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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]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (12 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide information on his Department's review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if he will provide further information on the stated need to consider...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (12 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new social homes delivered via build programmes in County Mayo each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24939/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (12 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 6 May 2021, if his Department or an agency under his aegis monitors the price of Safepass courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24940/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Constitutional Amendments (11 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he plans to progress the Thirty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Elections) Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24210/21]

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: 340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the housing waiting lists in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24166/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (11 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in receipt of the housing assistance payment and the rental accommodation scheme that were moved directly into social housing property for each county per annum since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24365/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Citizenship Applications (11 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 382. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 17 February 2021, if allowances will be made (details supplied) in cases in which delayed foreign birth registrations impact the rights of the child to claim citizenship as a result of Covid-19 and not through any fault of their own; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24084/21]

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: 540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare supports available for self-employed persons when they come off the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24164/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (11 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered making persons currently on the pandemic unemployment payment eligible for community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24165/21]