Results 2,881-2,900 of 3,980 for speaker:Sorca Clarke

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next open call for funding for the European Innovation Partnership will be announced. [50548/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (21 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 418. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional funding that was provided in 2022 and to-date in 2023 for day services for disabled people; and the additional places created for day services for disabled people. [50550/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (21 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 419. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE administrative staff based in Longford children's disability network team in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [50551/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 455. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a lower limb prosthesis in the public health service. [50539/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 456. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric endocrinologists at CHI Crumlin in 2022 and to-date in 2023; and if this number will be further increased during 2024. [50540/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 457. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated for the provision of the Primary Childhood Immunisation Programme in each of the years 2021 to 2023, in tabular form. [50541/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide information on how the increased cost of business scheme announced in Budget 2024 will operate. [51134/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (23 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the publication of remote working code of practice. [51133/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many people are waiting to be housed under the social housing scheme in County Longford in total; and if he will provide the details, in tabular form (men, women and children, etc). [52102/23]

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...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Teacher Training (30 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of teacher training places available for the year 2023-24; and how many are provided by public colleges and how many by the private sector. [52533/23]

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 ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Teacher Training (30 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I will go back to the balance between public and private providers. We often say that people cannot be what they cannot see. This is particularly the case in the teaching profession. We need to see diversity in our teaching staff. We need to see teachers who adequately reflect their own learners. Where training provision is moving towards being private only or a disproportionate amount...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Facilities (30 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to school funding, when the minor works scheme payment will be made to schools for the current school year. [52534/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Facilities (30 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: My question relates to school funding and when the minor works scheme payment will be made to schools for the current year.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Facilities (30 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I understand the change in the payment date happened in the 2019-20 school year, when the country was in the grip of a pandemic. Without a shadow of a doubt, the minor works grant is second only to teacher shortages in terms of the education queries that come across my desk. The issue causes significant challenges for schools, in particular the payment date. The Minister has said it is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Facilities (30 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: Despite that, we continue to have one of the lowest levels of investment in education in the OECD. I raised correspondence yesterday at a debate on the Estimates, and while I had not intended to raise it again today, it needs to be addressed. I am not going to mention the school because I do not think that would be fair on it, but I am going to read out part of the email. I ask the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Facilities (30 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I acknowledged it was unspent grant money.

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...