Results 261-280 of 4,253 for speaker:Sorca Clarke

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (21 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I am the Sinn Féin TD for Longford-Westmeath. I was previously party spokesperson on defence and education. This is my first time on the health committee. A particular area of interest of mine is mental health and also women's health. We have a huge job of work to do and we do not have a lot of time to get it done before the summer recess. Critical for us today will be to get a work...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for a gynaecologist appointment, per hospital, from each quarter in 2024 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [26085/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 184. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the review of atropine 0.01%; if consideration has been given to making it available for myopia control; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26316/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for which atropine 0.01% eye drops, prescribed for myopia, to limit the risk of damage to eyes and potentially detached retinas is not on licence, and therefore not covered by the drug payment scheme. [26317/25]

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: As well as being a TD, I am the mother of four amazing children, two of whom have autism. The assessment of need road is very familiar to me. I cannot say I have walked it, because you do not walk this road but endure it. You climb, you fall and you pick yourself up repeatedly. The Government's ongoing inability to uphold the legal requirement to complete AONs within six months is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to open a special class for boys in any of the primary schools in Moate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25836/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (20 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 810. To ask the Minister for Health the main reason for children being admitted to psychiatric hospitals and units in 2024 and to date in 2025. [25338/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (20 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 811. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people hospitalised with eating disorders since 2022. [25345/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (20 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 892. To ask the Minister for Health if she will investigate the admission policies and practices at an organisation (details supplied) following a reported incident in which a long-awaited residential admission was withdrawn on the day of arrival due to behavioural concerns, despite the client meeting all prior medical and governance requirements; if there is any oversight or appeals process...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (20 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 930. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an Erasmus+ grant for a person (details supplied); if there is a mechanism to allow for exceptions or alternative documentation in such cases, particularly when the student has fulfilled all other obligations; the oversight that exists to ensure that partner institutions offered to Irish students are fully compliant with Erasmus+...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (14 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will release funds to TII to repair the national roads through the towns of Delvin and Clonmellon, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24689/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 116. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for inpatient admission for eating disorder services; her plan to increase the number of inpatient eating disorder beds and to fully resource the model of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24476/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (13 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 1153. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons behind the long waiting lists for CAMHS in Cork, particularly in west Cork, where families are reporting extensive delays and in many cases, no follow-up at all. [24206/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 1154. To ask the Minister for Health if she will report on the current staffing levels within CAMHS teams in west Cork and the wider Cork area; and the number of children who have been referred to CAMHS west Cork but who have never been seen. [24207/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 1155. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on any plans or protocols for children who present to accident and emergency departments with psychiatric crises; and if designated pathways, beds, or staff are in place to manage such emergencies within the first few hours of presentation in accident and emergency departments particularly for presentations after 5pm. [24208/25]

Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: My constituency of Longford-Westmeath is no different from every other one mentioned this evening when it comes to the challenges in the early years sector. Parents are facing high prices and an eternal struggle to find places, while educators constantly have to fight for better pay, terms and conditions. The Government's amendment will ring very hollow for one area of my constituency....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 411. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will assist in ensuring that a person (details supplied) who is due to age out of CAMHS in July, receives a clear transition plan as a matter of urgency. [22024/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 497. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of funding allocated to each CAMHS team across the country, including eating disorder teams. [22385/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 498. To ask the Minister for Health the specific mental health services that are targeted by the €3 million allocated to the waiting list initiative; and the mechanisms in place to monitor its effectiveness and efficiency. [22386/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 499. To ask the Minister for Health if the €3 million funding allocated to the waiting list initiative is intended as a one-time allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22387/25]