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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Irish Central Border Area Network (22 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is in the human capital section of the report. The reference is to the Travelling community, working class boys and males in general being under-represented in third level. What needs to be done?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Last November, I was delighted when the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, announced the establishment of an inquiry into the prescribing of valproate to pregnant women. This was a key point in a long and tortuous journey for mothers and families in their search for the truth about the now widely acknowledged impact of Epilim on their unborn children, including the setting up of the redress scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (17 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the increase in freight services between counties Mayo and Waterford further demonstrates the need for the western rail corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32445/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (17 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of and position regarding the daily intermodal freight train from Ballina to Dublin Port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32444/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (17 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 140. 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. [32471/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (17 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer of restoring the grant adjacency rate to 24km; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32788/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (17 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer of extending the SUSI grant to all level 6 further education and training courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32789/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (17 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer of extending the SUSI support for postgraduate courses to cover the full cost of fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32790/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (17 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to regularise the terms and conditions of adult education tutors employed by education and training boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32472/21]

Common Agricultural Policy: Statements (16 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: "Of course, the overarching issue is going to be that of the budget ... We have to look at this against a backdrop where, in the past ten years, there has been a 20% drop in the income coming to Irish farmers from CAP ... It is crucial that a line be drawn under the matter and that those reductions be stopped. I do not believe any reduction in the next CAP will be acceptable." Those are the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (16 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment last met; and when it will next meet. [31792/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (16 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if online pre-booking requiring internet access and payment of a €2 fee is now a requirement for persons aged 66 and over availing of the free travel scheme on State public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32517/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total expenditure on student support services in further education in each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32513/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing student support service in further education that is comparable to higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32514/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scientific Research (16 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer of Ireland becoming a full member of CERN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32515/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current expenditure on literacy including digital numeracy and English language supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32516/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (15 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I can give the Minister an example of why the insurance companies are completely ignoring both him and the Minister of State. A business local to Belmullet has seen its insurance premium go from €1,233 in 2020 to in excess of €4,000 in 2021. This is a small business with a small turnover. Those kinds of extortionate increases would be crippling at the best of times but to try...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (15 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I appreciate what the Minister is saying but it is of no use to the business in Belmullet that has seen the price of insurance increase by so much. It is already a scandal that insurance companies are trying to escape paying for business disruption, despite it being exactly the type of protection people in business pay for. We have seen the industry resist passing on any savings to people's...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (15 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that businesses are seeing large increases in insurance premiums for attempting to claim business interruption support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31789/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (15 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Businesses are seeing large increases in insurance premiums for attempting to claim business interruption support. I have been contacted by a number of business owners who have been quoted huge increases in their insurance premiums even though they have made no claims other than those for business interruption as a result of Covid. Are insurance companies increasing premiums for businesses...