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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (3 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 128. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the expansion plan to increase the number of family resource centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40502/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome the inquiry into the prescribing of valproate, known as Epilim, to pregnant women without informing them of the harm it was likely to do their unborn children which was announced last week by the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. I thank the Minister for keeping his word. When is the inquiry going to commence? Will the Minister engage with OACS Ireland, the families impacted and...

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome this motion being brought forward by Solidarity-People Before Profit. I absolutely condemn the amendment put forward by the Government. During the discussion this morning I was minded of the time I spent in London. Hundreds of thousands of our nurses were forced to emigrate there, and nothing has changed. All the camogie and football teams there were full of nurses that this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (2 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of part-time courses in public third-level institutions; the average cost per institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40554/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: To say we give schools the money and they are responsible for this is an abdication of responsibility. Whereas they are not legally defined as such, these people are certainly public servants. It is argued that they are not employees of the State, despite the fact that the body that employs them on a long-term basis is funded by the State. The third reason put forward is these people have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We have heard all those arguments before. We heard them in the cases of school secretaries and caretakers. Recently the Government finally agreed to sit down for talks to regularise the pay, conditions of employment and pension provision of school secretaries and caretakers, which is a welcome development. I look forward to an outcome that they have waited on for a long time. These...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether cleaners are critical staff in the running of schools; her plans to provide pension rights to long-service cleaners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40006/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I wish to ask the Minister whether, in her view, cleaners are critical staff in the running of schools, and if that view will be reflected in how she approaches pension reform for long-service cleaners. Cleaners have always played a central and vital role in schools but, with Covid, their importance has increased. Does the Department have any plans to move cleaners into the public service...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a need to provide an individual workplace risk assessment for SNAs and teachers who are high risk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40005/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 134. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the supports available to sole traders who are also PAYE employees and who have not lost employment due to Covid-19 but who find themselves still covering the costs related to their self-employment and have lost all income related to that self-employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39953/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of and her position regarding the leaving cert results appeals process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31358/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school bus transport both in terms of ensuring all students have access to the services in addition to meeting the 50% capacity level advised by NPHET; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35806/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the €250 support scheme for students has not been extended to part-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39527/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the €250 support scheme for students has not been extended to Irish students studying abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39528/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €250 support scheme will be extended to students who travel to Northern Ireland to attend third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39529/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are tax implications related to the €250 student rebate in terms of reducing the tax relief persons receive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39579/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with third level institutes regarding the possibility of offering partial refunds or reduced rates for master's students due to the impact of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39795/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which students in their final year of third level education who paid their fees in full up front can avail of the €250 student support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40283/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (1 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons reissued a medical card as a result of changes in household income related to the pandemic unemployment payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39698/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (26 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Ireland signing up to the proposed European peace facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29131/20]