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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the Iberian exception recently approved by the European Commission for Spain and Portugal (details supplied); if he has engaged with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to consider a similar approach to reducing electricity costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Supply (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of housing developments that have been postponed due to Irish Water being unable to deliver water connections to the developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24115/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 539. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans in place to increase the rate of allowance for foster carers, considering that it has not been increased since 2009 and is clearly no longer in line with escalating living costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24117/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that part-time PhD students who apply to the Irish Research Council for funding have any prior year of part-time PhD research counted as full-time, meaning, if successful, they are eligible for less support from the IRC; if he will engage with IRC to rectify this issue; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of the total full-time undergraduate student body in receipt of SUSI support since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24423/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing all SUSI maintenance grants by 25% above 2020-2021 levels; the euro increase to each income threshold level of maintenance grant needed over and above the €200 allocated for the upcoming academic year in order to reach the 25% increase on 2020/2021 levels; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices waiting to access off-the-job training; and the number who have been issued with a start date but are yet to begin their training; the number waiting for each further education and training college and-or higher education institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24425/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentice places in each college of further education and-or higher education institute per apprenticeship type in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24426/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the further education colleges in each education and training board; the courses that are offered and the course capacity in each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24437/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 630. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the 13-bed build intended to facilitate the larger 50-bed development resulting from the National Capital and Property Steering Committee held on 26 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24123/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 705. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the remaining four advanced nurse practitioners who were to be recruited as agreed in 2018 for the implementation of the pregnancy prevention programme and included as part of the 2022 estimates process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24548/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 706. To ask the Minister for Health when he will establish a Ministerial stakeholder group to review and strengthen current risk reduction measures in relation to the prescribing and dispensing of sodium valproate in women of child-bearing potential as agreed to in November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24552/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 707. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the sodium valproate inquiry announced in November 2020; when the terms of reference will be published; the make-up of the membership of the inquiry; when the inquiry will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24553/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Go raibh maith agat Cathaoirleach. I welcome our guests. This is a really good opportunity to discuss what we need to discuss here. Written across all three opening statements is the vision that the chairpersons have for the opportunities presented and the collective responsibility on us all to make sure that those visions and opportunities are maximised. We are on the right road but we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Was Mr. Deenihan expecting to see that addressed in the future of funding paper?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We hear what Mr. Deenihan is saying. I will move on to the next question, which is related. I will direct this one to Dr. Prendergast. I share his ambition for the TUs and agree that we need to think about the investment we need to make to produce the world-class institutes they have the potential to be. Developing the research capabilities in the technological sector is key, as Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: How quickly do the TUs need that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I always have another question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am interested. There are some issues I could go over regarding the borrowing. The Chairman might allow me a little more time. I have some concerns around public-private contracts and how the TUs see their set-up. If the representatives were in a position tomorrow morning to be able to borrow and invest, how would we make sure the accommodation is owned by the campus, and publicly owned,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That would be good. I think that is what we would-----