Results 921-940 of 4,188 for speaker:Sorca Clarke

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (23 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 583. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Mullingar Regional Hospital in the years 2022 and 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [17410/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 584. To ask the Minister for Health how the €1.4 million new development funding in 2024 for the expansion of the newborn bloodspot screening will be spent. [17411/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologists and urology registrars part of each hospital in the Ireland East Hospital Group in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [17413/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (23 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 586. To ask the Minister for Health the number of births in the maternity unit of Mullingar Regional Hospital in the years 2022 and 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [17414/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (23 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 699. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's capital underspend, if any, in 2023; and his Department's projected spend in 2024. [17422/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (18 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first and full-year cost of increasing capitation rates for primary and post-primary school pupils, respectively, by an additional €10 per pupil in the 2024-25 academic year compared with the baseline capitation rates allocated in the academic year 2023-24 academic year, in tabular form. [17187/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (18 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first and full-year cost of increasing capitation rates for primary and post-primary school pupils, respectively, by 10% in the 2024-25 academic year compared with the baseline capitation rates allocated in the 2023-24 academic year, in tabular form. [17188/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 499 of 20 March 2024, the date for when she expects the survey to commence; when the survey will be completed; and when action, if any, can be expected to be taken in response to the findings of the survey. [16901/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on any engagements her Department has had with a union (details supplied) regarding the issue of caretakers. [16902/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures and solutions that can be offered in the case of a child with additional needs who is receiving the home tuition grant but cannot source a tutor as tutors are not willing to travel the distance to the child living in rural Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16945/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Teaching Qualifications (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to remove the Catholic certificate that is required to teach in most schools in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16253/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Teaching Qualifications (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I ask the Minister if she plans to remove the Catholic certificate that some schools require of teachers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Teaching Qualifications (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I do not want to look at this from the perspective of multidenominational schools. That is a very valid conversation for another day. However, teachers should be hired on their skills, their ability, their experience and their qualifications to actually impart learning to the students in their classrooms. As there is a constitutional right for a learner to opt out of religion, why is this...

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

Sorca Clarke: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that no child is left without an appropriate school place. [16257/24]

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

Sorca Clarke: Will the Minister outline her plans to ensure that no child is left without an appropriate school place for the coming September?

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

Sorca Clarke: Any parent with a child with special educational needs will say that when their child's need is met it comes as the result of a struggle, fight or battle of some degree. To date the Government has reacted to a series of crises rather than adequately planning out the future. Some very welcome changes were made in this regard but, despite the energy and effort at the time, we still see...

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

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Minister. This is not just about navigating the system so that we do not have parents such as Sarah Dooley, about whom I have spoken to the Minister previously. She applied to 20 schools before her little boys were offered a place. This will mean a 90-minute round trip for those children to get to school in September. This is not inclusivity. They are literally excluded from...

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

Sorca Clarke: I understand the financials that the Minister has issued and has spoken about, but I still do not hear a definitive number for what the increase in capacity will be. People, particularly those outside urban areas, are choosing to come to live in smaller towns and villages. They are most welcome to leave the bigger cities, set up in those towns and villages, make them their homes and work...

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]

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

Sorca Clarke: Could the Minister outline to the House her plans to tackle the oversubscription of secondary schools across the country?