1180. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the losses in rates Longford County Council suffered year-on-year upon the closure of the Lanesborough power station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33370/24]
1094. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the date his Department received a request from Westmeath County Council for approval of an extension greater than €75,000 in relation to the family of a person (details supplied); the date that correspondence was replied to; and if further information was required or requested. [32140/24]
1089. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current and capital funding allocated to the Heritage Council in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [32069/24]
1070. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people, who are 18 and over, not registered to vote, per county, in tabular form. [31601/24]
931. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated cost in 2025 if the budget for Screen Ireland increased by 10%. [32072/24]
930. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated cost in 2025 if the budget for the Arts Council increased by 10%. [32071/24]
912. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount her Department spent on external cleaning companies to provide cleaning personnel in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31425/24]
868. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the first- and full-year cost of providing for an additional 1,700 assistant principal posts of responsibility. [33684/24]
853. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of increasing the ancillary services grant by 1, 5 and 10%, respectively. [33402/24]
852. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if appropriate steps will be taken to ensure centralised data is published every year on the number of children with SEN who are without an appropriate school place. [33401/24]
850. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of schools that did not receive ancillary grant money in term 3 of the latest school year. [33399/24]
849. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of SENOs, per county, in tabular form; and a list of the counties each SENO works in, excluding their own. [33398/24]
797. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to outline the expenditure pre-committed to the school transport scheme in each of the years 2025 to 2029, in tabular form. [32635/24]
796. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to outline the current expenditure pre-committed to her Department for responding to demographic pressures and pay as regards special educational needs in each of the years 2025 to 2029, in tabular form. [32634/24]
795. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to outline the current expenditure pre-committed to her Department for responding to demographic pressures and pay in each of the years 2025 to 2029, in tabular form. [32633/24]
794. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the annual cost of new-entrant special education teacher posts, in tabular form, with a breakdown of the annual cost for new-entrant special education teachers in primary, post-primary and special schools. [32632/24]
793. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the cost of maintaining the 2024 ratio of special education teachers to pupils with special educational needs relative to the enrolment projections for pupils with special educational needs for each of the years 2025 to 2030. [32631/24]
792. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to outline the enrolment projections of pupils with special educational needs in each of the years 2024 to 2030, in tabular form, with a breakdown of projections for pupils with special educational needs enrolled in mainstream primary and post-primary schools, and in special schools. [32630/24]
791. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the ratio of special education teachers to pupils with special educational needs in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form, with a breakdown of the ratio of teachers to pupils in mainstream primary and post-primary schools and in special schools. [32629/24]
790. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the median and mean average weekly rate of payment for special education needs teachers (SETs) and special education assistants (SNAs) who participated in the summer programme in 2023, in tabular form, with a breakdown of the average payment rate for SETs and SNAs who participated in primary school schemes, post-primary school schemes, DEIS literacy and numeracy summer camps and special school schemes, respectively. [32628/24]
789. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 89 to 91, inclusive, of 12 June 2024, to outline the mean and median average duration of summer programmes run in 2023, with a breakdown of the average weekly duration of primary school schemes, post-primary school schemes, DEIS literacy and numeracy summer camps and special school schemes, in tabular form. [32627/24]
788. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to outline the total and annual savings from 2024 to 2030 incorporated in the recommendations of the school transport review by assuming a rising uptake of SEN pupils using mainstream services from 5% in year one to 20% in the fourth year of implementation, in tabular form. [32626/24]
775. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 578 of 17 January 2024, if she will provide an update on any engagement her Department has had with the National Council for Special Education on her Department’s request to include in its 2024 research programme an examination of educational outcomes for the deaf and hard of hearing; to provide an estimated date of completion for the 2024 research programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32442/24]
711. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the EU average pupil to teacher ratio at post primary level.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32112/24]
708. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when the policy on Irish-medium education outside the Gaeltacht will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32094/24]
640. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in Limerick that have completed solar panel projects under the free school solar scheme. [31410/24]
638. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the amount her Department has paid for the construction of a new school in Dublin (details supplied). [31408/24]
637. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of school bus ticket applications issued in County Clare for the academic year 2023-24 compared with the previous 2022-23 academic year, in tabular form. [31407/24]
636. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the schools in Waterford sanctioned for autism and autism spectrum disorder classes for September 2024. [31406/24]
634. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of school bus ticket applications issued in Donegal for the academic year 2023-24 compared with the previous 2022-23 academic year, in tabular form. [31403/24]
602. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 25 June 2024, to outline the forecasted changes in eligibility criteria for the school transport scheme as phased in each of the years 2024 to 2030, including a breakdown of phased changes to distance criteria each year, and the associated additional pupils transported under the scheme in each year. [31039/24]
601. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 25 June 2024, the estimated number of SEN pupils that would be integrated into mainstream school transport services in each of the years 2024 to 2030 respectively, in tabular form. [31038/24]
600. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 25 June 2024, if she can explain the factors and outputs associated with the 'total review costs', which are estimated to range from €508,000 in 2024 to -€6,921,751 in 2030. [31037/24]
599. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 25 June 2024, the reason for the estimated increase in the cost of transporting SEN pupils under the school transport scheme from €11,550 per pupil in 2024 to €20,250 per pupil in 2030; the factors underlying the cost differences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31036/24]
553. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce regulations requiring the testing of metals in tampons by manufacturers. [31600/24]
551. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated full-year cost of hiring an additional thirty Workplace Relations Commission inspectors. [31421/24]
550. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated full-year cost of hiring an additional thirty Health and Safety Authority inspectors. [31420/24]
345. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance the number of employment-related permanent injury compensation schemes for civil and public servants; and the total budget for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [32063/24]
316. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance the number of WTE economists, by grade, in his Department in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31424/24]
128. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of females currently in the Army and Air Corps at the rank of second lieutenant and above; and the number of females currently in the Naval Service at the rank of ensign and above, in tabular form. [31411/24]
109. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of council-owned properties that have been 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. [33232/24]
21. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite his Swedish counterpart to Dublin during quarter 4 of this year for a bilateral meeting. [31426/24]
94. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the summer programme for the DEI, and SEN programmes in both mainstream schools and special schools. [29927/24]