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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Higher Education Authority Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Ms Hoade might reply as well, Chair, if time allows.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Higher Education Authority Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Will the general scheme of the Bill in its current form result in the centralisation of control in the higher education sector? That is a broader question for everybody. The 1971 Act set out the democratisation of the third level sector as an objective. Is this still relevant today? Does this Bill further this or contradict it? I return to the funding model and the CSO categorisation....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Higher Education Authority Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: This might be in hand, but we will need to ask the CSO in for a session to examine that so that, as Mr. Miley said, there are not unintended consequences and that we have a model that is suitable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Higher Education Authority Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What is the current role of the Higher Education Authority in governing the private college sector? How will this proposed Bill impact on the current governance structure in respect of the private colleges? In that regard, what would the provision for an independent appeals process look like? I refer to the process mentioned in some of the submissions. I thank the Chair for allowing me to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: My question concerns the western rail corridor. Following the publication of the report by Dr. John Bradley, the Government needs to stop prevaricating and deliver on the western rail corridor as part of the national development plan. Is it in the national development plan? Does the Government recognise that it is a key piece of infrastructure for the development of the west of Ireland?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Support Services (1 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the profit-focused approach set out in a tender for the expansion of local employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35409/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Support Services (1 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I acknowledge the great work done by the Department of Social Protection and the people working on the ground. They had a significant task to meet the demand for the pandemic unemployment payment and other payments. I want to go back to talking about the local employment service. I believe that the Minister is making a monumental mistake and I need to ask her some specific questions about it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Support Services (1 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I question the Indecon report. It is a public document and was the basis for the decision that was to be made here. I believe that there is an alternative to this decision-making, despite what has been said about the EU directive. We have to question the data and the statistical information. I believe the data are inaccurate. In Mayo, for example, it was stated that there were 65...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Support Services (1 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is important that organisations are not excluded on the basis that they do not have the financial capital. Will those currently employed in local employment services be affected once new contracts are in place? If a group of local employment services misses out on this contract in the tendering process, will they be protected? Will there be a transfer of undertakings for existing staff...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protection of grade inflation that is anticipated in 2021, if any in leaving certificate results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35408/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (1 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that quotas on primary school teacher training are applied to public institutes of higher education but not private colleges; the steps she is taking to rectify the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35407/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (1 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the eligibility criteria in the back of education allowance and jobseeker’s allowance and payment in terms of part-time education to ensure persons on part-time courses are not excluded from both; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35410/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Ballymurphy Families: Discussion (1 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Everyone on this call fully understands the responsibility that lies on the Minister's shoulders. He referred to it being compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights. What particular mechanisms are available to ensure the implementation of the Stormont House Agreement from that perspective? Can there be continuous communication with the families? If we lose the relatives and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Ballymurphy Families: Discussion (1 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Perhaps the Minister could start to answer some of those questions and when Mr Hazzard reconnects he could come back in.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (30 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated projected annual income to the National Training Fund and the reserve surplus of the Fund up until 2025 if expenditure remained stable both including and excluding Covid-19 emergency expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35013/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (30 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide all emergency Covid-19-related expenditure from the National Training Fund in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35014/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the apprenticeship incentivisation scheme is funded from the National Training Fund; the expenditure in 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of registered apprentices and the percent for which the financial support was received in both 2020 and 2021; the breakdown between craft and consortia-led apprenticeships; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Traveller Education: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Mr. Joyce, Ms Joyce and Ms Reilly. I was not on this committee the last time around and I am learning a lot from their contributions. It is clear to me that, as Ms Joyce stated, the system needs to look at itself. That is the major message from today. We need to examine the reasons why the previous strategy was not implemented, and who is responsible for that and why. There is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Traveller Education: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Could Ms Joyce give examples of specific grants that would be useful? It would be good to have tangible examples.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Traveller Education: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Ms Reilly might respond.