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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legislative or policy basis on which the parents of a child (details supplied) are being requested to sign an insurance indemnification form stating that they as the lawful father and mother respectively, agree to indemnify and keep indemnified the board, its servants and agents, including class teacher and/or the principal of the said...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on recent Departmental engagement with representatives on the issue of post-primary redeployment of teachers. [32719/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills is she will intervene in the case of a child (details supplied). [32766/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 689. To ask the Minister for Health what services are available in County Longford for adults living with eating disorders. [32750/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the witnesses for their time this morning. They are most welcome, and I thank Ms O'Rourke for the kind invitation to her school. I would like to ask Mr. Lennon a couple of questions first. He mentioned in his opening statement about the quick win for technology. Can he talk to us a bit more about that? Specifically, he mentioned technology outside of schools. Could he speak to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: Sorry. Is Mr. Lennon saying that the child would have access to technology, but limited access based on the hours that they spent in school?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I find it hard to get my head around the fact that a piece of equipment would be provided to a child for such a vital thing, like being familiar with sound, but would be given on a very limited basis and removed from the home of a young child where the vast majority of learning happens outside of the formal preschool setting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I fully agree with Ms O'Rourke on the reasonable accommodations at certificate examinations, RACE. I raised it with the Minister last week. This is a programme designed to help students demonstrate their best ability in an exam. This is a broad question to anybody who wants to answer it. The Irish Sign Language Act 2017 recognised ISL as an individual language in its own right. Has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I than the officials for coming in and taking the time to answer the committee's questions. They will be aware that we had engagement with Holy Family School for the Deaf in the previous session. What is the status of their ask for a new school building which will allow them operate out of a single location as opposed to the four individual locations? Last Thursday, the Minister told me...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: Is there a timeline on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: To stage one, the tender.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I am sorry; my question was specifically for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I might reword the question. In the more recent fundamental review, were there any specific recommendations in respect of students who are deaf or hard of hearing? If so, were they fully implemented?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: Some students with complex needs will have a different-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I am conscious that I have 12 seconds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: As part of that review, is any area being looked at specifically with regard to students who are deaf or hard of hearing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: Has the Department been in direct contact with SEC regarding the review of the RACE scheme and students who are deaf or hard of hearing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: That is very much in line with other increases in reasonable accommodation in the past decade.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Sorca Clarke: Regarding the home tuition scheme, in her opening statement, Ms Mannion stated that 52 tutors provide approximately 104 hours per year for families. What is the cost per tutor on an annual basis? What is the annual cost of a visiting teacher?