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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (22 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 165. To ask the Minister for Health if the modular unit for Mayo University Hospital will be located within the same building as the hospital; if not, if it will be in a separate building on the same campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32097/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Inspections (22 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the status of HIQA on-site inspections in hospitals in County Mayo; the number of site inspections that were carried out in September 2020 in Mayo University Hospital; the protocol in place for inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32098/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (22 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 167. To ask the Minister for Health when the ongoing maintenance work in Belmullet hospital, County Mayo will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32099/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (22 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 168. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in Belmullet hospital, County Mayo in use or available for use, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32100/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 169. To ask the Minister for Health if patients will be referred directly from general practitioners to Belmullet Hospital, County Mayo without having to be sent first to an acute hospital facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32101/20]

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: On 7 March 2017, I was very proud of our former Taoiseach and my fellow countyman, Enda Kenny, when he gave a very emotional speech in the Dáil. He stated: We gave them up because of our perverse, in fact, morbid relationship with what is called respectability. Indeed, for a while it seemed as if in Ireland our women had the amazing capacity to self-impregnate. For their trouble, we...

Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: At the outset, I congratulate the Acting Chairman, Deputy Murnane O'Connor. I know the people of Carlow will be very proud of her. I wish her well. I wish to speak about two matters. The Minister of State might have heard of the first, the Kilnageer railway crossing in Breaffy, Castlebar. This feeds in to what my colleague Deputy O'Rourke has been saying about the RAIU. The railway...

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I very much welcome this motion on post offices and also the Sinn Féin amendment. Several weeks ago I raised the subject with the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, regarding the future of post offices, what was happening in some cases and changes that need to be made. I commend the postmasters and the postmistresses who provide such a vital service. It is not only an economic service...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €167 million announced as Covid-19 related expenditure in Budget 2021 is separate and in addition to the €168 million announced in July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31911/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the €167 million announced as Covid-19 related expenditure in the Budget 2021 will be spent by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31912/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the €38 million allocation of additional resources in Budget 2021 will be spent by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31913/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills His plans to pay €3,000 per employer as part of the apprenticeships incentivisation scheme; if the target is 4,000 additional apprenticeships and financial resources allocated is €8 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31914/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (21 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if universities in Northern Ireland are able to offer courses through the CAO system; his views on whether the inclusion of institutes of higher education in Northern Ireland participating in the CAO would increase cross-Border enrolment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31915/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to put supports in place for nursing and other medical students that have been forced to give up work for a number of months during placement in order to avoid any risk associated with cross contamination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31916/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (21 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 14 October 2020, if Dublin Technical University currently holds no debt; if he plans to create a borrowing framework for the technological universities to allow them to borrow in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31917/20]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Support Schemes (20 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to ensure all third level students have access to internet connectivity to allow them to participate in their online education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31712/20]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Support Schemes (20 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: My question relates to access to broadband. If students are being asked to study remotely, they need access to the Internet. Many students are currently lost as to how they will get that access. One in six third level students comes from an area with poor broadband coverage. I know that the Minister will say that the Government has provided laptops for them but there remains the issue of...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Support Schemes (20 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I was looking for that update because there are people who are being told right now that it will be three to five years before they will get the connectivity they need in order to be able to study online. Could unused on-campus accommodation be offered at a subsidised rate to students who have no Internet connectivity at home? That accommodation should also be looked at for students whose...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Support Schemes (20 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am concerned because the initial part of college life is important so that students get off on the right footing. I am also concerned about connectivity in the context of the provision of some of the mental health services. Students are telling me that they do not have a safe place where they can engage online or that connectivity is so poor that they cannot have a quality exchange and...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (20 Oct 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Is the Minister's advice to students who are on campus at the moment to stay on campus within the bubbles they are working in? I want to put it on record that I am deeply concerned about the quality of the education experience that students are undergoing at the moment. I do not want us to run into a situation months down the line where we find there are huge dropout rates. That will...