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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2023 (12 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in Budget 2023 the non-pay allocation is €1,607.4 million whereas this was set at €1,612.2 million in the 2022 Expenditure report; the reason this is the case given the €98 million in additional resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50536/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (12 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the reduction in the allocation of expenditure from the National Training Fund given that it is €682.5 million in 2023 expenditure report and was €716.4 million in 2022; the areas in which the reductions will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50537/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (12 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the core capital allocation is €568 million given the National Development Plan anticipated €579 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50538/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (12 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide support to higher education institutions to deliver affordable student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50539/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (12 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of apprentice in each type and phase; the total number of apprentices awaiting access to off-the-job training in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50543/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (12 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of PhD researchers; the percentage of PhD researchers who will receive the €500 stipend increase; the total number who will likely receive the increase in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50544/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will ask the Minister a number of questions but they are all on the same issue. It is an issue I have been raising since she took office so I am glad to have an opportunity to discuss it with her here today. It relates to teacher training and has not received the attention it deserves. The Minister stated that 3,400 primary and post-primary teachers will qualify this year. Is that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: How can the Minister control supply in that case? If the intention is to control the supply but if she cannot control the supply from private colleges, how can she do that? There are specific questions regarding the report. This year, of the 3,400 teachers, how many have come from public colleges and how many from the private sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Am I correct about the cap of 1,000 for undergraduates and 2,000 for master's degree students?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I understand that. My point is that if 3,400 is the number and if many people who are suitably qualified cannot get the points that would enable them to become teachers, the price, on top of all the other costs, is going to be a barrier. The only way they can train to be a teacher is by taking a private course. I am concerned about the commodification of education, full stop, and about it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will be very brief. I want to reassure Senator Mullen that everyone in Mayo heard him on Midwest Radio the other day. I heard it being discussed in households and heard parents encouraging their students to apply for it. I think that it is a really good idea. I want to return again to the cap. If you cap at 1,200 for masters and we have a figure who qualified last year of 3,400, then...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: No, this is for primary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister and encourage her to examine it. We have an opportunity again in November for next year's allocations.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [49951/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made by Bus Éireann as it works to increase the number of school buses and drivers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46275/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pathway forward for a teacher (details supplied) who was employed in a principal release post in a school (details supplied) in the school years 2020/2021 and 2021/2022, and who expected a contract of indefinite duration in the 2022/2023 school year, but was told that they are no longer entitled to a CID due to her Department erroneously...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (11 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons that a primary school (details supplied) was denied DEIS status despite all other schools in the locality being provided DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49954/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (11 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a pathway for employers to apply for a visa to employ a mechanic from outside the EEA in a situation in which the employer has tried extensively to recruit from within the EEA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50157/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Obligation (11 Oct 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total amount collected through the PSO levy in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50044/22]