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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (5 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost if the student contribution charge were reduced by €650 for the 2024-2025 academic year. [43366/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (5 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 371. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated cost in 2024 if the budget for the senior alert scheme increased by 20%. [43357/23]

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: These statements could not come at a more fitting time. The Minister has come to this House and detailed the review that is ongoing and the communication and conversations that have taken place. Two and a half years after that review started it is not the success the Minister seems to think it is and neither is trying to say that while routes have not been cancelled, children are not on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I thank our guests this morning for coming in and giving their time to the committee. It is hugely beneficial. Something that struck me in the appendix was that, when it comes to physical education, 95% of post-primary schools have or have access to a hall. Some 72.5% of primary schools have or have access to a general purpose, GP, space. What percentage of schools have access to nurture...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I call on Deputy Costello to finish as he has had way more time than the previous Chair had indicated. I call Deputy Whitmore to speak now and I ask her to keep her contribution to three minutes, please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Deputy and call on Mr. Loftus to respond, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I might intervene for a moment. I ask the Department to provide a written brief to the secretariat on that issue and that raised by Deputy Costello. It is concerning if information is given to a member of the committee that contradicts information that was provided in response to a parliamentary question from that person. If written responses could be submitted in that regard, it would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: Is Deputy Whitmore happy with the responses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I will bring in Deputy Dillon, who has been incredibly patient. He has three minutes or thereabouts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I ask Deputy Dillon to hang around for a moment, if he can so indulge. I have two very brief questions for Ms Cusack. When we spoke about the provision of education through the medium of Irish, she said there were targets for increased provision. Will she give us some more details on that? It was mentioned to one of the contributors that it was doubling. What other targets are there?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: Ms Cusack should feel free to come back with a written reply, if she does not have it to hand. That is absolutely fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I propose that the committee follow up directly with the Department on the concerns raised by some speakers regarding parliamentary questions, their quality and accuracy, etc. I also request that the committee contact the Ceann Comhairle's office to see how many parliamentary questions have been referred under Standing Orders to him. Is that agreed? Agreed. That concludes the meeting....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a qualified Irish teacher, who worked in a school in Abu Dhabi, and is now looking to return to the Irish labour force, is not entitled to increments; and what plans she has to ensure teacher retention in Ireland and ensure that teachers who are in similar circumstances are welcomed back with equality of opportunity and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that students in a school in Dublin (details supplied) who require full access to an SNA have been denied this access, with only one SNA shared between two junior infant classes; and the plans she has to ensure that children with SEN receive a full education, like their peers, and do not miss out on school due to lack of SNAs/ SNA...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (3 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed and the estimated cost for these works. [42540/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (3 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to the tender stage of works. [42542/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (3 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth why a person (details supplied) who has been availing of temporary accommodation in Waterford, has been refused permission to stay with her daughter in Athlone to help her with her newborn child. [42302/23]