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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Transport (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will carry out a full and comprehensive review of the pay and working conditions of school bus escorts. [6201/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Transport (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I wish to ask the Minister for Education if she will carry out a full and comprehensive review of the pay and working conditions of school bus escorts.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Transport (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I note that the first part of the Minister's response was, essentially, verbatim to a parliamentary question reply given to my colleague, Deputy Mac Lochlainn, last November. I welcome what the Minister mentioned about the SNA reviews and, let us be honest, an awful lot of school escorts are also SNAs but not all. I wish to draw the attention of the House to the reality. The education...

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: There is no doubt that the financial scandals in RTÉ have rocked people's trust and confidence in both the national broadcaster and the television licence system. The drip-feed of information from RTÉ has caused huge reputational damage and displayed a level of abuse of the trust taxpayers placed in it from which it will take a long time, if ever, to recover. From the Toy Show The...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: The Department of Education has reduced the criteria for the allocation of special education teacher hours and removed the complex needs criteria from the calculation. Some 76% of principals of primary schools say the 2024-25 allocation does not meet the needs of children for the upcoming academic year and is wholly inadequate, while 37% reported a decrease in their allocations despite...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of requests to the financial support services unit by primary schools in 2023 for additional funding; and the value of the funding. provided. [6206/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to invite his Swedish counterpart to Dublin in 2024. [6225/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 182. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of qualified avionics technicians and cadet pilots in training currently within the Air Corps. [6213/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism and special education class spaces currently in Kilkenny; and the number of spaces expected to be in place in Kilkenny in August 2024. [6216/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the school building programme in County Roscommon. [6217/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special educational needs organisers currently in place in Kerry. [6218/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to construction commencing on site. [6219/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health Services Staff (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE educational psychologists attached to north-west/north midlands region in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [6220/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to construction commencing on site. [6221/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to tender stage of works. [6222/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the new and revised subjects with regard to the senior cycle redevelopment (details supplied) that are intended to be rolled out in 2025. [6444/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will explain in detail how the introduction and revision of nine subjects is intended to alleviate pressure for students sitting the Leaving Certificate. [6445/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain in detail what the externally assessed components that are not a traditional written examination to be incorporated in the senior cycle will look like in practice; and when they are planned to take place, if not in June. [6446/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when in 2026 the second tranche of revised subjects will be introduced, and what these subjects are expected to be. [6447/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide an update on the research that is being conducted by the SEC on the potential role and impact of generative artificial intelligence in teacher-based assessment; when she expects this research to be completed and published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6448/24]