rather than punished in terms of insurance. I will leave it at that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Londonderry Chamber of Commerce and Foyle Port (16 Dec 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The good work they do on collaboration is widely known across the island and internationally. Many other areas have a lot to learn from them. I commend everybody involved on the great work they are doing, the North West Strategic Growth Partnership and the positive cross-border collaboration that exists. The benefits can been seen in every...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Londonderry Chamber of Commerce and Foyle Port (16 Dec 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I could not agree more. There is GMIT and the Mayo campus and the collaboration between Mayo University Hospital and Magee. We have successes and successful programmes which Mr. Clancy knows, some of which he was involved in, some of them across the island. How concerned is Mr. Clancy about student mobility across the island, whether North-South, South-North? There are so few students. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Londonderry Chamber of Commerce and Foyle Port (16 Dec 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Enniskillen equestrian college is a good example of that. It has 50-50 North-South students. It has developed a niche course. I do think of green energy and the courses that can be done there, specifically to attract people in. I hope that the Cassells report will address the funding model we have for third level and the issues that are there that prevent some of the third level...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Londonderry Chamber of Commerce and Foyle Port (16 Dec 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: But I want to be able to catch the train from Castlebar to get to Belfast and go by Derry.

Violence Against Women: Statements (19 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I too extend my condolences to the Murphy family on the loss of Ashling Murphy. The whole country has been united in sorrow and anger over the past week. That must mean something and it must count for something. We have to remember, as has been stated, that Ashling is one of 244 women who have died violently since 1966 and we have to ask ourselves why, in 2022, there is so much left to do....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (19 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration has been given to providing greater flexibility for persons on work permits who are made redundant as a result of Covid-19 particularly in sectors that have been hard hit by the pandemic such as aviation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63011/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Research and Development (19 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when calculating the business spend on research and development for the purposes of the research and development budget, if this includes expenditure on research and development carried out outside of the State; if his Department measures the level of research and development activity carried out inside the State; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Energy Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 16 November 2021, 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....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (19 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the criteria that must be met before a premises is able to pre-order broadband under the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63623/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (19 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if small community and voluntary groups in receipt of Exchequer funding are required to submit full accounts that are audited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63196/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 445. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the location of all built social housing provided in County Mayo in 2021; the location of the targeted 90 social homes by built in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62935/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Office of Public Works (19 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 486. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to move forward accessibility issues for the public to OPW-run Moyne Abbey, Ballina, County Mayo given that the OPW can only advise on access for OPW staff and not on public access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63465/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 91. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps that have been taken to support musicians and other artists through the renewed restrictions on hospitality and cultural events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2655/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (19 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 890. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are provisions planned for making contributory State pensions more eligible to persons who have worked for many years but do not have enough contributions and who are not eligible for a non-contributory State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63466/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Tests (19 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of students that will receive a free antigen test prior to their end of semester exams commencing; the estimated number of students that will receive a free antigen test prior to the end of the first semester of 2021-2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62936/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (19 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if eight education and training boards will receive less funding compared to 2020 despite the €0.8 million increase to the Mitigating against Educational Disadvantage Fund; the education and training boards that will receive less funding; the reduction amount in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63010/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1145. 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. [63195/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the list of all further education and training providers by county; the number of staff employed; the number of courses offered by each provider in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63284/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the expert panel currently reviewing the further education and training funding model; when the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63578/21]