Results 1-20 of 31 for going forward speaker:Sorca Clarke

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I will follow up on a comment the Taoiseach made earlier about the supposed good news and the clinical lead of the paediatric diabetes service in Mullingar. With the greatest respect, the information the Taoiseach put on the record of the Dáil is not entirely correct, because that letter was not seen by the clinical lead, Professor O'Grady, until after it had been issued to parents....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Department of Education: Minister for Education (10 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: ...round trip to be able to get to school. In terms of data correlation from younger students in preschool, will the Minister tell the committee what that information is and how that is fed into a forward planning system for special educational places in ASD units or special classes? As for school transport, I welcome the release of this report that has been going on for quite a number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Department of Education: Minister for Education (10 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Chair. I will go back to the questions from earlier. I will run over them again. On school transport, under phase 3 the report for 2024-2025 says there will be the establishment of a working group to review and identify options for potential integration between school and public transport. Has that happened? Who is on that working group and what is the timeline for producing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: ...start around transition year in the South. That makes sense if you think about it because at that point students are picking their subjects that they need to do for the leaving certificate to go on to study in third level. The guests' opinion on that would be most welcome. Another issue that was brought up, which makes quite a bit of sense, is the prospect of a one-stop shop website...

An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Sorca Clarke: .... My party sees them, has their back, stands with them and wants to ensure their voices are heard. Every day, carers the length and breadth of Ireland perform an invaluable role that far too often goes unrecognised by Government. They are tired and exhausted and they feel strung along by platitudes and nice words from politicians that do not amount to a single genuine change in their...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Sorca Clarke: It is rare that I comment on other contributor's words in this House but I cannot let one of the sentences that was uttered a moment ago go. I will not go out at the beginning of March to blow off steam in a ballot box. I will go out to think about all of those families that somehow were considered less in our Constitution and less in law because of that. It is about the likes of Johnny...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Nov 2023)

Sorca Clarke: ...-primary level; what engagements she and her Department have had with the teacher's unions; and what plans she and her Department have in place to address this issue and to guarantee its success going forward. [48542/23]

Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: ...is growing in the health service, which is not only breaking the will of the staff, but it is also breaking the will of vulnerable people in need of medical care. Based on the countermotion the Government put forward, one thing is very clear. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael will continue to throw out predictable lines, ignoring the tough decisions that management needs to make, ignoring...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Sorca Clarke: On my first question, when Mr. Geary's family first came to be in this situation of needing sign language and knew this was going to be embedded in the family from that day forward, what supports were offered to them at that time? Was it whole-of-family support? Was it a very slow process? What does Mr. Geary want implemented so other families do not end up in the same situation? ...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2023)

Sorca Clarke: ...when her family called around to visit last night, they found her sitting in the dark, terrified of switching on the lights, worried sick about what the next bill might be and when these nightmare costs are going to end. This is appalling. What does it say about us and the society that we are living in under Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael that this is the lived reality for a lady of that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (23 Mar 2023)

Sorca Clarke: ...;naiste brought the report to his Cabinet colleagues? Will he engage with the stakeholders? Has he reached out to the stakeholders who were involved in that Katie Hannon documentary and stakeholders who came forward, after the Tánaiste established that group? Language is very important. These women spoke up. They banged on every door that was available to them, which culminated...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: ...to the committee what the priorities are for the Department of Foreign Affairs climate unit for 2023? There is also an allocation for emergency response and humanitarian assistance. How is this funding going to be disseminated to Türkiye and Syria over the coming weeks? It is my understanding that while we have sent aid and we are making financial pledges of support, we have not...

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I commend my colleague, Deputy Doherty, on bringing forward this motion. In recent months each and every one of my constituency offices, whether in Mullingar, Athlone or Longford, has seen a dramatic increase in people coming in with the dreaded letters from their mortgage providers announcing another increase or drain on their family's resources that they simply do not have the capacity to...

Retained Firefighters: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2022)

Sorca Clarke: ...of fire fatalities" as if these firefighters' only role is to turn up to fires. That is what is insinuated in this. We are all in agreement this situation cannot be allowed to continue. I am going to ask, as my colleagues have done before, that the Minister support this motion. The review he mentioned apparently went to him as a draft in February and it is now November. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: ...last public session. The committee has been very fortunate to have had some very interesting conversations with various different Ministers and Departments. A discussion on social protection is a good way to end the public sessions. I will focus on two specific areas in the first round of questions. Reference was made in the opening statement to the education supports that are...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: ...that. However, if you had known, as Minister, that this report was coming before this committee before the end of this term, surely that would have put a greater onus on the Minister to bring forward the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces to Cabinet earlier. Again, I go back to the point about the cart before the horse.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: - and should have been given much higher priority in terms of going to the Government and to this committee before this. We are probably going to disagree until the end of time on this issue. I do believe that the Minister has made a mistake in bringing this forward at this time without that other piece of work being done in advance.

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I commend my colleague, Deputy Johnny Guirke, on bringing this motion forward. It is not an exaggeration to say that I have literally lost count of the number of constituents who come into my offices telling me the health and hospital services are stumbling from crisis to catastrophe. As the two-tier system has become very much entrenched in healthcare, we now have that very clear...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Women, Peace and Security: Engagement with the Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence (24 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank our guests. I apologise for needing to step out. I find it somewhat ironic to have to leave a meeting on gender-based violence to go to a briefing on gender equality because we have an Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality on the back of the Citizens' Assembly that reported last year. I think Mr. Sadlier touched on this somewhat when he spoke of those polarising conversations...