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Wed, 18 Oct 2023
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Disability Services
Sorca Clarke
231. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the funding announced as part of Budget 2024 under Programme D - An Equal and Inclusive Society which states "Funding will primarily focus on additional therapy assistant posts, additional supports across a number of targeted children's services and on the expansion of educational programmes in this area" if these additional therapy assistant posts will be utilised in a school setting. [45514/23]
Wed, 18 Oct 2023
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Disability Services
Sorca Clarke
232. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the funding announced as part of Budget 2024 under Programme D - An Equal and Inclusive Society which states "Funding will primarily focus on additional therapy assistant posts, additional supports across a number of targeted children's services and on the expansion of educational programmes in this area" to provide details of which educational programmes are to be expanded. [45515/23]
Wed, 18 Oct 2023
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Budget 2024
Sorca Clarke
263. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health what funding his Department will allocate to the National Educational Psychological Service as part of Budget 2024. [45499/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Environmental Schemes
Sorca Clarke
1. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the provision of up to 6kW photovoltaic panels on all schools; when the scheme will be open for applications; and what the provisions of the scheme are. [45120/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Capitation Grants
Sorca Clarke
3. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the budget 2024 allocation of €7 million in additional capitation grants for schools; and detail the analysis that was undertaken by her Department regarding sufficiency of this amount. [45121/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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School Transport
Sorca Clarke
5. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the Budget 2024 allocation of €50 million for the school transport scheme between capital and revenue; and the details of additional capacity this will cater for and the priority for spending. [45122/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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School Textbooks
Sorca Clarke
45. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the engagement that her Department has had with school book publishers and the booksellers' associations regarding the Budget announcement of the extension of the school book grant scheme. [45130/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Sorca Clarke
54. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the Budget 2024 allocation of €4 million for additional supports for special schools between capital and revenue spent; and what are the planned areas for investment. [45129/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Work Permits
Sorca Clarke
207. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason work permits have still not been made available to the meat processing industry. [45236/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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School Admissions
Sorca Clarke
245. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide the data that was used when determining the catchment area for a school in Ballyogan (details supplied), and the reason Ballyogan Estate has been excluded from the catchment area given the school is built within the estate. [45036/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Legislative Measures
Sorca Clarke
248. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill. [45118/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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School Textbooks
Sorca Clarke
258. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the breakdown per capita of what will be the allocation to 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of the Government’s expansion of the schoolbook grant; and if the criteria will be the same as that currently in place for primary schools. [45207/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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School Funding
Sorca Clarke
259. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education in relation to Budget 2024, if the Financial Support Services Unit will have any additional moneys available for schools that are facing financial hardship that sees a rapid increase in pupil numbers after 30 September 2023 cut-off date. [45208/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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National Educational Psychological Service
Sorca Clarke
260. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of allocation specifically to NEPS as contained in Budget 2024, which appears to state a reduction of funding of over €20 million. [45209/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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School Staff
Sorca Clarke
261. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the breakdown of the 1,000 AP posts in primary and post-primary schools. [45210/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Court Sittings
Sorca Clarke
390. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the policies that are in place regarding support for minors attending court sittings in circumstances other than when they are witnesses. [45039/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Courts Service
Sorca Clarke
391. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the engagement her Department have had with the Courts Service regarding the potential expansion or additional sittings outside of Dublin of specific children's courts. [45040/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Hospital Staff
Sorca Clarke
578. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of approved nursing posts in the paediatric emergency department in the Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [45123/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Hospital Staff
Sorca Clarke
579. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the recommended number of paediatric nursing posts in an accident and emergency department seeing more than 12,000 children a year. [45124/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Hospital Staff
Sorca Clarke
580. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of posts currently filled on a permanent basis by paediatric-qualified staff. [45125/23]