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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cross-Border Co-operation (16 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the recommendation from Universities Ireland, which was agreed by individual universities, to drop the requirement for four A-levels from students for a more equitable points conversion system was announced and made public to schools and the student population in the North of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55765/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (16 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the work his Department has taken to advance the provision of purpose-built student accommodation at third-level institutions around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53895/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Flexible Work Practices (16 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the delayed national hub network strategy is expected to be published; the reason for the delays to its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55767/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (16 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 133. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the proposal submitted to Roinn na Gaeltachta (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55766/25]

Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: Motion (15 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I have listened really intently to every word that has been said here today by all of the speakers. We are here today specifically because of scoliosis and the promises that were made. Families were threatened, ignored, and told to go away. They were told that they were the problem. They were reported to Tusla and it was all under the Tánaiste's watch. Children and young adults...

Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am sorry, we have been fighting it for 15 years.

Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am very happy to co-sign this motion today with Deputy Ward and my colleagues, and I do so on behalf of the people of County Mayo and on behalf of the people for whom I have been fighting for the past 15 years. It is 15 years since we first noticed the houses start to crumble in Erris. Pat the Cope Gallagher is in the Chamber, and he will know many of those houses and families impacted....

Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There are many more things I can say in relation to this, but the Minister needs to wake up. I appeal to all the TDs who are casting their vote against this motion to think long and hard about the suffering these homeowners and these children and families have had to endure through no fault of their own. It is absolutely disgraceful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Go raibh maith agat. I will go first because, as the Cathaoirleach says, there is the motion of confidence in the Dáil. I thank the witnesses for being here today. This is a good opportunity for us to discuss this really important legislation. What we are trying to achieve here is to ensure tourist accommodation is where it needs to be but also to try to contribute towards...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Is the Department having ongoing discussions about what is being formed at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: In that context, has the Department looked at the cost of change of use planning permission or at the scale of the costs? I know no two applications are the same but I ask about the drivers of that and the legal and other charges of obtaining planning permission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The majority of the questions I have are on planning and for the Department of housing, which is unfortunate. We need a holistic approach to this so that we get it right. Regarding what has been done in other countries, is there any country Ms McGuire could name that has got this right in terms of bringing up accommodation for long-term letting but also ensuring all areas have a tourist...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Obviously we all welcome the ceasefire and we wait with bated breath but what is important is what is within our capacity here and the commitments that have already been made. My question to the Taoiseach is on the occupied territories Bill. Is the occupied territories Bill going to be implemented in this term of the Dáil, will that include goods and services, and can the Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [50478/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Energy costs in the State are astronomical and are having a detrimental impact on competitiveness. This rip-off of Irish customers was confirmed again today by a recent international report, which revealed that our retail electricity prices are three times higher than wholesale prices, one of the highest price gaps in the world. We are completely exposed to the price of fossil fuels on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and competitiveness will next meet. [50477/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (14 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the measures his Department is taking to address homelessness among the over 65s and to prevent people retiring into homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55086/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have protection orders or barring orders against them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54225/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (9 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the number of convictions within the State for shoplifting in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54226/25]

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There is a lack of transparency around this budget. It is disgraceful. Despite having 15 Ministers and 23 Ministers of State, we have no costings of existing levels of service. How does the Government know what is going on within the Departments if it does not know the costings of the levels of services that are already in place? How does the Government know how much it has for new...