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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (4 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What the witnesses are saying is that there are opportunities around the protocol for us to invest in education and that maybe that is where our focus should be to retain the talent and attract people back with those opportunities presented by the protocol. I thank both witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (4 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: This is a very interesting discussion to have. We need to recognise that there are real opportunities, in particular with the new Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. These things can be done across the island, if the willingness is there. Making access to third level easier can be done in very simple ways, some of which were discussed, including the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (4 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I believe Professor FitzGerald is right. We have not mentioned Covid at all. Covid has put it up to us in terms of genomics across the island and how we develop and make progress on genomics, again using an all-island approach. It is astounding that we have spent so much on a national children's hospital and we do not have a dedicated genomics department or facility within it. I am not...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Apr 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I, too, offer my good wishes to the Minister, Deputy McEntee. I do not know if the Tánaiste is aware that students have been pushed out and denied SUSI grants because they have accepted the pandemic unemployment payment. If they were on the TWSS, they would be treated differently. At a minimum, I am asking the Tánaiste to introduce the normal disregards for student employment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority (29 Apr 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding within the block grant for higher education is ring-fenced or top-sliced for specific purposes by either his Department or the HEA in the budget years 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22435/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (29 Apr 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of SUSI funding that goes towards covering the student contribution charge in each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22436/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (29 Apr 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the higher education expenditure as a percentage of GDP, GNI and modified GNI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22437/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (29 Apr 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the private or not-for-profit higher education institutions which are eligible for HEA funding for specific courses or directly via his Department in recognition of a given remit; the amount of funding received by each higher education institute in each year since 2014, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22438/21]

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Apr 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: As my colleague stated, the Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Bill 2021 seeks to end the rip-off relating to students and their families. I would first like to commend the USI and the previous speaker, my colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, and his team for the work they have done on this Bill. In addition, I acknowledge the 56 Opposition Deputies who have...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Third Level Education (28 Apr 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 133. To ask the Taoiseach if the research to be conducted by the shared island unit on the research programme entitled The Economic and Social Opportunities from Increased Cooperation on the Shared Island will include the increased cooperation in third-level education. [22004/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (28 Apr 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 373. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for Gaeltacht courses for summer 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22002/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (28 Apr 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 374. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views regarding the ability of aquariums to remain in business and the potential negative impact closures could have on tourism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22003/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tourism Industry (28 Apr 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 482. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered providing targeted supports to zoos and aquariums such as Dublin Zoo and Fota Wildlife Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21757/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (28 Apr 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 623. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of newly-registered primary school teachers with the Teaching Council who received their teaching qualification from a college (details supplied) in each of the years since 2014; the number each year that registered with a professional master's in education; the number with a bachelor of education as their highest teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (28 Apr 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of newly-registered primary school teachers with the Teaching Council in each year since 2014 with a professional master's in education; the number with a bachelor of education as their highest teaching qualification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22245/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Resource Centres (28 Apr 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 648. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the family resource centres in County Mayo which receive funding from agencies under her remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21507/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (28 Apr 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 701. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the budget allocation for the family resource centre programme in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21504/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (28 Apr 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 726. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding provided by his Department or agencies under his remit annually to family resource centres; the primary funding streams in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22202/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Nursing Education (28 Apr 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 732. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1298 of 21 March 2021, if the current intake quota for student nurses at third-level is due to limits on the number of clinical placements that can be facilitated by the health service; the predicted demand for additional nurses for the next ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22246/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Nursing Education (28 Apr 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 775. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1298 of 21 March 2021, the quotas for nursing students in each of the years since 2006, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22215/21]