Parliamentary questions

National Educational Psychological Service

Sorca Clarke

126. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education her plans to address the staffing crisis within the National Educational Psychological Service. [16338/24]

Departmental Programmes

Sorca Clarke

197. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport to outline the proportion of the funding allocated to the safe routes to school programme that has been expended for the purposes of improving walking and cycling infrastructure in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and to provide a breakdown of the projects funded to date and the nature of works carried out. [15977/24]

School Transport

Sorca Clarke

268. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to outline the first- and full-year current cost of increasing capacity on school transport by 1,000 places, in tabular form. [15978/24]

School Transport

Sorca Clarke

269. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to outline the capital cost of increasing capacity on school transport by 1,000 places. [15979/24]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Sorca Clarke

270. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the estimated first and full-year current cost and one-off capital cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio by one point at primary level in academic year 2024/2025 and by a further one point in academic year 2025/2026, in tabular form. [15980/24]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Sorca Clarke

271. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the estimated first and full-year current cost and one-off capital cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio by one point at post-primary level in academic year 2024/2025 and by a further one point in academic year 2025/2026, in tabular form. [15981/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

272. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the estimated first and full-year cost of increasing the number of special needs assistants by 500, 1,000 and 1,500 respectively, in tabular form. [15984/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

273. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the first and full-year cost of recruiting 100, 500, and 1,000 special education teachers respectively, in tabular form. [15985/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

274. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the cost of increasing the salary of special education teachers by 1%, 2% and 5%, in tabular form. [15986/24]

School Funding

Sorca Clarke

275. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the estimated net savings from withdrawing the annual State subsidy to private schools. [15987/24]

School Funding

Sorca Clarke

276. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the estimate cost of increasing the minor works grant ceiling by 1%, 5% and 10% respectively, in tabular form. [15988/24]

School Textbooks

Sorca Clarke

277. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the estimated first and full-year cost of extending the free schoolbooks to all pupils in public secondary schools, in tabular form. [15989/24]

School Facilities

Sorca Clarke

278. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the estimated first and full-year cost of restoring the school libraries fund of €10 per child in academic year 2024-2025 and increasing this by a further €2.50 per child in academic year 2025-2026, in tabular form. [15990/24]

School Facilities

Sorca Clarke

279. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the estimated first and full-year cost of providing €10 per child to each primary and post-primary school library. [15991/24]

School Funding

Sorca Clarke

280. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the estimated first and full-year cost of increasing the guidance counselling funding by 5%, 10% and 20% respectively, in tabular form. [15992/24]

School Transport

Sorca Clarke

281. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the total projected demand for mainstream transport services and the additional demand for services compared to the as-is scenario respectively in each of the school years 2024/2025 to 2029/2030, in tabular form, if recommendation 4.1a of the phase 3 report of the review of the school transport scheme is implemented in full from the start of the 2024/2025 school year. [16004/24]

School Transport

Sorca Clarke

282. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the total current cost to meet the additional demand for mainstream transport services and the total projected demand for services, respectively in each of the school years 2024/2025 to 2029/2030, in tabular form, if recommendation 4.1a of the phase 3 report of the review of the school transport scheme is implemented in full from the start of the 2024/2025 school year. [16005/24]

School Transport

Sorca Clarke

283. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the total capital cost to meet the additional demand for mainstream transport services and the total projected demand for services, respectively in each of the school years 2024/2025 to 2029/2030, in tabular form, if recommendation 4.1a of the phase 3 report of the review of the school transport scheme is implemented in full from the start of the 2024/2025 school year. [16006/24]

School Staff

Sorca Clarke

369. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education for an update regarding the issue of salary credit for teachers that have returned from teaching abroad; and if she has plans to resolve this long-outstanding issue. [16756/24]

Derelict Sites

Sorca Clarke

401. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of sites in County Longford added to the derelict sites register in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; the number of sites that were restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16574/24]

Derelict Sites

Sorca Clarke

402. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of sites in County Westmeath added to the derelict sites register in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; the number of sites that were restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16575/24]

Housing Schemes

Sorca Clarke

403. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the budget for the repair and leasing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16576/24]

Disease Management

Sorca Clarke

631. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric diabetes services that closed to new pump patients in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [16002/24]

Health Services

Sorca Clarke

688. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric diabetic clinics and the number of people availing of these services, respectively, by county in tabular form. [16220/24]

Health Services

Sorca Clarke

696. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the national diabetes paediatric clinical audit. [16249/24]

