138. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of WTE qualified fire engineers employed by the OPW as of 1 January 2022 and 18 September 2024, in tabular form. [37835/24]
68. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the estimated cost in 2025 if the budget for the diaspora affairs fund increased by 50%. [37837/24]
154. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); and the measures she plans on taking to address and rectify their current situation. [37198/24]
737. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason the orthoptic service in St Joseph’s, Longford has been reduced from two posts to now having no orthoptist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36588/24]
736. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is currently looking to fill the vacant post of an orthoptist in St Joseph’s, Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36587/24]
735. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when the orthoptic services in St Joseph’s, Longford will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36586/24]
327. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education further to the Government’s announcement of plans to ban mobile phones across all second-level schools, if she has considered the potential inadvertent consequences that such a ban may have on students living with diabetes who are users of a glucose monitoring device (details supplied); if an exception will be made for these pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36662/24]
325. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 618 of 9 September 2024, the details of the opportunities her Department has been exploring to increase the number of suitably qualified staff. [36624/24]
324. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a breakdown of the number of educational psychologists employed in the National Educational Psychological Service, per county, in tabular form. [36623/24]
323. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the average number of primary and post-primary schools, respectively allocated to each educational psychologist employed in the National Educational Psychological Service. [36622/24]
294. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the details of the selection process for the energy retrofit pathfinder programme; the criteria a school must meet to qualify for this programme; and if a school (details supplied) will be included in the next phase of upgrades. [36304/24]
244. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has conducted assessments or studies on the job creation potential of social enterprises, as suggested by an organisation (details supplied); and if so, the findings and recommendations of those studies. [36417/24]
2005. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the childcare supports that students undertaking further education training courses in Westmeath are eligible for. [35501/24]
1874. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons based at Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [35499/24]
1873. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE occupational therapists and speech and language therapists, by grade, working in Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [35498/24]
1659. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated date for the opening of the MRI unit in Mullingar hospital; the reason for its delay; and the steps he is taking to ensure it does not get delayed any further. [34150/24]
1604. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he has considered extending the CNM2 salary scale by one further scale point and the introduction of a long-service increment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33926/24]
1189. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to the Meath/Westmeath roads policing unit as of 28 August 2024. [35497/24]
1188. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the percentage of her Department's capital budget allocation that has been spent in the first eight months of 2024 to date. [35496/24]
1187. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of weapons seized by Gardaí in 2023 and to date in 2024; and the number of those weapons that were destroyed or disposed of by Gardaí in each of the years in question. [35495/24]
1186. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1481 of 23 July 2024, if she has received the necessary information from Garda authorities in order to answer this PQ. [35494/24]
1004. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE community welfare officers in Longford and Westmeath in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the locations in which they operate, in tabular form. [35500/24]
786. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of council-owned properties retrofitted in terms of insulation, windows, heating systems and so on, in counties Westmeath, Longford, Offaly and Laois; and the number of homes that are currently waiting to be retrofitted in same. [34092/24]
663. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed; and the estimated cost for these works. [35493/24]
662. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the funding provided for capital projects for schools in County Wexford from 2021 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [35492/24]
661. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed; and the estimated cost for these works. [35491/24]
660. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed; and the estimated cost for these works. [35490/24]
659. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to construction phase of works. [35489/24]
601. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the reasons families who previously held a school bus ticket and paid for these tickets for a number of years are now being put on a waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34794/24]
600. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the selection process for school bus tickets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34793/24]
566. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide an estimated date of when the citizens’ assembly on the future of education will get under way; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34585/24]
533. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to outline, in relation to the in-school supports for students who are deaf introduced in 2022 and now that this scheme is in its second year running, the number of the seven persons on the Irish sign language specialist classroom support panel that have been called on to date. [34261/24]
532. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of students that have had access to the Irish sign language specialist classroom support scheme since the introduction of the in-school supports for students who are deaf in 2022; and the number that have applied but have been refused, per year, in tabular form. [34260/24]
509. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if the teaching council plan to update their further education requirements to include ASD specific disciplines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33949/24]
508. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if a person with autism (details supplied), who resides in County Offaly, can continue to use the same bus to attend his third-level education in Mullingar, where he previously attended post-primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33943/24]
2601. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount his Department provided to external cleaning companies to provide cleaning personnel for his Department in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31416/24]
2078. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the areas that currently do not have access to early intervention psychosis services within the State, in tabular form. [31419/24]
2077. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in intensive care medicine based at Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31418/24]
2076. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of functional vision assessments completed on blind or vision-impaired students at primary and post-primary level, in the past three years, in tabular form. [31417/24]
1766. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost in 2025 of increasing wages for all childcare workers by €1 per hour, via a public subsidy. [31427/24]
1530. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of competitions held within An Garda Síochána for sergeants to apply for the inspector rank in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [32070/24]
1483. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the estimated cost of increasing the number of sworn Garda members to 16,050 by the end of 2025. [31415/24]
1482. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of WTE civilian intelligence analysts employed by An Garda Síochána in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31414/24]
1481. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the amount that An Garda Síochána has spent on hiring out crowd control barriers in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31413/24]
1480. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons currently in prison custody solely on trial warrant for between six and nine months and between nine and 12 months, in tabular form. [31412/24]
1316. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the capital disregard of farm assist to €32,500. [32068/24]
1259. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of the current budget allocation to her Department that has been spent in the first six months of 2024; and if she will provide the same figures for the corresponding timeframe in 2023, in tabular form. [31423/24]
1258. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications made for invalidity pension in 2023 and to date in 2024; and the number of applications made that were refused, in tabular form. [31422/24]
1257. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the schools in Cavan currently providing the hot school meals programme, in tabular form. [31405/24]