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Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Obviously, we are supporting the Bill, which is welcome and long overdue. The register that this Bill establishes was originally proposed in the 1970s. If that had actually happened in the 1970s or the 1980s and was not on a voluntary basis, I wonder if it would have saved heartache, agony and stress endured by the homeowners in Mayo, Donegal, Clare and some other counties who have been...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Is the Tánaiste aware that medical card dental services have completely collapsed in Mayo? We contacted each of the 30 dentists in the county listed by the HSE on its website. Of all the many dental practices throughout the county, only one said it was currently treating medical card patients and taking on new patients, and even then it was only doing so for specific treatments. In a...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I want to talk about the lack of broadband in Mayo. As a previous speaker said, people in Mayo are taxpayers as well. They have been promised broadband and they are not getting it and they look at screens telling them it will happen in 2025 or 2026. Not one home has been connected yet. We have asked for details about the contract, such as whether there will be penalties for targets not...

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister. As he knows, Sinn Féin supports legislative reform in higher education to clarify the role of the HEA, to increase inclusion and access and to ensure proper governance and accountability. I acknowledge that the Minister and his Department have taken on board a number of recommendations - some, but not all - that Sinn Féin put forward during pre-legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps a student (details supplied) can take to obtain a Covid-19 certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3913/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Integrated Education Fund (27 Jan 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I find this very interesting. I welcome the opportunity to discuss this issue. I am my party's spokesperson on higher education so I have an interest in that area but, if we do not get things right at first and second level, we are failing. Some of these figures are quite astounding with regard to the lack of progress. Some progress has been made, however. Today is an opportunity to look...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 22. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education last met and will next meet. [3335/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the application by a school (details supplied) for the addition of an ASD classroom to allow students with special educational needs to continue to attend their local school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4646/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials of her Department will engage with Bus Éireann in relation to an altered school bus route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4647/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 682. To ask the Minister for Health when respite service will recommence in Belmullet Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4506/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 9. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in County Mayo in receipt of the carer’s allowance; if they will receive a bonus payment for their contribution throughout the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5491/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I was pleased earlier when I heard that the Government is going to examine cost of living again and the impact that it is having. My question is very pertinent because it is about giving the Covid bonus payment to the 500,000 family carers around the country. There would be no better way of showing that the work of carers is really respected and that the Government recognises the severe...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I would still ask the Minister to go back to Cabinet and highlight the issue. I know that the Covid recognition payment is a matter for the Minister for Health, but there is an opportunity for the Department of Social Protection to look at the cost of living in terms of the 500,000 people who have probably contributed the most during the pandemic, and to give them the Covid payment. The...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Homeowners in Mayo and other counties are becoming increasingly alarmed about the delays in the 100% redress scheme. Will the Tánaiste give a guarantee that this scheme will be fully in place before the end of the year? Can the Tánaiste accept that the unnecessary delays and the obstacles being put in the way of homeowners who have paid almost €7,000 to certified engineers...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 45. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial supports or pathways to funding that are available from her Department for a single parent of a young adult with highly complex physical and intellectual disabilities (details supplied). [5492/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to increase places at third level for in-demand courses to address skill shortages and take unnecessary pressure off the leaving certificate system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6457/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Government has decided to deny the students the choice when it comes to this year's leaving certificate. This is despite students having come through years of a severely disrupted leaving certificate cycle. I and Sinn Féin believe that that is wrong and they should have had a choice. Students deserve to be given a choice. What steps has the Minister taken to ensure additional...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: When Fine Gael has representation in the North, we will deal with that. I look forward to it.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We are not taking anybody for fools.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Right, Minister.