Results 6,621-6,640 of 7,061 for speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh

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]

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]