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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools identified as non-compliant with the provisions of the 2015 Arbitration Agreement in relation to school secretaries and caretakers employed by the schools through the capitation grant scheme from 2019 to date in 2022, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52454/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of voluntary secondary schools and private schools which receive assistance in the form of the capitation grant to provide for secretarial caretaking services from 2019 to date in 2022, by county in tabular form; the system used to decide the allocation to each school to allow them to meet the particular needs of their school; the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount made available to pay school caretakers in respect of the capitation grant scheme from 2019 to date in 2022, by county in tabular form. [52456/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount made available to pay school secretaries in respect of the capitation grant scheme from 2019 to date in 2022, by county in tabular form. [52457/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (18 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a grant will be provided for the installation of wood pellet stoves in residential properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51345/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (18 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 377. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consular assistance is being provided to Irish citizens in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine; if any Irish citizens in Russia have sought advice from his Department or embassies; and if there are plans to issue advice regarding travel to Russia. [51731/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration being given to the residents of counties Longford and Westmeath who await places on school transport, given the additional funding available to the school transport scheme to provide temporary additional capacity. [51346/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement that she has had with Bus Éireann, private bus operators and school boards of management in relation to the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51730/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the intention to increase the grant payment for behavioural support to a school (details supplied) given that this post is not considered a public service post and has not increased in 17 years while school employees such as SNAs and teaching staff are due to receive a 6-7% pay increase in the coming 12 months. [51958/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the intention of her Department to fund the position of behavioural analyst for a school (details supplied) after June 2023 when the current contract is due to expire; and the amendments or considerations that have been given to ensure that the notification date of rolling contracts forward is made to the school at an earlier point in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (18 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 890. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of members of the National Library Service in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by county in tabular form. [51347/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (13 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 14. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if additional staff have been recruited or seconded to community welfare sections in INTREO offices to deal with the additional applications for supplementary welfare allowances; and if not, if she plans to bring in additional staff to deal with the extra workload. [50731/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (13 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the time allowed on community employment for those aged over 50 years. [50730/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (13 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking to address the staffing crisis in the childcare sector to ensure the continued provision of adequate childcare across the State. [50733/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (13 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the plan to abolish direct provisions centres across the State. [50732/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (12 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a grant will be made available to those households upgrading to a wood pellet stove; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50696/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (12 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of inspections of rental accommodation by local authority that have taken place in 2021 and to date in 2022; and the number of inspectors allocated to carry out inspections of rental accommodation in each local authority in tabular form. [50695/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (12 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of supplementary welfare allowance applications to date in 2022, by county; the number of applications awarded; the number refused; the total amount paid out; and the reason given for the payments, in tabular form [50694/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (12 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the continued shortage of wood pellets for use in wood pellet stoves and the impact this will have this winter on householders who have removed solid fuel heating systems and rely on wood pellet stoves to heat their homes. [50697/22]