Parliamentary questions

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]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

321. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education given the new special education teacher allocation model which now excludes complex needs, if children with complex needs will remain eligible for the summer programme. [8097/24]

School Enrolments

Sorca Clarke

322. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education what arrangements are being made to ensure that the parents of children with autism in the Taghmon area of Westmeath will have an appropriate school place for September in light of the second autism class for a school (details supplied) not proceeding. [8098/24]

School Enrolments

Sorca Clarke

323. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she is considering actioning a section 67 of the Education Act 2018, to designate a school place to the children with autism who will not have a place in a school (details supplied) this September due to a proposed second autism class not proceeding. [8099/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

324. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the SNA allocations for the school year 2024/2025. [8109/24]

Local Authorities

Sorca Clarke

359. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant posts in local authorities, in tabular form per department. [8105/24]

Homeless Persons Supports

Sorca Clarke

360. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current members of the midlands regional homeless forum. [8106/24]