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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans to address the growing number of teacher shortages; what she intends to do in the short- and medium-term to address this situation in general, and particularly in areas of disadvantage, special schools and Gaelscoileanna. [49369/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, given the current crisis of teacher shortages, she will consider revaluating the criteria that must be satisfied in order for service at that school to be recognised for incremental credit, which will incentivise teachers who are teaching abroad to return home and fair recognition given for the years of invaluable experience gained abroad;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her Department's engagement with educational stakeholders; and further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 3 October 2023, the new range of measures that are being progressed. [49432/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider including Home Economics as a subject choice in the free upskilling programmes; and if she has plans to introduce other subjects where teacher supply is known to be tight to these programmes. [49433/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the findings of the recent INTO, IPPN and CPSMA survey that clearly indicates the negative impact that the teacher shortage is having on special education provision and which highlights the urgent need for more SNAs in our system, why the new level 6 programme for SNAs provides little to no professional incentives for SNAs to undertake...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost rental properties provided by any local authority or approved housing body, in tabular form, per county, for single adult applicants in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [49564/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 414. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify in detail why a group (details supplied) has not been successful in securing funding from his Department through the LGBTI+ community services funding, despite receiving this funding for the past three years; the action he is taking to ensure that more newly developed and younger services like this...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 416. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a group (details supplied) was not successful in its application for community services funding, which it has received for the past three years; and what the appeals process is in relation to this decision. [49370/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what engagement his Department has had with the wider community of Coole, County Westmeath regarding the repurposing of Coole Court for use by International Protection Accommodation Services. [49624/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department engages with local authorities regarding planning applications for residential or day services for people with disabilities; if his Department monitors the level of refusals; and if his Department is aware of any local authority where there has been multiple refusals for planning permission or...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Community Welfare Services (15 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 130. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what organisations submitted applications for community services funding, including both strand A and strand B, for the past three rounds of funding. [50119/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons that have used each Local-Link bus route within County Westmeath in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [50549/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (21 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department expects that a project for a school (details supplied) will move to a detailed design stage of works. [50542/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department expects that a project for a school (details supplied) will move to tender stage of works. [50543/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (21 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department expects a refurbishment project for a school (details supplied) will move to tender stage of works. [50544/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (21 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works to a school (details supplied) will be completed. [50545/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 474 of 7 November 2023, if she will provide details of the workings of the existing voluntary redeployment pilot scheme mentioned in the response; if there have been positive results from this scheme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51024/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's position with regard to the proposal by an organisation (details supplied) regarding teacher redeployment; and when a formal response will issue. [51025/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (21 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 357. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently in prison for the offence of robbery and due to be released from prison in 2026, 2027 or 2028, in tabular form. [50546/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been provided in 2024 to purchase additional horses for the Garda mounted unit. [50547/23]