Housing Policy

Sorca Clarke

63. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of his engagements with local authorities in counties Longford and Westmeath regarding provisions for older person's dwellings. [15022/24]

Bus Services

Sorca Clarke

177. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if he can explain in detail why route 706 and 706X, run by a company (details supplied) will cease to exist in April 2024; if he will reconsider this decision and maintain this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13697/24]

Road Safety

Sorca Clarke

200. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the capital and current funding allocated to the safe routes to school programmes in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. [14120/24]

Road Safety

Sorca Clarke

201. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the proportion of the funding allocated to the safe routes to school programme that has been expended for the purposes of years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [14121/24]

Teaching Qualifications

Sorca Clarke

401. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if the CLÁR programme for teachers with qualifications abroad will be reintroduced for the next school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13679/24]

Ministerial Responsibilities

Sorca Clarke

402. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when her diary would allow her to attend an official opening of an extension for a school (details supplied) in County Galway. [13682/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

441. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to outline the estimated first- and full-year cost of increasing the number of special needs assistants by 5%, 10% and 20%, in tabular form. [14122/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

442. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to outline the cost of increasing the salary of special needs assistants, in mainstream schools and special classes respectively, by 1%, 2% and 5%, in tabular form. [14123/24]

Capitation Grants

Sorca Clarke

443. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to specify the cost of increasing capitation rates for primary school pupils and post-primary school pupils respectively by 10% in the academic year 2024/2025 and by a further 10% in the academic year 2025/2026, in tabular form. [14126/24]

Capitation Grants

Sorca Clarke

444. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to specify the cost of increasing capitation rates for primary school pupils and post-primary school pupils respectively by an additional €10 per pupil in the academic year 2024/2025 and by a further 10% in the academic year 2025/2026, in tabular form. [14127/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

486. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the amount of funding per child allocated to the July programme for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [14619/24]

Housing Schemes

Sorca Clarke

694. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many homes were delivered through the repair and lease scheme in Longford for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [15070/24]

School Meals Programme

Sorca Clarke

754. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of students at primary and post-primary respectively provided with free school meals in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [14224/24]

School Meals Programme

Sorca Clarke

755. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated average cost of providing school meals per child in primary and post-primary schools respectively, in the academic years 2022-2023 and to date in 2023-2024, in tabular form. [14225/24]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Sorca Clarke

816. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice further to her commitment in raising the sourcing of a new site for an establishment (details supplied) during Questions on Policy or Legislation on 28 February 2024, what engagements has she had on this; and what progress has been made. [15308/24]

International Protection

Sorca Clarke

1106. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth , further to Parliamentary Question No. 514 of 23 January, if, given the recent changes announced by Government, this property is now being considered for IPAS. [14214/24]

Disability Services

Sorca Clarke

1221. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts, per CDNT, per post, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13672/24]

Disability Services

Sorca Clarke

1222. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of staff members who are on maternity leave, paternity leave and parental leave, expected to last longer than 4 weeks, per CDNT, in tabular form; and the action that is being taken by these teams to ensure established needs of children are met. [13673/24]

General Practitioner Services

Sorca Clarke

1223. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health what plans are in place to ensure GP cover, given the imminent closure for Coole medical centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13674/24]

Hospital Services

Sorca Clarke

1556. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary measures to ensure that the paediatric diabetes service in the Regional Hospital Mullingar will be kept open for those 145 children who avail of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15088/24]

Hospital Staff

Sorca Clarke

1557. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health what plans he has in place to address the staffing crisis impacting the paediatric diabetes service in Regional Hospital, Mullingar, thereby ensuring the children of the Midlands are afforded the option to receive the best care close to home and not put under unnecessary stress. [15089/24]

Bus Services

Sorca Clarke

155. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport what engagement he or his Department have had with a company (details supplied) the cessation from 8 April 2024 of route 706/706x which serves Galway, Athlone, Maynooth and Dublin Airport and if he will make a statement on the impact this closure will have on commuters and students attending Maynooth University.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13332/24]

School Transport

Sorca Clarke

197. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on incorporating electric vehicles and other low-emission vehicles into the school transport fleet in accordance with the Phase 2, p11, Climate Action Plan 2021 of the review of the school transport scheme; to provide projected timelines and targets for the expansion of low-emission vehicles within the fleet, in tabular form; the total cost of the incorporating EVs and low-emissions vehicles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13294/24]

