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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)
Sorca Clarke: I am sorry; my question was specifically for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)
Sorca Clarke: I might reword the question. In the more recent fundamental review, were there any specific recommendations in respect of students who are deaf or hard of hearing? If so, were they fully implemented?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)
Sorca Clarke: Some students with complex needs will have a different-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)
Sorca Clarke: I am conscious that I have 12 seconds.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)
Sorca Clarke: As part of that review, is any area being looked at specifically with regard to students who are deaf or hard of hearing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)
Sorca Clarke: Has the Department been in direct contact with SEC regarding the review of the RACE scheme and students who are deaf or hard of hearing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)
Sorca Clarke: That is very much in line with other increases in reasonable accommodation in the past decade.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)
Sorca Clarke: Regarding the home tuition scheme, in her opening statement, Ms Mannion stated that 52 tutors provide approximately 104 hours per year for families. What is the cost per tutor on an annual basis? What is the annual cost of a visiting teacher?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)
Sorca Clarke: It is just about those-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)
Sorca Clarke: I will get the information from the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, for an individual cost per tutor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)
Sorca Clarke: There are no additional costs outside the standard teacher cost.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)
Sorca Clarke: Finally, on that same issue of costing, has the Department run a costing on providing the same level of education and courses that Birmingham does here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)
Sorca Clarke: What is the individual cost for one teacher attending Birmingham?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)
Sorca Clarke: That is what I am looking for, that is, the cost of an individual to go to Birmingham.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)
Sorca Clarke: The level of funding that each course is costing is the question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)
Sorca Clarke: That was not what I was asking. I was asking about the level of funding that is required for an individual to go to Birmingham.
- Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2023)
Sorca Clarke: Deputy Whitmore was in possession before the debate adjourned.
- Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2023)
Sorca Clarke: Does the Deputy want the Minister of State to respond?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2023)
Sorca Clarke: The Minister of State referred to a case-by-case basis, but she did not say when the service level agreement, SLA, was signed or the last time this tender went out, which is what the question relates to. Approximately 4,700 schoolchildren are visually impaired. That is a relatively low number, but it is unquestionably a high-needs disability and children need supplementary tools relating to...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2023)
Sorca Clarke: When is that review due to commence and end? Is the Minister of State satisfied that the current SLA, which was signed in 2015, is fit for purpose? If a child is receiving his junior cycle books in transition year, then it is not fit for purpose. He is not the only child in this situation. A child who is blind or visually impaired needs to be able to access books in Braille. There can...