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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any communication with the Irish citizens seeking to get out of Gaza; to provide an update on their current situation; and what plans he has in place to make sure they can safely return to Ireland. [49697/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether, as per his Department's website, he can state in detail what Ireland is doing to support and strengthen the quality of the education system in Palestine, while ensuring more Palestinian children are accessing education. [49699/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all projects, and their organisations, promoting gender equality in Palestine that Ireland contributes to. [49700/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the costings of Ireland's aid programmes in Sub Saharan Africa for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [49701/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on any recent meetings or communications he has had with the relevant EU bodies with regards to the situation in Israel-Palestine; and if there has been any meaningful outcome to these engagements. [49702/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Middle East (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to halt any transportation of weapons bound for Israel through Shannon Airport to ensure that Ireland plays no part in transporting these weapons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49698/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action she is taking to ensure that every child who requires an SNA is catered for and to ensure that all those who have applied for the SNA exceptional review receive the necessary support they require and have requested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49350/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans to address the growing number of teacher shortages; what she intends to do in the short- and medium-term to address this situation in general, and particularly in areas of disadvantage, special schools and Gaelscoileanna. [49369/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, given the current crisis of teacher shortages, she will consider revaluating the criteria that must be satisfied in order for service at that school to be recognised for incremental credit, which will incentivise teachers who are teaching abroad to return home and fair recognition given for the years of invaluable experience gained abroad;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her Department's engagement with educational stakeholders; and further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 3 October 2023, the new range of measures that are being progressed. [49432/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider including Home Economics as a subject choice in the free upskilling programmes; and if she has plans to introduce other subjects where teacher supply is known to be tight to these programmes. [49433/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the findings of the recent INTO, IPPN and CPSMA survey that clearly indicates the negative impact that the teacher shortage is having on special education provision and which highlights the urgent need for more SNAs in our system, why the new level 6 programme for SNAs provides little to no professional incentives for SNAs to undertake...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost rental properties provided by any local authority or approved housing body, in tabular form, per county, for single adult applicants in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [49564/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 414. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify in detail why a group (details supplied) has not been successful in securing funding from his Department through the LGBTI+ community services funding, despite receiving this funding for the past three years; the action he is taking to ensure that more newly developed and younger services like this...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 416. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a group (details supplied) was not successful in its application for community services funding, which it has received for the past three years; and what the appeals process is in relation to this decision. [49370/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what engagement his Department has had with the wider community of Coole, County Westmeath regarding the repurposing of Coole Court for use by International Protection Accommodation Services. [49624/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (14 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department engages with local authorities regarding planning applications for residential or day services for people with disabilities; if his Department monitors the level of refusals; and if his Department is aware of any local authority where there has been multiple refusals for planning permission or...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (9 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I did not hear the Minister mention one number - either a financial number or numbers for the year 2024 to which my question related. He has not provided new funding for maternity services in budget 2024. We all know that these strategies need additional year-on-year funding to develop to continually improve and expand on the services. If this strategy does not get new funding, it calls...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (9 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: When the Minister says that it is not funded to the same level, I take that to mean none. Zero additional funding will be put into breastfeeding supports. I have concerns about the other care services for women, an issue he touched on in his response, and that is gynaecological services. The budget identifies no new funding for these and the funding to meet the waiting list action plan...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (9 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: Could the Minister outline the level of additional core funding for new developments, excluding funding for carry-over and the maintenance of existing service levels, that has been allocated for the national maternity strategy for 2024? This strategy is essential to improve healthcare for women, from preconception, pregnancy and birth to postnatal and neonatal care, across acute, primary and...