School Transport

Sorca Clarke

198. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the total current cost to meet Climate Action Plan 2021 and National Mobility Policy, as outlined in Phase 2 of the school transport scheme, in each of the school years 2024/2025 to 2029/2030, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13295/24]

School Transport

Sorca Clarke

199. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide a summary of projects or initiatives planned collaborations between the school transport scheme and the Connecting Ireland bus programme; to provide a summary of projects or initiatives planned with timelines and expected outcomes; to provide a breakdown of these collaborations in each of the school years 2024/2205 to 2029/2030, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13296/24]

Public Transport

Sorca Clarke

176. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the value of performance related penalties issued to each public transport provider by the NTA in 2023 and for the first two months of 2024, in tabular form. [12602/24]

Teacher Training

Sorca Clarke

418. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the total number of places in each master's degree in primary teaching per public university in Ireland. [11956/24]

Teacher Training

Sorca Clarke

419. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the total number of places in each master's degree in post primary teaching per public university in Ireland. [11957/24]

Teacher Training

Sorca Clarke

421. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the total number of places offered and the total number of persons enrolled in primary and post-primary masters in a college (details supplied) in the past five years. [11966/24]

Departmental Funding

Sorca Clarke

447. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the amount allocated for service provisions in St. Christophers, Longford, per heading for 2023, 2022, and 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12242/24]

School Staff

Sorca Clarke

448. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the current vacancies per role for St. Christophers in Longford, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12247/24]

School Funding

Sorca Clarke

485. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the amount of capital works funding her Department has provided to a school (details supplied) in 2023 and to-date in 2024; and the capital works projects that were carried out with this funding during this period. [12595/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

486. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when she expects construction works at a school (details supplied) to be completed; and the estimated cost for these works. [12596/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

487. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when she expects construction works at a school (details supplied) to commence; and the estimated costs for these works. [12597/24]

School Enrolments

Sorca Clarke

488. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details of each school in the Donaghmede, Howth D13 school planning area, primary and post primary; the capacity of each school; and the current enrolment figures for each school, in tabular form. [12598/24]

School Funding

Sorca Clarke

489. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of schools in County Clare that applied for STEM Grants in 2023. [12599/24]

School Enrolments

Sorca Clarke

503. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education regarding the issue of an added stream for junior infants in a school (details supplied), with whom the final decision in granting additional places lies. [12772/24]

School Admissions

Sorca Clarke

504. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will review the case of a child (details supplied) who is living in the village of Dunmore who did not get a school place for next year in a school; if she will provide a solution to this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12773/24]

School Admissions

Sorca Clarke

505. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will increase funding and resources for a school (details supplied) to ensure that no child is left without an appropriate school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12774/24]

Planning Issues

Sorca Clarke

630. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can provide an update on an application (details supplied) in relation to an extension for a house under disability grounds. [11918/24]

Housing Provision

Sorca Clarke

686. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of single rural houses provided, by each local authority in the past ten years, in tabular form. [12924/24]

School Meals Programme

Sorca Clarke

757. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection what supports are in place for small schools that are unable to source a supplier for the hot school meals programme due to suppliers deeming it as an uneconomical move for their business; her plans to ensure that each school approved for the hot school meals programme receives these meals in due course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12554/24]

An Garda Síochána

Sorca Clarke

935. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 on 13 February 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered. [12600/24]

An Garda Síochána

Sorca Clarke

936. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of new vehicles added to the Garda roads policing unit fleet in 2023 and to-date in 2024; the number of vehicles withdrawn from the Garda roads policing unit fleet during the same period, in tabular form. [12601/24]

Departmental Funding

Sorca Clarke

1142. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount allocated for service provisions in St. Christopher’s, Longford, per heading for 2021, 2022, and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12245/24]

Disability Services

Sorca Clarke

1143. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current vacancies per role for St. Christopher’s in Longford, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12246/24]

International Protection

Sorca Clarke

1187. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any site or property in Coole is being considered for an IPAS accommodation centre; if information will be provided on any new potential arrivals arriving to Coole in the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12925/24]

Health Services Staff

Sorca Clarke

1431. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE lactation consultants based in CHO8 in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [12603/24]

Healthcare Policy

Sorca Clarke

1432. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to develop a model of care for people with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder; and if there is a clinical lead within the HSE. [12604/24]

Health Services Staff

Sorca Clarke

1433. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE general practitioners based in the accident and emergency department in Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024; and the hours and days of the week where the GP is on site within the accident and emergency department, in tabular form. [12605/24]

