Results 241-260 of 4,343 for speaker:Sorca Clarke

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 170. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has commissioned or plans to commission any specific studies assessing the long-term developmental, educational, and economic impacts of prolonged delays in accessing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. [33168/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 171. To ask the Minister for Health the independent evaluations or audits that have been conducted to verify that current mental health services for children comply with the State’s obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly in light of ongoing waiting list challenges. [33169/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the formal mechanisms in place to monitor the adequacy and effectiveness of alternative mental health supports and services for children and families who are unable to access CAMHS in a timely manner. [33170/25]

Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: What those crowds outside the gates during the Minister of State's ten-minute speech heard was waffle and spin. They live the reality of this Government's failed housing policies. Their families, friends and co-workers live this reality. They know as well as we in opposition do that the Government at this stage might as well be a meme for fiddling while Rome burns when it comes to housing,...

Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Hear, hear.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: The Taoiseach said earlier utilities need certainty and so do people. Residents and businesses in Ballymahon and Ardagh in Longford have had enough. Last year, Ardagh's water supply failed 13 times and there were five more failures this year, excluding storm-related outages. It is a long-standing problem and is unacceptable. It is upending the daily lives of ordinary people, families,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: There is not.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: But there are none.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider raising age eligibility for those who wish to avail of the young adult Leap Card considering the financial pressures facing people in their mid-to-late twenties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31887/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (17 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered introducing a national policy on menstrual health education that includes conditions such as endometriosis and PCOS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31889/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Arts Policy (17 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 474. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the protections and supports he plans to introduce to safeguard and promote authentic Irish cultural production and employment in the arts sector given the growth of streaming platforms and AI generated content; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31886/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (17 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered expanding the scope of Coco’s Law to cover deepfakes and AI generated content more explicit given the rise in online image-based abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31888/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainable Development Goals (17 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 651. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports the are in place for small farmers transitioning to more sustainable and regenerative practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31885/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 742. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the physiotherapist service in a care centre (details supplied) in Longford, following the noncompliance finding by HIQA in October 2024, and the ongoing attempts to source permanent location, the work that has been undertaken in terms of relocation to the primary care centre in Ballyminnion; and if any findings have indicated it's not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 916. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a geographical breakdown of the 174 authorised officers currently appointed under the Mental Health Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32724/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: In July 2020 there were 2,112 children waiting on a first-time appointment with CAMHS. Of those, 747 had been waiting for over a year. According to the reply I received this morning to a parliamentary question, there are 4,554 children now waiting on a first-time appointment with CAMHS, of whom 763 have been waiting for over a year. This is an eye-watering increase of more than 200% in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (12 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 562. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure all care home providers and nursing home providers have proper standards and are regularly checked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31654/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (12 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 563. To ask the Minister for Health the standards those employed in nursing homes have to have in terms of qualifications before being employed; the ongoing training that is provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31655/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (12 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 564. To ask the Minister for Health if a care home group (details supplied) are operating any care homes or nursing homes in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31656/25]

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: What can be seen in these amendments is that the Minister of State has listened to the stakeholders who have come forward. When I spoke with them, I was really struck that the concerns that they were raising were coming from a place where they wanted the best possible treatment for the patients, particularly in respect of that gap that was emerging between the involuntary admission versus...