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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (20 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what arrangements are being made to ensure that the parents of children with autism in the Taghmon area of Westmeath will have an appropriate school place for September in light of the second autism class for a school (details supplied) not proceeding. [8098/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (20 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering actioning a section 67 of the Education Act 2018, to designate a school place to the children with autism who will not have a place in a school (details supplied) this September due to a proposed second autism class not proceeding. [8099/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the SNA allocations for the school year 2024/2025. [8109/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (20 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant posts in local authorities, in tabular form per department. [8105/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (20 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current members of the midlands regional homeless forum. [8106/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 636. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list, per area of need, for the Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [8100/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (20 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 637. To ask the Minister for Health the current level of vacancies per department in the Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [8101/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 638. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list per hospital in tabular form, for gynaecology for both inpatient and outpatient appointments. [8102/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 16 who are currently waiting on dental surgery per hospital, in tabular form. [8103/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (20 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists in tabular form per county for dental treatment. [8104/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (15 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: The Minister of State said there are more special education teachers than ever before. There is also evidence that classrooms have a higher percentage of children with additional needs than ever before. I go back to that broken system that Inclusion Ireland spoke of. The Minister of State is familiar with Sarah Dooley, who has been in contact with her office. This is the real-life impact...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (15 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: Deputy Ó Ríordáin is not here yet and he is listed to speak first, but we will go ahead.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (15 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: Every child has a constitutional right to an education and everyone agrees that no child should be left behind. Last month, the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, published its report, An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society, which shows a majority of those who engaged with the consultation agreed that children, even those with special educational needs, should be educated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she intends to bring the school transport review to Cabinet. [6708/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the school transport review. [6205/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: The Minister answered this question to a degree in one of her earlier replies. Will she please provide an update on the school transport review?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: The Minister is correct that the review has been extensive. That is one way to describe it. It has been going on since February 2021. The Minister said earlier that she would have the review published by the end of March. Does she envisage the report, and the review in its entirety, being published at that time? The school transport system is quite unique in that parents, students and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: As I said, we all want this to work and to work effectively. I again ask the Minister what impact she sees this review, to be published by the end of the first quarter of this year, having on applications for school students for the 2024-25 school year. The significant reduction in the number of vehicles on the road will not be lost on anybody who has been in a car during the mid-term...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: According to a poll by the National Principals Forum, 76.4% of primary school principals say the SET allocations for 2024-25 do not meet the needs of children with additional needs and that the allocation for the academic year is wholly inadequate. Three pillars are identified in the circular that was put out, that is, the enrolment allocation, the educational teaching profile, which is the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what engagements she has had with the State Examinations Commission with regard to the oral examinations due to take place over the Easter break. [6202/24]