Legislative Measures

Sorca Clarke

1434. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current status of the health (amendment) (licensing of home support providers) Bill. [12606/24]

Health Services Staff

Sorca Clarke

1435. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies by job title at St. Joseph's Campus, Longford; and the estimated timeframe for which these vacancies are expected to be filled, in tabular form. [12607/24]

Health Services Staff

Sorca Clarke

1436. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE cleft nurse specialists at CHI Temple Street in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased in 2024. [12608/24]

Mental Health Services

Sorca Clarke

1457. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to explain in detail the decision to withdraw funding for the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme for 2024; if he will reconsider this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12755/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

229. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that there are no further delays to the tender process at Harold's Cross Educate Together school; and if she can give a precise date on when we can expect the construction to commence. [11458/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

230. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the progress on the school building of a permanent school building at Harold's Cross Educate Together; the status of the tendering process; and the timeframe for the completion of the build. [11459/24]

School Funding

Sorca Clarke

84. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education how much money was allocated per county and the amount of funding that was allocated to primary schools under PE grants for 2023, 2022 and 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10881/24]

Fire Service

Sorca Clarke

110. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the pay negotiations of the retained fire service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10886/24]

Local Authorities

Sorca Clarke

111. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in tabular form, per local authority, the value of the contracts for street light maintenance for 2023, 2022 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10887/24]

Local Authorities

Sorca Clarke

112. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what additional financial support will be provided to Westmeath County Council in response to the unauthorised financial transactions by a third party, amounting to in excess of €500,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10888/24]

Road Traffic Offences

Sorca Clarke

133. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of static roadside speed cameras that detected excessive speeding in County Longford for 2023, 2022 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10884/24]

Road Traffic Offences

Sorca Clarke

134. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of static roadside speed cameras that detected excessive speeding in County Westmeath for 2023, 2022 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10885/24]

Disability Services

Sorca Clarke

182. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff vacancies per department in the Phoenix Centre in Longford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10882/24]

Public Parks

Sorca Clarke

236. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development in tabular form per county, the number and value of playground grants provided for 2023, 2022 and 2021. [10883/24]

Bullying in Educational Institutions

Sorca Clarke

326. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the national action plan on bullying. [10679/24]

International Protection

Sorca Clarke

597. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many international protection applicants are currently being accommodated in County Longford, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10701/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

189. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will pause the new planned changes to the special education teacher allocation until such time as comprehensive engagement has been had with parents of autistic children and parents of children with complex needs. [9827/24]

Housing Schemes

Sorca Clarke

220. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the legislation under which an EU/EEA national, habitually resident in Ireland for five years, is required to provide documentary evidence of having worked for 52 weeks in the State and have a minimum of 52 weeks PRSI contributions and/or show evidence of current employment where they pay PRSI contributions to be eligible to apply for social housing support. [9826/24]

Road Projects

Sorca Clarke

132. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding that has been allocated to County Offaly on an annual basis from central government to Offaly County Council from January 2020 to date for the repair, upgrade and maintenance of roads in the county; the amount spent by Offaly County Council annually during this same period on the county's roads in the local electoral areas of Edenderry, Tullamore and Birr; and what amount, if any, has been returned unspent or used for other infrastructural projects by the council since 2020, in tabular form. [9373/24]

Road Projects

Sorca Clarke

133. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding his Department intends to allocate in 2024 to maintain, repair and upgrade roads in County Offaly in each of the three local electoral areas of Edenderry, Tullamore and Birr; and what plans his Department has to address to the appalling state of the roads throughout the county, particularly in north Offaly, which are among the worst in the State, in tabular form. [9374/24]

Medical Cards

Sorca Clarke

486. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when the medical cards of persons (details supplied) are due to expire. [8673/24]

Energy Conservation

Sorca Clarke

145. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of households, per county, who are currently approved for works under the warmer homes scheme for which the works have yet to commence. [8107/24]

Energy Conservation

Sorca Clarke

146. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of households approved for works under the warmer homes scheme, in tabular form per county for the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [8108/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

319. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of new schools building projects, in tabular form per county, that are currently awaiting Departmental approval to include the envisaged capacity of each. [8095/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

320. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if the co-ordinator for the summer programme will continue for the programme this coming summer; and if they are available to support both Special Schools and mainstream schools to provide a school-based programme. [8096/24]