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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Where are you now? What college-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Very good. Is there a difference from your experience in the supports available at secondary level and then at third level?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The stigma you might have felt at second level is not there at third level, in his experience.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Good. I wish to ask another question. I am not sure who said this because I was so engrossed in what was being said I was not looking, but it was about physical education in secondary school and primary schools. I have always thought it unhealthy to expect students to sit all day in a classroom, go home, have a bite to eat and then study again for a number of hours. Do we need to look at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Thank you for that. I want to give the others a chance to come in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will leave it at that rather than opening anything up. I thank all the witnesses for their contributions. Even the things we have not got to have been noted and will be on public record. We will come back to them in other forums.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister of State and will follow up with her.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take action to ensure that ##children with Down's syndrome in County Mayo have access to a school and supports in their local schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58439/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The battle for the right to an education for children with special educational needs has been a very long one. The €2 billion which has been provided now is very welcome. This is why it is very difficult to accept that there are still some children who are not getting their education. I am thinking in particular of a 13-year-old boy in Mayo, about whom I have written to the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will set the intake cap for primary teacher training courses in public universities; if she will consider raising the cap to allow more students to take a public route into the profession; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58438/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (24 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to any issue with persons who have been accepted on to the defective concrete blocks grant scheme being unable to remortgage their home to help fund the repairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58549/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Will the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health make the HPV vaccine available to women over the age of 25? We all welcomed the decision that women under the age of 25 could get it free of charge from May. Will the Taoiseach ask the national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC, to look at this? I am asking only for those women for whom it has been deemed necessary that they get the...

Transport in Galway and Other Areas: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome the motion and thank the Independent Group for tabling it. The vision set out would serve the people of Galway and the west well. I welcome, as always, the inclusion of the western rail corridor. It is rightly one of the key demands of the motion. This is yet another motion from the Opposition calling on the Government to begin construction. It is a turn-key project and all...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (23 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to move the National Fund Reserve from National Treasury Management Agency Exchequer notes where it accrues no interest, given the change in interest rate environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58319/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (23 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of final demands issued by the Revenue Commissioners; the number of sheriff enforcement procedures that have been initiated in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58320/22]

Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The motion calls on the Government to declare a housing emergency, which extends to student accommodation. Students are being forced to defer courses or to live in wholly unacceptable arrangements. The last three budgets of this Government did nothing for student accommodation, despite there being projects that could deliver 3,000 student beds that were just sitting on the shelf, as the...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is very disappointing to hear Deputies, and the Deputy who has just left the Chamber in particular, trying to score points by saying people would be worse off under Sinn Féin. He quoted a lot of nonsense figures but left out the fact that in Sinn Féin's alternative budget, those earning less than €70,000 would get cash payments and there would also be payments for those...

Death of Professor Brian Hillery: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Fáilte to all of the Hillery family. I will not attempt to name everybody. Professor Brian Hillery made a significant contribution to public life in Ireland. He did so not only in politics but also in the spheres of economics, business and academia. Following his passing in January 2021, President Higgins paid tribute to Professor Hillery saying, "those who served with him in the...

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: European Council (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Council meeting held on 20 and 21 October 2022. [57860/22]

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: European Council (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I wholeheartedly welcome the fact that the Government finally agreed to address the situation whereby gas sets the overall electricity prices, including renewable electricity. Capping renewables at €120 per MWh is welcome but when we consider that the average wholesale price of electricity in August was €388 - it has gone down to €137 per MWh for October - we see how...