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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (20 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Ulster Connacht Alliance application for technological university status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26991/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (20 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of nursing and midwife places on undergraduate courses in the 2021-2022 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26988/21]

Water and Wastewater Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Regional Group for bringing this motion, which I wholeheartedly support. It is nothing short of disgraceful that people must still fight for water 100 years after the State was formed. The motion being debated states that "clean water and wastewater systems are essential components to grow communities" and that it is essential that we invest in "the infrastructure necessary to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (19 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the implementation of a model (details supplied) for student well-being has been explored for Irish higher education institutions; if so, the estimated cost of the implementation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26720/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if greater flexibility will be shown to persons on jobseeker’s allowance and other social welfare payments to help them return to education given the criteria for access to the back to education allowance for recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment regarding the qualifying social welfare payment; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number in each county in receipt of local authority provided special accommodation for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26445/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 344 of 11 May 2021, the details of all other forms of social housing included in the figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26446/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number in each county in receipt of private rental rent supplement social housing support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26444/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the contributors. It is a really interesting discussion. To Mr. Ryan, how important are student councils? What resources do student councils need to enable them to represent the realities as he described, to be able to communicate that within a school and then outward from the school?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Good, I thank Mr. Ryan. To the INTO and TUI, how can we introduce a higher value on social and emotional intelligence? The whole curriculum is designed around stuffing in as much information as possible and vomiting it out on a paper for an exam. What is needed in schools to prioritise social and emotional intelligence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Rather than having it as an add-on we need to ensure that there is a culture of promotion of social and emotional intelligence that is embedded into a school culture rather than tacked on to something else. That is why we need a radical reform of the whole curriculum, particularly at second level. I am very conscious that we are talking about schools here, but not all schools are the same....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will be as succinct as possible in case my connection goes again. I thank our guests for their presentations. This discussion is useful. I want to ask about the architecture for the engagement with political parties because it seems as if a lot of good work is being done at an administrative and civil servant level. How is that managed, with everything being underpinned by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Chairman might like to allow my colleagues to come in. I will ask another short question. Our guests accepted that engagement and co-operation are concerns. What are they specifically proposing in terms of moving on and changing this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I have a very quick question on engagement with political parties. Is there an architecture that ensures the unit is engaging with all communities, or at least actively seeking engagement with all political parties on the same basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is very important, and I will give a case in point with regard to student mobility because it is imperative that we look at education delivery and research on an all-island basis. Mr. John O'Dowd and I have launched an initiative to examine some of the barriers that have led to a reduction in student mobility since the Good Friday Agreement and what are their causes. There is no point in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the EPSEN report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25051/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (13 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the number of places for primary teacher training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25050/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of extending to those studying for a professional doctorate in counselling psychology the conditions that apply to those in clinical psychology in terms of salary during training and a 60% fee reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25229/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the 708 Irish and EU entrants studying medicine each year in each institution and course, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25375/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (13 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 376. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when her Department will begin accepting new visa preclearance applications again after they were suspended on 29 January 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25376/21]