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- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Teacher Training (30 Nov 2023)
Sorca Clarke: I am mindful as we are here this morning that this is the first time for education questions since the horrific attack on the students and the care provider in Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire, on Parnell Square, last week. I place on the record not only my fear as a parent and my revulsion as a public representative but also my hope and my wishes that each and every single one of those...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Teacher Training (30 Nov 2023)
Sorca Clarke: It is about ten years since this cap came in. One of the concerns I have is a report that states that four times as many places are being offered by just one private college and that more than one in three new primary teachers have come from the private market. I understand there can be strategic reasons for limiting the number of teachers trained. However, simply allowing the private...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (30 Nov 2023)
Sorca Clarke: I support Deputy Bruton in the context of what he said. It may sound really peculiar that a TD from Longford-Westmeath is speaking about Clongriffin, but I was at that train station at 6.30 a.m. It is an area I am very familiar with. I utterly concur with the sentiment of feeling abandoned. It is grossly unfair. The Minister spoke of the access from the Baldoyle side. I recommend that...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (30 Nov 2023)
Sorca Clarke: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is currently reviewing the content, cost and duration of the Professional Master of Education. [52535/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Nov 2023)
Sorca Clarke: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the proposed new buildings for a school (details supplied). [52536/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Nov 2023)
Sorca Clarke: 353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider raising the compulsory retirement age of Bus Éireann school transport drivers, who are currently required to retire at 70 years of age, given the current shortage of school bus drivers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53031/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Nov 2023)
Sorca Clarke: 354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the reasoning behind the differing retirement ages between school bus drivers at Bus Éireann and drivers working for private operators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53032/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Primary Medical Certificates (30 Nov 2023)
Sorca Clarke: 455. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the appeals board for the primary medical certificate will commence reviewing current backlog of appeals. [52935/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Primary Medical Certificates (30 Nov 2023)
Sorca Clarke: 456. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on reviewing the primary medical certificate criteria. [52936/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Primary Medical Certificates (30 Nov 2023)
Sorca Clarke: 457. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of appeals for the primary medical certificate that are currently in counties Longford and Westmeath, in tabular form; and how long these people have been waiting for an appeal in term of months. [52937/23]
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Sorca Clarke: I welcome the Minister and her officials. I wish to follow up on the school transport issue, which I have raised repeatedly. I have a concerning email in front of me. While not directly related to the transport provided by the Department, it raises questions about the communication between the Department and the National Transport Authority, NTA. It is from a school of 642 students in...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Sorca Clarke: The NTA rerouted two bus services, specifically the No. 18 and the No. 17. The school engaged in the public consultation. Did the Department engage in that and has it had any correspondence with the NTA on this matter? A recurring issue in school transport is that of the pay and conditions of school escorts and the difficulties schools experience in recruiting escorts to be on the buses...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Sorca Clarke: The Minister has acknowledged that
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Sorca Clarke: There was no submission made.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Sorca Clarke: Yes.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Sorca Clarke: I appreciate that.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Sorca Clarke: How many schools will be refunding moneys?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Sorca Clarke: How many of the schools will be refunding?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Sorca Clarke: Was that for 2023-24?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Sorca Clarke: There is no additional funding list.