Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Defence Forces

Sorca Clarke

198. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the progress made on implementing the recommendations outlined in the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [22620/23]

State Examinations

Sorca Clarke

351. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the current assessment process for additional accommodations in exam settings; the necessary qualifying criteria; and the nature of the additional accomodations. [23149/23]

State Examinations

Sorca Clarke

352. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of students at Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate exams in 2023 that have applied, been awarded and refused additional accommodations for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [23150/23]

School Transport

Sorca Clarke

353. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the steps she will take and the measures she is examining to reduce carbon emissions associated with the school transport scheme. [23152/23]

School Transport

Sorca Clarke

354. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when the school transport scheme review will be published. [23153/23]

School Staff

Sorca Clarke

355. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the counties currently part of the pilot post primary voluntary redeployment scheme and what work has been undertaking to extend this scheme to other counties given the concerns around recruiting and retaining teachers. [23165/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Sorca Clarke

643. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with employment agencies to ensure the €1,000 Covid bonus payment has been paid to all those workers who are entitled to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22619/23]

Passport Services

Sorca Clarke

133. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he has taken specifically in relation to the three-week time period it takes the Passport Office to check the validity of documentation once received by it, in view of the exceptionally long delays and impact on families that existed in the weeks of summer 2022. [21479/23]

Energy Policy

Sorca Clarke

142. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if woodchip imported to fuel power plants is sustainably sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21300/23]

Mortgage Interest Rates

Sorca Clarke

237. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance the measures his Department will take to support struggling mortgage holders, considering the ECB increased its interest rates again on 4 May 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21871/23]

Job Losses

Sorca Clarke

256. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement, if any, his Department has had with a company (details supplied) with a workforce in its manufacturing facility in Athlone, County Westmeath, and its operations in Dublin, to minimise job losses as the company announced plans to cut 6,000 jobs globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21398/23]

Tourist Accommodation

Sorca Clarke

317. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the engagement she has had with representatives of the hotel industry regarding room availability; and her views on whether this matter will present difficulties during the tourist season. [21872/23]

Construction Industry

Sorca Clarke

381. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has studied the cost of construction review conducted by an organisation (details supplied) that compares the cost of construction across different countries; his views on the comparative costs of construction in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21873/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Sorca Clarke

484. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide clarity on the percentage of commanage that can be active turbary without negatively affecting the ACRES payment available to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21302/23]

Civil Registration Service

Sorca Clarke

603. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if his Department plans to provide the HSE civil registration service at the primary care centre, Athlone, County Westmeath as it had been. [21301/23]

Rail Network

Sorca Clarke

13. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on his Department's engagements to date on the reopening of Killucan train station, County Westmeath. [20741/23]

Departmental Consultations

Sorca Clarke

164. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the date and mechanism which an organisation (details supplied) was formally requested by her Department to extend its remit and support post-primary parents and the engagement before said date with the individual member organisations of the National Council of Public-Private Partnerships. [20917/23]

Foreign Conflicts

Sorca Clarke

43. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when he expects all Irish citizens impacted by the conflict in Sudan to be exfiltrated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20759/23]

Foreign Conflicts

Sorca Clarke

44. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement he has had with Irish Aid agencies whose staff are still in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20761/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Sorca Clarke

62. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the expenditure incurred in relation to Columb Barracks, Mullingar, per expense type and including a description of the works undertaken, for 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [20234/23]