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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their submissions. My first question is for Dr. Looney. I get what she said in her paper, particularly around unlearning, which is a big challenge for us. She described herself as a veteran. The challenge for this committee is how to make this work and the weeks we have spent scrutinising all this information do not end up just adding to the information and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I share that view and thank Dr. Looney. I noted with interest what Professor O'Leary had to say. For the completeness of the discussion, it is important to note that he is the prometric chair in assessment and director of the centre for assessment research in UCD, which sells computer-based test development and delivery services to governments and government bodies. The company funding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I meant DCU. Sorry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thought it would be important to give Professor O'Leary the opportunity to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I appreciate that. I have a couple of further questions but I have run out of time. I will come in-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will be as quick as I can. I ask the witnesses is for their thoughts on this year's leaving certificate. Covid numbers are rising. Should we have some form of continuous assessment such as there was last year for the leaving certificate? What concerns do the witnesses have for tens of thousands of leaving certificate students who are facing sitting an exam in June of next year?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will continue because this was also in Professor O'Leary's submission. What would be the challenges in implementing a totally computer-based assessment system within the education system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It was on information technology and the opportunities and challenges around introducing IT into assessment.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: No, I am speaking in my own right. Do you want to take the person who is deputising first? I will wait.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak specifically to amendment No. 165. When speaking to the amendment the Minister stated that it would be premature to accept it. That is very hard for the people in Mayo who have been fighting for ten years to have their houses restored. It is not premature for them. As the Minister is aware, they have had ten years of anguish and watching their...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will speak to amendment No. 70, tabled by my colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty. That amendment states: The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the two-pillar solution agreed by the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy, its impact on...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes. This Bill extends, for a further three years, the provision which allows relief to landlords for pre-letting expenses where a property has been vacant for a period of 12 months. This measure is aimed at increasing supply. In general, the expenses that one incurs prior to letting a property for the first time are not allowable against the profits made from renting the property, apart...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new build social homes that will be delivered in County Mayo in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55199/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that persons who have been through a separation or divorce and or have been denied a mortgage on medical grounds have adequate access to the Rebuilding Ireland home loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55200/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (11 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the jobseeker's transition payment beyond the 14th birthday of the child when a recipient is in full-time education to allow the recipient to continue to receive the payment until they have completed their education course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55399/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (11 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of parents who lose the jobseeker's transition payment while taking part in an education course due to the child turning 14; if her Department has conducted research into the effect this has or will have on the completion rate of education courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55401/21]

Science Week 2021: Statements (10 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes, I have ten minutes and Deputy Ó Laoghaire has five minutes. I would like to thank the Minister and everyone involved in making Science Week happen. It is a wonderful initiative that provides a great chance to recognise and celebrate the role of science in our everyday lives. One of the key themes of this year’s Science Week was the initiative Creating our Future being run...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (10 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the four locations in which a bank (details supplied) will continue to maintain an ATM after a branch closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55015/21]