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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek to have the Western Rail Corridor included in the TEN-T programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11992/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the all-Ireland strategic rail review will provide the basis for the inclusion of the north of Ireland within the TEN-T programme as is the case with other territories outside of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11993/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (3 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the pyrite and mica redress scheme making particular reference to the sliding scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11991/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new build social homes and new build affordable homes that were delivered in County Mayo in 2021; the targets for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11990/22]

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: As I speak today I am mindful that it is Ash Wednesday, a day of repentance when Christians confess their sins and profess their devotion to God. I do not want to make this religious but I am acutely aware of the suffering that the families of the victims of those who have been buried have endured over the decades and that they still endure. The Minister acknowledged that and he understands...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Trans-European Transport Network, TEN-T, policy is a gateway that gives specific rail and road transport infrastructure, routes, ports and airports exclusive access to the Connecting Europe Facility, CEF, fund. It also represents the individual member states' priority rail and road transport corridors, ports and airports. The latest 2021 CEF transport call under the 2013 TEN-T map is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: TEN-T funding.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What about the western rail corridor?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [10081/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I understand the role of the Department is to ensure that it is sustainable from a fiscal and expenditure perspective but that is the heart of the issue and it is why the employment framework was introduced in the first place. I welcome the establishment of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and I, like many working in the sector, took that as a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Minister will understand that the funding per student is down 37% on what it was in 2008. Most early career academics and researchers now go from one precarious contract to another. Some 16% of researchers in the technological sector are on permanent contracts but only 5% of researchers in universities are on full-time contracts. It is important to remember that many of these...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is engaged in discussions to agree revised principles for a new higher education staffing agreement to update the current employment control framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11405/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for thinking about County Mayo.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank him for his positive action. That is what I like. Is the Minister engaged in discussions to agree revised principles for a new higher education staffing agreement to update the employment control framework? I have raised this issue a number of times since the Government was formed. The sector and its workforce have struggled under the employment control framework since 2010....

Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Mayo University Hospital waiting list increased by 162% from July 2015 to July 2021. It takes 712 days for people to get general surgery there. There are severe regional imbalances to be addressed. I have listened to what the Minister has said and one of those was about delivering care close to home. I ask the Minister to talk to the workers and managers who have been appointed to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (1 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider increased investment in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General to ensure the high quality audit of public funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11404/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (1 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 140. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider extending the full rate rather than a pro rata rate for the once-off public holiday to be held on 18 March 2022 for workers who work two 12-hour shifts at the weekend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11568/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Will Dr. Trant indicate how many apprenticeship places are available through local authorities across the State?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I want the local authority figures because local authorities present opportunities for craft apprenticeships in particular. Every time I ask this question of a local authority, I do not get an answer. We need to examine the baseline in this regard because local authorities have a responsibility to not just talk the talk, but also walk the walk. Having skilled staff in their own areas is in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I have a question for SOLAS. Mr. Brownlee stated that further education offers people learning pathways to take them as far as they want to go. We need to place greater emphasis and attention on the work being done in this regard and on the potential of further education. I am not convinced that the pathways are adequately in place, though. I always refer to how fewer than 5% of the...