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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider the qualifying criteria for the fuel allowance in cases in which a person who is in receipt of a qualifying payment will not get fuel allowance if their spouse or partner is in receipt of a social welfare payment that is not one of the qualifying payments; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the application for an exceptional needs payment by a person (details supplied) who is appealing the decision to refuse their application for assistance to cover the fuel costs they are incurring travelling to Beaumont and St. Luke’s Hospitals for treatment. [53251/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 657. To ask the Minister for Health the services and or supports that are available to women in hospital following a miscarriage, in relation to pregnancy loss and stillbirth per CHO area; and the referral pathways upon discharge in tabular form. [53249/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (25 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 748. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement that he and his Department have had with an organisation (details supplied) regarding winter finishing and the impact that the rise in feeding costs will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52928/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Food Crisis: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the witnesses for giving so freely of their time. There is no easy way of saying this, but I felt physically sick when I read the opening statement and saw that one death every 48 seconds is down to one every 36 seconds. Naively, I had hoped, against all the evidence that it would hold somewhere in and around where it had been and that the increase in the number of deaths would not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Food Crisis: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I have a very brief question. I would like to go back to the loss and damage aspect Mr. Byrne was speaking about there. I ask him to please correct me if I am wrong but my understanding is that the EU is not actually supportive of establishing a new facility under the UNFCCC to respond to loss and damage. Instead, it favours the scaling up and strengthening of existing facilities or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools identified as non-compliant with the provisions of the 2015 Arbitration Agreement in relation to school secretaries and caretakers employed by the schools through the capitation grant scheme from 2019 to date in 2022, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52454/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of voluntary secondary schools and private schools which receive assistance in the form of the capitation grant to provide for secretarial caretaking services from 2019 to date in 2022, by county in tabular form; the system used to decide the allocation to each school to allow them to meet the particular needs of their school; the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount made available to pay school caretakers in respect of the capitation grant scheme from 2019 to date in 2022, by county in tabular form. [52456/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount made available to pay school secretaries in respect of the capitation grant scheme from 2019 to date in 2022, by county in tabular form. [52457/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (18 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a grant will be provided for the installation of wood pellet stoves in residential properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51345/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (18 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 377. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consular assistance is being provided to Irish citizens in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine; if any Irish citizens in Russia have sought advice from his Department or embassies; and if there are plans to issue advice regarding travel to Russia. [51731/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration being given to the residents of counties Longford and Westmeath who await places on school transport, given the additional funding available to the school transport scheme to provide temporary additional capacity. [51346/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement that she has had with Bus Éireann, private bus operators and school boards of management in relation to the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51730/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the intention to increase the grant payment for behavioural support to a school (details supplied) given that this post is not considered a public service post and has not increased in 17 years while school employees such as SNAs and teaching staff are due to receive a 6-7% pay increase in the coming 12 months. [51958/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the intention of her Department to fund the position of behavioural analyst for a school (details supplied) after June 2023 when the current contract is due to expire; and the amendments or considerations that have been given to ensure that the notification date of rolling contracts forward is made to the school at an earlier point in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (18 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 890. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of members of the National Library Service in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by county in tabular form. [51347/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (13 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 14. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if additional staff have been recruited or seconded to community welfare sections in INTREO offices to deal with the additional applications for supplementary welfare allowances; and if not, if she plans to bring in additional staff to deal with the extra workload. [50731/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (13 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the time allowed on community employment for those aged over 50 years. [50730/22]