Results 321-340 of 3,934 for speaker:Sorca Clarke

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (15 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of annual funding allocated to the ten DEIS band 1 schools participating in the NEIC City Connects project in each of the years since the programme's launch (details supplied). [41399/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (15 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next round of DEIS for schools is being allocated. [41520/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (15 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the summer works scheme will reopen this year for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41521/24]

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: It beggars belief that at a time when schools and school leaders are pleading for additional resources but are still reliant on voluntary contributions from parents, this Government chooses to allocate €9 million to phone pouches. It is despicable that the Government then attempts to hide behind the cloak of mental health to justify its decision, particularly when we look at its track...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (8 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the effects that the free schoolbooks scheme will have on small retailers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40005/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an extension to the slurry dates for this year. [39765/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: Hear, hear.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: From speaking with principals and school leaders, to say they are disappointed would be one of the greatest understatements. It is a sentiment also expressed by representative groups and parents. I note that the Minister, Deputy Foley, has left the Chamber. That Minister was told, heard and ignored what was being outlined in detail by school leaders. A few months ago, principals from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special needs who are yet to secure a school place for the school year 2024-2025, per county. [38771/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (1 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the scoping inquiry into sexual abuse in schools, if she will provide a list of organisations that offer support to survivors, per county. [38708/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Commissions of Investigation (1 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the establishment of the commission of investigation into historical sexual abuse in schools. [38711/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (26 Sep 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the ASD unit at a school (details supplied). [38427/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Sep 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the median and mean average size of BusConnects, by county, in tabular form. [37970/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Sep 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of buses within the school transport fleet that are operated by private operators and public operators, respectively, in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37967/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Sep 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of buses within the school transport fleet by bus capacity, under the categories of large bus (35+ seats), medium bus (19 to 34 seats), minibus (19 to 18 seats) and taxi (up to 8 seats), in tabular form. [37968/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Sep 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the median and mean average size of bus within the school transport scheme, by county, in tabular form. [37969/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (24 Sep 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated cost in 2025 if the budget for the diaspora affairs fund increased by 50%. [37837/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (24 Sep 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE qualified fire engineers employed by the OPW as of 1 January 2022 and 18 September 2024, in tabular form. [37835/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Appointments Service (24 Sep 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Public Appointments Service will run a general civil service competition for persons with fluency in Irish at executive officer level during Quarter 4 2024 [37836/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (24 Sep 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacancies, by job title, at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as of 18 September 2024; the estimated full year cost of filling each of those vacancies; and when each vacancy will be filled, in tabular form. [37833/24]