25. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education as per her recent press release extending the therapy pilot scheme to schools seeking DEIS status, how many therapists this involves; the frequency at which they will be available to these schools; and when it will commence. [44969/24]
23. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if it has been brought to her attention that students from the Republic are missing out on college places in the UK, including Northern Ireland, because of the junior cycle marking scheme. [44968/24]
22. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the commitment given in the programme for Government to hold a citizens' assembly on the future of education. [44829/24]
374. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the number of sraithpictiúir 5th years must learn for the Leaving Certificate Irish Oral examination. [43055/24]
367. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Sorca Clarke den Aire Oideachais an ndeanfaidh sí athbhreithniú ar an gcóras grádála atá á chur i bhfeidhm ar an gcúrsa Gaeilge i scoileanna T1. [42984/24]
365. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education her plans to ensure that science laboratories in all schools are properly funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42956/24]
364. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the reason there was no provision for the upgrade, restocking and construction of school laboratories outlined in the education budget for 2025, despite her making claims that the new courses will be funded appropriately. [42955/24]
363. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will develop child-safe guidelines for school trips, including guidance not to visit orphanages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42942/24]
361. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the reason such a small proportion of recently appointed teachers were offered full-time contracts and even fewer permanent positions; the steps that could be taken to increase the numbers receiving full-time contracts and being offered permanent positions respectively including the financial implications of same. [42890/24]
360. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the reason that full incremental credit is not awarded to post-primary teachers for their experience working abroad in jurisdictions such as Australia and Dubai; the estimated additional cost of extending full incremental credit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42889/24]
359. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of teachers allocated to primary schools in 2024; and the number of teachers that would need to be allocated to primary schools in 2029, assuming the current pupil teacher ratio was to be maintained in 2029. [42888/24]
358. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of "posts of responsibility" in primary schools and post-primary schools respectively in 2008 compared to the number in 2024; and the estimated additional cost of restoring the number of such posts to their pre-recession levels. [42887/24]
349. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the reason she has not replied to a known survivor campaigner (details supplied), who has been in regular communication since 1 September prior to the publication of the Scoping Inquiry into Historical Sexual Abuse in Schools run by religious orders report; to explain, while progressing the next steps in an inquiry or tribunal or commission that is for survivors, the reason she has not engaged directly with survivor campaigners as participants in the defining and designing of the next steps under consideration; and if she believes that survivors deserve to be in the room and at the table of any such discussions. [42731/24]
316. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide school bus escorts with any updates on their pay and conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42406/24]
316. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if the summer works scheme will reopen this year for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41521/24]
310. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the amount of annual funding allocated to the ten DEIS band 1 schools participating in the NEIC City Connects project in each of the years since the programme's launch (details supplied). [41399/24]
293. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the total additional cost, per year, of the City Connects pilot programme in Dublin's northeast inner-city in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [41210/24]
402. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an extension to the slurry dates for this year. [39765/24]
194. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she has considered the effects that the free schoolbooks scheme will have on small retailers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40005/24]
199. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of children with special needs who are yet to secure a school place for the school year 2024-2025, per county. [38771/24]
192. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the establishment of the commission of investigation into historical sexual abuse in schools. [38711/24]
190. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education following the scoping inquiry into sexual abuse in schools, if she will provide a list of organisations that offer support to survivors, per county. [38708/24]
27. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the median and mean average size of bus within the school transport scheme, by county, in tabular form. [37969/24]
26. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of buses within the school transport fleet by bus capacity, under the categories of large bus (35+ seats), medium bus (19 to 34 seats), minibus (19 to 18 seats) and taxi (up to 8 seats), in tabular form. [37968/24]
25. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of buses within the school transport fleet that are operated by private operators and public operators, respectively, in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37967/24]
388. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current staffing levels of CDNTs in Longford. [37840/24]
387. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of equipment issued under AIMS to date in 2024; the type of equipment issued; and the time it took for the said equipment to be issued to educational providers, in tabular form. [37839/24]
386. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to improve disability services in County Westmeath. [37838/24]
327. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice if a new recruitment campaign for Garda members to join the Garda band will be launched before end of 2024. [37832/24]
326. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice for an update in relation to the work of Garda juvenile liaison officers; the number of Garda juvenile liaison officers, by rank, in each Garda division; the amount of funding it has received in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and the number of arrests and prosecutions arising in the years in question, in tabular form. [37831/24]
284. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost in 2025 of extending parental leave and benefit by three weeks for mothers and five weeks for fathers. [37834/24]
201. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of schools in County Laois that applied for STEM grants in 2023. [37847/24]
200. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of WTE special educational needs organisers currently in place in County Wexford. [37846/24]
199. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of autism and special education class spaces currently in County Leitrim. [37845/24]
197. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Kerry at present; and the number in 2020, in tabular form. [37843/24]
196. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of post primary schools that have an enrolment figure of 500 students or more. [37842/24]
195. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of home school liaison support workers in Donegal in 2024; and the number in 2020, in tabular form. [37841/24]
194. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education following the announcement that she is planning on banning mobile phones from all second-level schools, if she has considered the financial costs of this on schools; and if she is planning to financially support schools who wish to purchase pouches and other equipment for the mobile phones once this ban is implemented. [37816/24]
171. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when she will take the first step towards the commitment from the current Programme for Government to develop an Irish language policy in the education system from pre-school to third level; and if she will establish an expert group to develop the policy. [37479/24]
155. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of applicants to the Educational Therapy Support Service, and what areas are they in. [37338/24]
153. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will confirm that the Government's restorative justice scheme for survivors of institutional and State-run school abuse will have, or consider, recourse in the courts for survivors following a successful settlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37333/24]
152. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when the Government plans to fully implement the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case taken by a person (details supplied), who exposed widespread child sexual abuse in State-run schools. [37332/24]
148. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacancies, by job title, at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as of 18 September 2024; the estimated full year cost of filling each of those vacancies; and when each vacancy will be filled, in tabular form. [37833/24]
139. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the Public Appointments Service will run a general civil service competition for persons with fluency in Irish at executive officer level during Quarter 4 2024 [37836/24]