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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (9 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 755. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated average cost of providing school meals per child in primary and post-primary schools respectively, in the academic years 2022-2023 and to date in 2023-2024, in tabular form. [14225/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (9 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 816. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to her commitment in raising the sourcing of a new site for an establishment (details supplied) during Questions on Policy or Legislation on 28 February 2024, what engagements has she had on this; and what progress has been made. [15308/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 1106. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth , further to Parliamentary Question No. 514 of 23 January, if, given the recent changes announced by Government, this property is now being considered for IPAS. [14214/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (9 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 1221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts, per CDNT, per post, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13672/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (9 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 1222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff members who are on maternity leave, paternity leave and parental leave, expected to last longer than 4 weeks, per CDNT, in tabular form; and the action that is being taken by these teams to ensure established needs of children are met. [13673/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (9 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 1223. To ask the Minister for Health what plans are in place to ensure GP cover, given the imminent closure for Coole medical centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13674/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 1556. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary measures to ensure that the paediatric diabetes service in the Regional Hospital Mullingar will be kept open for those 145 children who avail of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15088/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 1557. To ask the Minister for Health what plans he has in place to address the staffing crisis impacting the paediatric diabetes service in Regional Hospital, Mullingar, thereby ensuring the children of the Midlands are afforded the option to receive the best care close to home and not put under unnecessary stress. [15089/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of his engagements with local authorities in counties Longford and Westmeath regarding provisions for older person's dwellings. [15022/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I will follow up on a comment the Taoiseach made earlier about the supposed good news and the clinical lead of the paediatric diabetes service in Mullingar. With the greatest respect, the information the Taoiseach put on the record of the Dáil is not entirely correct, because that letter was not seen by the clinical lead, Professor O'Grady, until after it had been issued to parents....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: Their GPs will tell them they do not have the expertise-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: -----to be able to read the rates and that they need the service to be properly resourced.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: Again, this is not the first time this matter has been raised.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: This service was in exactly the same position three years ago, almost to the day.

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: There is nobody in this country who has not been affected by cancer in some shape or form. It is a devastating disease, not only for those who are fighting it but for their loved ones too. Around 42,000 people a year will get a cancer diagnosis. Each and every one of them deserves the best possible chance of not only surviving the disease but of enjoying a good quality of life afterwards....

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address the concerns raised by organisation (details supplied) in relation to the 2023 draft specifications in leaving certificate biology, chemistry and physics. [16255/24]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I ask the Minister to address the concerns raised in the report presented to her Department and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, NCCA, in response to the 2023 draft specification in leaving certificate biology, chemistry and physics.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Minister for her reply. While my question did not directly relate to examination components, they are a specific part of the concerns that have been raised and on which I want to focus. In the course of any new development process, there really should be a moment where people pause and are big enough to ask whether they have got the process right or if there are things that need...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: With the greatest of respect, ISTA did more than cast its eye over the draft proposals. It has produced a 212-page document that is incredibly detailed in places. The part I referred to is only to do with the actual physics content. The Minister mentioned the components aspect. Some numbers that caught my attention are that the research investigations will account for 40% of marks in...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to tackle the oversubscription of secondary schools across Ireland. [16256/24]