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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (7 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 1398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the contract proposals for hourly-paid adult education tutors. [47896/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (7 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 1396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total allocation of capital grants made available, per ETB, in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [47885/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (7 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 1397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the proposed centre of excellence for electric vehicle management in Mullingar. [47887/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: Hearts were broken for the Israeli lives lost on 7 October, and the horrific loss has been roundly condemned. In Israel's siege of Gaza we are bearing witness to human catastrophe on an unimaginable scale. Last week, the Dáil became one of the first parliaments in the world to call for a ceasefire. It was an important international signal that other parliaments should follow. The...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: The recent flooding experience in Cork and Waterford was absolutely horrendous and the impact will be felt for a long time to come. That displacement from home, that destruction of property, the loss of livelihood and the fear of what the future looks like takes an unimaginable toll on people. Those affected by the recurring nightmare of flooding along the River Shannon, those who farm from...

Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: Budget 2024 did nothing to relieve the sense of catastrophe that is growing in the health service, which is not only breaking the will of the staff, but it is also breaking the will of vulnerable people in need of medical care. Based on the countermotion the Government put forward, one thing is very clear. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael will continue to throw out predictable lines, ignoring...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (24 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in processing the application for the home schooling of a person (details supplied) given that all requested documentation has been submitted over four weeks ago. [46625/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the officials for their time and for coming in. It is very much appreciated. They are probably aware that yesterday, the committee met with representatives of a number of survivor groups, including Fréa, which operates in the UK, Right of Place Second Chance, the Christine Buckley Centre and One in Four. I want to put to the officials some of the queries and concerns that they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I have a clarifying question around the educational supports, which are a really important part of any package that is offered. Given the age profile, especially of the survivor groups who were here yesterday, to what extent do the officials actually see those supports being taken up? They spoke of their clients being in the age range of 50 to 80 years. Has any indication been given to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: That is why I was asking. Is there any degree of formality around the type of course a person could undertake?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: Good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: With the Chair's indulgence, I will ask a final question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: The opening statement references the expenditure of approximately €1.5 billion to date. What has the total contribution of the congregations been?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: That figure is excluding the property.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: Do the officials have an estimate of the value of that cash contribution?