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Independent Beef Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (26 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will put it very succinctly to the Minister. We need a beef regulator, we need the 30-day rule abolished and we need the four-movement rule abolished immediately. They make no sense whatsoever. I thank Deputy Carol Nolan and the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward the motion, which is crucial for the people I represent in Mayo. Profits from small farms are passed on to local...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pyrite Incidence (25 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is clear from listening to the contributions across parties that this scheme is not fit for purpose. Mayo and Donegal will not stand for being treated differently from people in another part of the country. We need an immediate review. I have seen how people have got sick and been brought to their knees because of what has happened to their houses through no fault of their own. They...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pyrite Incidence (25 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for taking this Topical Issue matter. Thousands of people lined the streets in counties Mayo and Donegal last weekend because of the sense of unfairness and unjust treatment they have been getting from this scheme. All they want is equity and fairness. They want equity, in that 90% is not sufficient to cover the costs. The big problem is the people who can...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (25 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister for answering the questions about the LIS. Mayo is one of the largest counties and has the greatest number of LIS roads as well. In addition to the severe underfunding and the impact it has, the fact that people are now paying property tax but do not have access to their homes is a major problem. Will the Minister along with the Department look at the number of LIS...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Broadband Plan (25 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 30. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the rural digital connectivity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27947/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Housing Issues (25 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 47. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is working with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to address the specific housing challenges being faced in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27946/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (25 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons on the vocational training opportunities scheme by ETB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27782/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (25 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of waiting lists for the vocational training opportunities scheme by ETB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27783/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (25 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated costs or savings to the State of removing the criteria of being in receipt of social welfare payment for at least six months for accessing the vocational training opportunities scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27784/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional tutors that have been hired to teach apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27785/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Nursing Education (25 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of first-year enrolments in general and psychiatric nursing at the Mayo campus in GMIT in each year since the courses began; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27965/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their statements and presentations. A lot has been covered at this stage and I will not go over it all. I commend schools that are doing wonderful work. I have an ETB and other schools near me and I can see how the culture of some schools has been changed to make it one of openness, acceptance, tolerance and all of the things that were spoken about last week on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The only point that would concern me and perhaps someone else would address it, is even in what Ms O'Dwyer is talking about in that there so much bureaucracy and so much more to be done in what Mr. Curtis described in his statement as highly stressed environments. Are we adding more stress if we are continuously measuring? We should certainly measure the outcomes but should we be doing more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I have probably used up my time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Representatives of the Ballymurphy Families (25 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Chair might have heard me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Representatives of the Ballymurphy Families (25 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: If the Chair tells me when Mr. Molloy is able to join us again, we can then work it out that way. I welcome Mr. Teggart, Ms Quinn and Mr. Ó Muirigh. It is significant that the witnesses are here today because there is cross-party support within this committee. In that regard, we must come out of this meeting having made some concrete decisions that will help the Ballymurphy families...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Institutes of Technology (20 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister for his commitment to working on a cross-party basis on this issue. I highlight the potential around GMIT in Castlebar, next door to Mayo University Hospital. We talked earlier about the need to train more medical students, linking up with Magee campus, the New Decade, New Approach agreement, the shared island unit and the programme for Government, and the potential for...