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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (26 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if cleaners are considered as 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. [39457/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (26 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of part-time students currently enrolled or the most current figures available; the number of part-time third level students, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39335/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Establishment of an Independent Public Inquiry into the Murder of Pat Finucane: Motion (26 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I again thank Mr. Finucane. No matter how often one hears the story of his mother and the rest of the family, it still sounds as horrific as ever. What he said about the system working perfectly stood out for me. It certainly worked perfectly. It is a system that is allowing the British Government to stop the truth from being revealed. The consequences of this stretch far across the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to contribute. I also thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee. I am sure that every Oireachtas Member will want to be here. We expect there will be seismic change in customer care and customer service from now on. The impact this has on the productivity of business customers who are waiting weeks and months to have their queries and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is 40 short and it has 150,000 new customers, as well as all of the problems with Covid. That speaks for itself. How are those staff supposed to provide the service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Eir does not have enough staff. I commend the staff who try to sort out the issues but people do not really know the extent of the problem because so many cannot get through. I put it to Ms Lennon that if people want to listen to music for hours and hours, over weeks and months, they will connect to Spotify. They do not want music from Eir, they want a service. They want a service that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the challenges faced by the many persons who are over the income thresholds for social housing but do not earn enough secure a mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38821/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 664. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeships that have been furloughed; the number that have been made redundant as a result of Covid-19; if the introduction of an incentivisation scheme has been considered to encourage firms to take apprentices back on that have been laid-off or furloughed in the form of a return and retain scheme; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (24 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the transfer of responsibility for the national training fund to his Department has been completed; when he plans to publish the expenditure report in this regard for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38357/20]

Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (19 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister for the update. I welcome the €250 being made available for each student. It is important the Government recognises the difficult circumstances many students have been facing. Despite the amazing efforts of third level educators and staff, as well as students' unions and what they have done throughout the country, remote learning has had a negative impact on the...

Other Questions: Irish Language (19 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is very welcome if the Minister of State is saying that people do not need to be concerned about any differentiation in how the money is allocated. From my engagement with the people involved I would argue that €55,000 needs to be confirmed for each scheme in the new SPG. There is a need for the Department to ensure that the increased funding in the budget is reflected in the...

Other Questions: Irish Language (19 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 12. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there will be any funding difference between Scéim Pobal Gaeilge located in an area with an Irish language network or a Gaeltacht service town. [37345/20]

Other Questions: Irish Language (19 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: This question is about the language community schemes, which are essential for the promotion of the Irish language in Mayo and elsewhere. The scheme makes it possible to employ a language development officer, to provide funding to run an office and to provide activities to promote the Irish language. I ask if there will be any funding difference between language community schemes located in...

Other Questions: Irish Language (19 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Minister of State has given me an assurance that no consideration has been given to proposals that would cut funding for the language community schemes based in the towns. I know from my constituency that there are cases where a scheme seeking to become a Gaeltacht service town are concerned that they may lose funding as a result. That would result in them being unable to continue...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (19 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there will there be increased funding for Scéim Pobal Gaeilge in view of the additional funding allocated to Foras na Gaeilge in budget 2021. [37344/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (19 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 262. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the need for a family resource centre in Erris, County Mayo; when the resources will be allocated to establish a centre in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37654/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (19 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated surplus of the National Training Fund for 2020; the total surplus of the National Training Fund at the end of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37424/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Functions (19 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the transfer of research and innovation components from Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; when the transfer will be complete; if the units as they currently exist in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment will be transferred in their entirety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37459/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (19 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocation for his Department for 2021, by project and initiative in a format (details supplied). [37481/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Trade Unions on Keeping Schools Open: Discussion (19 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. My first overarching question is about calculating the number of infections within schools. Do the witnesses think the authorities fully understand the issue or the numbers involved? Let us suppose a child feels unwell in school but the parents are not told until that night. The mother then takes the child to a doctor and he or she tests...