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Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There are too many homes in the State paying dearly to heat the sky. It is clear that the Government's retrofitting plan is deeply unfair in its design. It prioritises those with greatest means over those with greatest need. A wealthy household can access €25,000 in publicly funded grants for the deep retrofit while many with far greater need cannot access basic measures such as...

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Commissioner Vestager is very accustomed to problems in the Irish insurance market, having overseen the investigation into the motor insurance industry over recent years for operating a cartel. That investigation and political pressure from Sinn Féin and Deputy Pearse Doherty led the Government to set out the 66 actions on insurance reform. The Government recently published a report...

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager. [57859/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reviews (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his Department will conduct and updated version of the spending review of apprenticeships published in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57717/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the total drawdown from the defective block remediation fund; if he will provide a further breakdown by drawdown in counties Mayo and Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57252/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale behind the decision to exclude terraced and semi-detached houses with respect to the recent working group examination of defects in purpose-built apartments and duplexes built between 1991 and 2013, from report and terms of reference; if there are any plans for a similar working group examination of defects in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual expenditure on the apprentice accommodation allowances and travel allowance, per year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57712/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details on the proposals recently supported by the Cabinet to increase the supply of student accommodation, including proposals for the State to assist directly in bridging the gap between development costs and rental affordability in relation to the provision of additional student accommodation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he anticipates the student accommodation unit will bring forward a new student accommodation policy for Cabinet approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57708/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices working across the public sector; the percentage this is of the total number of registered apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57709/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices employed across the public sector in each of the years since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57710/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices employed by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57715/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices employed by each State and semi-State body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57716/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of registered apprentices; the number of registered craft apprentices; the number of craft apprentices who have been registered for more than two or four years in the cases of those registered on two-year apprenticeships, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57711/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices on each programme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57714/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of craft apprentices waiting to access off-the-job training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57713/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations, which will be useful in our work. It seems like everything is pointing in the one direction in terms of the independent therapeutic services that are needed within schools. Will Dr. Muldoon elaborate on how those will work? If we know what needs to be done, why are we not doing it? Why are we not following the Dorset model when we know that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is important that we do so. Interestingly, Dr. Muldoon stated that it was not so much about resources as it was about the will of the Department of Health to work with the Department of Education. It seems like the two Ministers have it within their power to direct that to happen and to evaluate it subsequently.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I hope that will happen. Dr. Ó Cuanacháin spoke about Fighting Words' "engagement activities with marginalised and disadvantaged communities, minority communities, and children with disabilities, those experiencing mental health issues, and with special educational needs." Will he elaborate on how that is done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What kind of engagements?