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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: -----the in-demand courses or the stress of leaving certificate students. That needs to be faced up to. It is important that we admit that the skill needs in our society are not being met in a number of vital areas, particularly healthcare and construction. There is a shortage of dentists, nurses, mental health professionals, as well as quantity surveyors, engineers, architects and many...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Minister has a responsibility to ensure that people are being trained to have the skills that our society needs. It is not simply about students getting onto the courses that they want; it is about the proper planning for the skills that we need in the future. Almost 4,000 students enrol in pre-nursing courses. Fewer than 5% of them go on to further education to get nursing degrees...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available for mature students that wish to study part-time on a course that is not covered by Springboard+; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6451/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will bring forward a new student accommodation strategy; the reason that no progress reports on the implementation of the current student accommodation strategy have been produced since quarter three 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6449/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 257. To ask the Minister for Finance the last time a departmental tax expenditure evaluation was conducted on the research and development tax credit in accordance with the guidelines for tax expenditure evaluation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6529/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he anticipates receiving and publishing the review of the funding model for further education and training commissioned by SOLAS in late 2019 from an independent expert panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6263/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the 2021 drop-out rate from craft apprenticeships by apprenticeship type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6264/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who completed an apprenticeship and became fully qualified tradespersons in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6265/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) who was awarded a scholarship to study for a PhD at Dublin City University has had their visa application rejected; if she will review the manner in which visas are assessed for academic purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6531/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 743. To ask the Minister for Health the controls or checks that are in place to ensure that dentists in the dental treatment services scheme are accepting new medical card patients; the number of dentists in County Mayo who are currently accepting new medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6530/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank all the witnesses for their contributions. A common thread runs through them all. I have a few questions. Perhaps we could get from the witnesses a sense of how prevalent this problem is, not that the scale of the issue is the only reason to legislate, because one child in a family being discriminated against is one too many. Could the witnesses give us a sense of how common this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Will any of the witnesses speak to the other questions? It would give us an idea of the scale of prevalence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Absolutely. It should never happen in the first instance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: In rural areas, children with disabilities or extra educational needs are often transported to towns 50 miles away, which is a 100-mile trip in order to access education. What is Dr. Muldoon's view on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Whose responsibility is it to have the criteria there?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Homeowners in Mayo and other counties are becoming increasingly alarmed about the delays in the 100% redress scheme. Will the Tánaiste give a guarantee that this scheme will be fully in place before the end of the year? Can the Tánaiste accept that the unnecessary delays and the obstacles being put in the way of homeowners who have paid almost €7,000 to certified engineers...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 9. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in County Mayo in receipt of the carer’s allowance; if they will receive a bonus payment for their contribution throughout the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5491/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I was pleased earlier when I heard that the Government is going to examine cost of living again and the impact that it is having. My question is very pertinent because it is about giving the Covid bonus payment to the 500,000 family carers around the country. There would be no better way of showing that the work of carers is really respected and that the Government recognises the severe...