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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (14 May 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 516. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE psychologists available to children in Longford within children's disability network teams, in tabular form. [21415/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (14 May 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 526. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of full-time permanent residential places for adults with disabilities in County Roscommon, in tabular form, per provider, both utilised and available at present. [21650/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 May 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 578. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologists in each hospital part of Ireland East Hospital Group that are dealing with public-only patients in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [21397/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (14 May 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 579. To ask the Minister for Health the locations where the community specialist teams for older persons have yet to be established; and the timeframe for when those teams will be established. [21398/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 May 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 580. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant spinal surgeons based at the Mater Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [21399/24]

Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I very much welcome the opportunity for statements on this issue. Given the time I have available to me, I will not be able to touch on everything I wish to address. It is a topic we should be discussing more. I am somewhat taken aback that the Minister of State managed to go through a seven-page speech but not once mention the report from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Autism or the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (9 May 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of people excluded from the Caranua scheme; the number of people covered by this scheme, multiplied by the contribution pension. [20949/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2024)

Sorca Clarke: What is the Taoiseach delivering? There is no use in him talking down the clock.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 May 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans he has to solve the parking shortage at Athlone train station; if he will explore options for expanding parking facilities or implementing alternative parking arrangements to better serve commuters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20656/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (8 May 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of HAA cards that are currently in existence. [20927/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (8 May 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of services provided under HAA. [20928/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (8 May 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of people excluded from the Caranua scheme. [20929/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (8 May 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans she has in place to ensure that children with coeliac disease are properly catered for in the school meals programme; if she will provide additional funding to ensure same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20830/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (8 May 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 617. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied) who was allocated an additional four hours of care in 2022, funded by the HSE, and is still waiting to have these hours fulfilled two years later; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20759/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (8 May 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 618. To ask the Minister for Health where a person (details supplied) is on the waiting list for additional hours of care. [20760/24]

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (30 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I want to acknowledge and be associated with the sentiments expressed by the Minister about the level of abuse and the impact of that abuse, not only on the survivors at the time but in the decades that have passed since. Some of them still carry very deep scars today. When the Residential Institutions Redress Board was established the scheme was limited to 139 institutions. We know...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: Good morning to our guests. They are very welcome. It is wonderful to have them here. I am very much in favour of these informed choices. They are such a wonderful opportunity, especially for students who are at secondary level. Quite recently, the Technological University of the Shannon at Athlone had a science, technology and engineering programme for schools, STEPS, engineering...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I want to know who they are, what they are doing and where they are doing it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: Earlier it was mentioned that the intention was to increase the number of intakes a year from two to three. How many instructors have been hired for those roles? Geographic discrepancies exist for apprenticeships when it comes to apprentices completing the academic part of their course. Will Mr. Brownlee please outline the geographic discrepancies? I am based in the midlands and I know of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004. [18958/24]