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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has completed its consultation with the Department of Finance and the necessary arrangements have been put in place to ensure there are no tax implications, particularly in terms of tax relief, for the recipients of the €250 support or their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9575/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Data (24 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of further education students who received each level of SUSI support, such as full maintenance grants, full fees, 50% fees and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9751/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (24 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 556 of 15 September 2020, if the same figure will be provided for all academic years from 2015 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9752/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (24 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 678. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there have been changes to the way that Irish students studying in Scotland will be treated as a result of Brexit; if will they continue to be treated as home students and eligible for support with fees for the 2021-22 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9984/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Data (24 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in professional masters of education course by public and private colleges, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10082/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research Funding (24 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 689. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the development of a national public genomics programme given that €66 million in funding has already been given to a private company engaged in the collection and analysis of DNA without assurances of future access to the database; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10246/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (24 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure by higher education institutions on constructing student accommodation since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10247/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 772. To ask the Minister for Health if headstones services are classed as an essential service and permitted under current Covid-19-related restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9442/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (24 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 798. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 856 of 10 February, the funding allocated in the 2021 HSE service plan for the hospice (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9532/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Expansion of the Technological Universities: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I refer to progression on the Connacht Ulster Alliance. Ensuring apprenticeships are a vital component was referred to in the speech. When will the apprenticeship strategy be developed or when will it be finished? Can the Minister, Deputy Harris, speak about that in connection with the technological universities? We spoke last week about the ongoing funding needed. We want to avoid a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Expansion of the Technological Universities: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Minister should have. As he is aware, the Connacht Ulster Alliance is enormously important, in particular in terms of the transatlantic cable, opportunities in respect of climate change and investment opportunities in the west which fit with the Atlantic economic corridor. The Atlantic economic corridor has not been given the credence and opportunities we need to give it and that...

Covid-19 (Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I foresee that as the various schemes for workers and businesses come to an end, a number of companies will be withdrawing from the State. What legislation does the Government have in place to ensure that workers' rights will be protected in that scenario and that we will not end up in the circumstances in which we ended up recently regarding the Debenhams and Arcadia workers? When is...

Covid-19 (Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Notwithstanding what the Tánaiste said about Ulster Bank in the House earlier, if redundancies are to happen, will he be calling for the money from the sale of the bank's existing loan book to be ring-fenced for a decent redundancy package for workers? Is it acceptable that he respond to each of my questions in turn?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the plans to construct a special needs unit attached to a school (details supplied); if the unit will be integrated within the main school; if it will be a standalone project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9265/21]

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I wish to talk to the Minister about the Green Cert programme. The Minister will have received correspondence from me. There is a real problem with the part-time online courses. We had a situation in Westport some weeks ago where the course was over-subscribed to the extent that there were hundreds of applications but only 200 places. Applicants were accepted and then they were told later...

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister for that response. Can the Minister guarantee me that every young farmer who wants a place on a course to do a Green Cert online or part-time will be guaranteed such a place? I need not outline to the Minister the implications for farmers in terms of income if that does not happen. This is done both through Teagasc and the higher and further education colleges.

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: These are time sensitive problems. The Minister knows that. With due respect to other Deputies, I really need to ensure a solution and this is easily solvable. We need to renew the contracts for the Teagasc education officers. We need to put the resources into the further education colleges so that they can be put online.

Insurance (Restriction on Differential Pricing and Profiling) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank my Sinn Féin colleague, Deputy Doherty, for the painstaking work he has done in taking on the insurance industry. He has done this in a hostile environment where those who fiercely defend the status quoallows the insurance industry to dictate how much and how often it demands money from policyholders. Unfortunately, this has been facilitated by compliant governments that have...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps taken to ensure proper public access and consultation in respect of infrastructure projects during restrictions related to Covid-19; the steps taken to ensure those with limited digital skills or a lack of internet connectivity are not disadvantaged in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8240/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Incentives (17 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of tax incentive measures provided to purpose built student accommodation providers since 2011, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8709/21]