Results 281-300 of 3,342 for speaker:Sorca Clarke

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when in 2026 the second tranche of revised subjects will be introduced, and what these subjects are expected to be. [6447/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide an update on the research that is being conducted by the SEC on the potential role and impact of generative artificial intelligence in teacher-based assessment; when she expects this research to be completed and published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6448/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can present a schedule of the phases or tranches over which all senior cycle subjects will be revised. [6449/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for reducing the criteria for the allocation of SET hours to schools from five to three for the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6654/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain in detail the decision to remove gender and complex needs as a category when calculating the allocation for each school; what benefits she expects to see from this change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6655/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can outline any problems that may arise as a result of not taking the complex needs of students into account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6656/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis for the removal of the CDNTS’s recommendations. [6658/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the additional supports that may be required by children experiencing homelessness, children living in areas with high levels of crime, children in care or residential settings, new entrant pupils and other pupils who do not speak English as a first language were taken into consideration when revising this model. [6657/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for prioritising literacy and numeracy profiles of schools estimated from the results of standardised testing. [6659/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 367. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she last met the CEO of the National Concert Hall; and when she is next scheduled to meet the CEO. [6227/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE conservation rangers attached to the National Parks and Wildlife Service as of 6 February 2024; and if he will provide the same figures as of 1 February 2021, in tabular form. [6226/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost if the fuel allowance was increased by a further two weeks. [6214/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the maximum rate of disability allowance and State pension contribution by €14 per week from 1 September 2024. [6215/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 462. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank attached to the Garda water unit as of 2 February 2024; and if she will provide same figures as of 1 March 2021, in tabular form. [6223/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Referendum Campaigns (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 540. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider deferring the forthcoming referenda on family and care to permit further and better debate and discussion on the subject matter in view of the very short timeframe allowed for debate. [6468/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach, who is most welcome here at this committee meeting, as are the guests in the Public Gallery. It is always interesting when there are more people in the Public Gallery than there are members of the committee. It usually means there is something topical being discussed. I like the idea of a one-stop-shop for information and of social media...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: For a bit of perspective, was this at a time when you were already pursuing state exams, which come with a level of stress?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: This was an unknown factor that was having a real impact on the decisions you were going to be able to make.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: Okay. That stress just kept coming.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I do not like the term "buddy system" but between the organisations the three witnesses represent, is there a willingness to support a closer working relationship between education providers both North and South, even if that was on an informal basis?