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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: It is just a clarifying question on foot of Deputy Carroll MacNeill's question. Perhaps Mr. Slattery can clarify. Previously when I asked him about apprenticeships and availability of subjects, he referred to capacity within the school and a minimum number of students. Does that apply to the subject Deputy Carroll MacNeill was speaking about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: It could be less than that in my constituency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: There will never then be a situation whereby if a significant percentage of the parents of students going to that school decide, based on their personal ethos, that they want to remove their child from the class, the school would be able to say it does not have demand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Have our witnesses had the opportunity to look at the World Economic Forum's global gender gap report that was published yesterday? Believe it or not, it shows progress. It is now only going to take us 132 years to close the gender gap, versus the previous 136. The figure for gender parity in educational attainment has been put at 22 years. Will we get there before that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I have one specific question. I thank Professor O'Hagan for her time. She touched on the importance of gender budgeting at national level but also at other levels. She specifically mentioned local authorities. To my mind, it is not just that they complement each other, but that without the overall embedding of gender budgeting what we will actually see is badly spent taxpayers’...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I have one final question. On the equality budget, which Professor O'Hagan noted has been a piece of work since devolution, what metrics are used to measure progress? Is an overarching list of goals developed that are ticked off as achieved and reviewed at intervals along the way to ensure they are still fit for purpose? What new knowledge was gained from doing a piece of work like that?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Our door is always open.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the cost-of-living and fuel costs of reinstating the Dublin-Galway bus route which would offer public transport options currently not available. [38702/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units that will be delivered in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2022 [38703/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of first-time applications for carers benefit that were granted 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by county in tabular form. [38705/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of first-time applications for carers benefit that were refused in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by county in tabular form [38706/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of first-time applications for carers allowance that were granted 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38707/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of first-time applications for carers allowance that were refused 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by county in tabular form. [38708/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals following refusal of an application for carer's benefit received in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [38709/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals following refusal of an application for carer's allowance received in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [38710/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the appeal by a person (details supplied) following the rejection of their application for student supports [38711/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement that she has had with the Department of Education on the national strategy on domestic and gender-based violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38704/22]

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: The figures speak for themselves and they are absolutely damning. During the Minister’s time in this Government, rents have increased by 15% and house prices by 22%. It is disgraceful. Homelessness has increased 19% in the lifetime of this shambolic Government, particularly considering there was a moratorium on evictions during lockdown. For ordinary workers and families, having...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: No doubt the Taoiseach is aware that the Fleadh Cheoil will return to Mullingar at the end of July. There is great excitement, and preparations are under way the length and breadth of the town and beyond. One of the issues that arises relates specifically to the first responders and the ask that will be placed on them for the duration of the event. For almost a year, the Order of Malta in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: -----and fit for them to do their job and for the town to be able to benefit from their expertise.