Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

307. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the recommended class size average in special classes in Ireland. [19026/24]

Fee Paying Schools

Sorca Clarke

339. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the amount of public funding provided to fee-charging schools in 2021 and 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19305/24]

Departmental Schemes

Sorca Clarke

115. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide details of the number of SEAI warmer homes applications received in the past three years for County Longford; and the number of these applications that were approved, in tabular form. [17420/24]

Defence Forces

Sorca Clarke

144. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will outline, in relation to the ongoing investigation into historic abuse allegations in the Defence Forces, how those who now wish to engage in the process for the first time can do so; and if legal representation is required. [17348/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Sorca Clarke

145. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his Department's capital underspend, if any, in 2023; and his Department's projected spend in 2024. [17418/24]

Rail Network

Sorca Clarke

156. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann will have onboard catering facilities fully restored on trains in time for the busy summer period. [17408/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

263. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of pupils availing of SEN supports in integrated settings in mainstream primary schools and post-primary schools in the past five years. [17344/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

270. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a date for when the permanent school building project at a school (details supplied) is due to proceed to tender; if she can explain in detail the delay behind the project not proceeding to tender already; if she will name the projects from lot 7 that have proceeded to tender, if any; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17389/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

271. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if an extension of the planning permission has been lodged for a school (details supplied). [17390/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

273. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a breakdown of the anticipated number of additional school places for primary, post primary and special schools for school building projects in County Offaly during 2020 to 2023, in tabular form. [17402/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

274. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the amount of capital funding her Department provided to (details supplied) in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the nature of the refurbishment works carried out at this station during this period, in tabular form. [17403/24]

Departmental Staff

Sorca Clarke

275. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of WTE structural engineers employed by her Department as of 15 April 2024; and if she will provide same figures as of 30 September 2021, in tabular form. [17404/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

276. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects refurbishment works at (details supplied) to be completed; and the estimated cost of these works. [17405/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

277. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to move to construction phase. [17406/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

278. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to be completed; and the estimated cost for these works. [17407/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Sorca Clarke

279. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will consider assigning a school (details supplied) in Galway City with DEIS status; if she will explain in detail the reasoning behind the school's application being rejected for DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17429/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Sorca Clarke

336. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her Department's capital underspend, if any, in 2023; and her Department's projected spend in 2024. [17421/24]

Community Welfare Services

Sorca Clarke

394. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE staff, by grade, working in the National Community Welfare Contact Centre as of 15 April 2024. [17415/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Sorca Clarke

395. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for invalidity pension that were refused by her Department in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [17416/24]

Departmental Staff

Sorca Clarke

396. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of all assistant secretaries and principal officers in her Department, with their current responsibilities. [17417/24]