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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: No. I think-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We have a €307 million gap. There is a possibility of at least €150 million in budget 2024 and how that needs to be done. I very much hear what Professor Looney is saying about the piecemeal approach to it. I am concerned about the waste of resources when we have a piecemeal approach like that instead of how we could maximise if we had the core funding sorted out. When I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I need to ask Dr. Kyne a question related to accessibility. Will she give an update on the borrowing framework for the technological universities? The Minister tells us time and again that the technological universities can now borrow but is this the case? Can they borrow as it is now? Is everything put in place for the technological universities to borrow?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Would Dr. Kyne be able to get us a note on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I would appreciate it. If she could get a note to the committee on exactly what the situation is because we are hearing conflicting information. The Minister will say that they have the borrowing capacity and then we hear -----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I know but if the students cannot get there because there is no accommodation, it has an impact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay. I will leave my questions at that. I am out of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We are not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That is why it would be really appreciated were somebody to get the note.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (21 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a timeframe for introducing energy support grants for businesses that rely on oil and/or LPG that are excluded from the TBESS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12980/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 504. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options that are available to pyrite homeowners who have a second property available but which needs repairs; if they can avail of the croí cónaithe grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13850/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 723. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time a school (details supplied) has been vacant; her Department's plans for the property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13294/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (21 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1021. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for scaling back the Governments research and development target from 2.5% of GNP to 2.5% of GNI*; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12991/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (21 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1022. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for scaling back the governments R&D target from 2.5% of GNP set out in Innovation 2020 to 2.5% of GNI* in impact 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12992/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child and adolescent psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers, speech and language therapists, social workers, nurses employed at CAMHS mental health intellectual disability, community mental health teams in community healthcare west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13202/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people employed and whole-time equivalents at CAMHS mental health intellectual disability, community mental health teams in community healthcare west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13203/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1379. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an appointment, the number of people on the waiting list, and the number of people waiting over a year, with CAMHS mental health intellectual disability, community mental health teams in community healthcare west, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13204/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (9 Mar 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements he has had with his Ministerial colleagues regarding increased places for those intending to study veterinary medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11779/23]