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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement that her Department has had with school book publishers and the booksellers' associations regarding the Budget announcement of the extension of the school book grant scheme. [45130/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the Budget 2024 allocation of €4 million for additional supports for special schools between capital and revenue spent; and what are the planned areas for investment. [45129/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 207. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason work permits have still not been made available to the meat processing industry. [45236/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the data that was used when determining the catchment area for a school in Ballyogan (details supplied), and the reason Ballyogan Estate has been excluded from the catchment area given the school is built within the estate. [45036/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill. [45118/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown per capita of what will be the allocation to 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of the Government’s expansion of the schoolbook grant; and if the criteria will be the same as that currently in place for primary schools. [45207/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to Budget 2024, if the Financial Support Services Unit will have any additional moneys available for schools that are facing financial hardship that sees a rapid increase in pupil numbers after 30 September 2023 cut-off date. [45208/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of allocation specifically to NEPS as contained in Budget 2024, which appears to state a reduction of funding of over €20 million. [45209/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the 1,000 AP posts in primary and post-primary schools. [45210/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Sittings (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 390. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the policies that are in place regarding support for minors attending court sittings in circumstances other than when they are witnesses. [45039/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement her Department have had with the Courts Service regarding the potential expansion or additional sittings outside of Dublin of specific children's courts. [45040/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 578. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved nursing posts in the paediatric emergency department in the Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [45123/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 579. To ask the Minister for Health the recommended number of paediatric nursing posts in an accident and emergency department seeing more than 12,000 children a year. [45124/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 580. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts currently filled on a permanent basis by paediatric-qualified staff. [45125/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical nurse manager posts for the paediatric emergency department in the Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [45126/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department staff in the Regional Hospital, Mullingar currently trained in the Irish childhood triage system. [45127/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 583. To ask the Minister for Health given the level of actual, compared to recommended staffing in the Regional Hospital, Mullingar if he feels that his Department is staffed to a safe level [45128/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I thank all of our guests and witnesses, particularly those who have had a significant journey. It is very important they are in this room to discuss the Bill. It is very important that the voices and experiences of survivors are included and addressed fully in the Bill. For far too long the history of the State has been one of abuse, neglect, pain and trauma for countless people. This is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I am conscious of the time. My questions are primarily for Ms McDonnell Byrne and Ms Byrne, who both mentioned health and housing. Ms McDonnell Byrne spoke of those that she works with not being able to afford blood tests that are not covered by the GP card or other medical expenses. We all know that the price of everything in chemists is increasing exponentially. How would the health...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: For anyone watching yesterday hoping that education would finally have the level of investment needed to adequately address and tackle the years of underfunding, "disappointment" goes nowhere near describing what they have expressed to me. There is frustration and outright bewilderment that, when the State’s coffers are flush with funds, the level of investment in education remains...