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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]

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

Sorca Clarke: 524. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth why person (details supplied) who was heavily pregnant at the time was accommodated on the 3rd floor of a converted convent. [42303/23]

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

Sorca Clarke: 531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what supports there are for Ukrainians and other nationalities, whose first language is not English, to help them communicate with relevant authorities in an effective manner. [42333/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Ireland (26 Sep 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of contracts containing confidentiality clauses of non-disclosure agreements that Waterways Ireland have entered into in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 by county, in tabular form. [41534/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Ireland (26 Sep 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of the current Board of Waterways Ireland, and where that information is publicly available for members of the public. [41535/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Regulation (21 Sep 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in light of the increasing number of popular cultural, agricultural and sporting events becoming cashless/card-only entry events, which is impacting particularly older people and new Irish arrivals, he will consider introducing regulations to ensure that these events are accessible to those who wish to pay with cash. [40883/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I have raised the issue of the school transport system and the ongoing review previously in this House. Today, I raise the issue of the emerging exceptional no-service interim grant payment, what appears to be yet another sticking plaster on what is rapidly becoming a broken school transport system. These children have applied, have been approved and have paid for a seat on a bus, only for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Sorca Clarke: They need those places.