Results 4,121-4,140 of 4,287 for speaker:Sorca Clarke

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (10 Sep 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of requests received for additional special needs assistants from schools in counties Longford and Westmeath; and the number of requests that have been approved. [23209/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Sep 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools in counties Longford and Westmeath that do not have hot water facilities; and the steps that have been taken to rectify same in preparation for children returning to school during the Covid-19 pandemic. [23212/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (10 Sep 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 145. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers employed by Tusla by region; the number of social workers available for work, that is, not on maternity or paternity leave or due to illness; and the average caseload being carried by each social worker. [23205/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Sep 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons presenting for Covid-19 testing in counties Longford and Westmeath that are not registered with a general practitioner. [23208/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (10 Sep 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 238. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in the HSE employed through employment agencies; the cost of same; and if the number has changed since the outbreak of Covid-19. [23210/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (10 Sep 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 239. To ask the Minister for Health when services such as developmental checks for children and health screening services are expected to return to pre-Covid-19 levels. [23215/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (10 Sep 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons who were referred to youth and adolescent mental health services in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of young persons seen by the service in the same period; the number of referrals that were not accepted by the service; and the number of referrals not accepted that were referred...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (10 Sep 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons referred to CAMHS in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in counties Longford and Westmeath; the number that were seen by CAMHS in the same period; the number of referrals that were not seen by CAMHS in the same period; and the number of referrals not accepted by CAMHS that were referred onwards to community alcohol and drug service or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (10 Sep 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 242. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons by county awaiting eye care treatment through the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [23218/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Sep 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an appointment with an optometrist by county. [23219/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (9 Sep 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timetable for third level students due to graduate in 2020 but awaiting the completion of their practicum placements; the way in which the matter will be addressed for current third level students particularly those due to commence their final year. [22706/20]

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (8 Sep 2020)

Sorca Clarke: This Bill is in some ways an exercise in legislative housekeeping, involving the dotting of i's and crossing of t's, or tidying up, as the Minister said. While the Government might regard this as necessary, members of the Defence Forces have a vastly different view of what is necessary. One serving member said to me today: "What have they got against us? They have nothing to offer us for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Sep 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 859. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures in place for a pipe fitter and welder to obtain recognition of prior learning. [21745/20]

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jul 2020)

Sorca Clarke: In general terms, the Bill is welcome. It is indicative of the extraordinary times we are in that operational issues in respect of compliance arising from the Companies Acts and the Industrial and Provident Societies Act need to be addressed as a direct result of Covid-19. The ability to hold AGMs through video technology is something that has been accommodated elsewhere for a long time and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (30 Jul 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans in place to ensure there is adequate and appropriate transport services for adults with disabilities to attend day care services when they reopen. [20850/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Issues (30 Jul 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 410. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of unauthorised developments inspected by Waterways Ireland in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, by county in tabular form. [20856/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Issues (30 Jul 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 411. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of inspections by Waterways Ireland of unauthorised developments carried out along the River Shannon and Lough Ree in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020. [20857/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (30 Jul 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 609. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason Defence Forces pensions are abated at the State pensionable age unlike other public sector pensions. [20861/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Jul 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 626. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clear guidance and details of the additional school transport resources that will be put in place in counties Longford and Westmeath to ensure schoolchildren can avail of the service. [20851/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jul 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 733. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body in a school setting responsible for the management of and adherence with National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, advice. [20852/20]