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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (15 Jun 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 944. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the allocation by county of funding for the summer of play initiative in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30848/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Yazidi Community in Iraq: Yazda UK and Ireland (15 Jun 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. Ms Hassan's English is more than suitable for conveying the horror that she and the Yazidi people have experienced. She should feel incredibly proud of the statement she made and the dignity she showed when making it. I do not want to go over areas that have already been covered, but I will add something further on the question of the court...

Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Jun 2021)

Sorca Clarke: Looking at the Government's proposal to read the Bill again in nine months' time, I cannot decide whether the Government is trying for "kick the can" champion or is planning on passing off Deputy Doherty's homework as its own. The Minister of State believes that an industry whose practices have been exposed time and again by my colleague, Deputy Doherty, and which has been found to reward...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (1 Jun 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he considers the current waiting lists for SEAI grants in counties Longford and Westmeath to be indicative of the roll-out of the warmer homes scheme nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29516/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Jun 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the circumstances under which a person can access HAP in cases in which they are not on a local authority housing list. [29194/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: 2016 Peace Agreement in Colombia: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the ambassador and Mr. Archila Peñalosa for their time. They are very welcome and it has been a pleasure to hear from them both. Their statements about providing a future for the youth of Colombia in terms of work, housing and education are very positive and I welcome them wholeheartedly. On the pausing or pushing back of non-Covid medical care because of the demands Covid...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (26 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 109. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to tackle the decline in the Irish language. [28393/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (26 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 110. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider subsidising Gaeltacht trips for students. [28394/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (26 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give consideration to extending the accommodations afforded to students who experience a bereavement during State examinations and are afforded the opportunity to resit the exam during the same exam cycle, to students who suffer from epilepsy and have a medical event or seizure during their examinations. [28392/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (25 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the reconstruction loan scheme will be completed. [28173/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (25 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and value of paused applications currently due to the review of the reconstruction loan scheme by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28174/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion with Permanent Defence Force Other Ranks Representative Association (25 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I thank our guests this morning. As always, it is a pleasure to hear from PDFORRA. I also want to extend my sympathy to Mr. Bright and his family for their loss. I offer my genuine condolences. I was very sorry to hear that. In relation to both serving members of the Defence Forces and veterans, is PDFORRA experiencing what my constituency team and I are experiencing in terms of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (20 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered amending the sheep welfare scheme in the interests of ensuring animal welfare as a result of the continued depression in wool prices. [26927/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (20 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 49. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the ongoing imposition of the four movement and 30-month rules by meat factories on primary producers; and the steps he will take to address such to ensure that farmers can receive a fair price for their produce. [26926/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (20 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given in the recent review of the SUSI process to resolving the difficulties for SUSI applicants who are estranged from their parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26787/21]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for the Public Services 2021
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (20 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I have no issue with Deputy Berry finishing his questions and contribution.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for the Public Services 2021
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (20 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I must have miscounted Deputy Berry's questions. I believed there were 102, not 96. I do not intend to go back over questions that have already been asked. I thank Deputy Berry for his generosity in that regard. I very much echo his concerns about the Defence Forces. The numbers are deeply concerning. The Minister might address the Civil Defence and the funding of €4 million that...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for the Public Services 2021
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (20 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: This is heading A15 on communication and IT. It is an area where we should be seeing increased spending year on year simply because of the changing nature of the environment in which the Defence Forces work. I know we are under time pressure and I want to move ahead quite swiftly. With regard to medical care and support and the increase in the Estimate for litigation and compensation...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for the Public Services 2021
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (20 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: It is under A18 and A21.