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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Support Services (1 Dec 2020)

Sorca Clarke: There is no doubt that what the Minister of State said will come as welcome news to the families that use the Springfield Centre. From personal experience, I can state no parent brings his or her child to that centre for the craic. People go because of established and proven needs. The Minister of State mentioned face-to-face or online meetings. One issue which has cropped up is that of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Support Services (1 Dec 2020)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Minister of State for taking the time to speak about this serious issue. "What's seldom is wonderful." That is how one parent described the level of services his child with Down's syndrome has received. The tone in which he said it would break a stone heart. In my constituency of Longford-Westmeath the Springfield Centre in Mullingar plays a critical role in the provision...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

Sorca Clarke: At the very core of this issue is choice. The Government had the choice to listen to the people in February when they made the retirement age an election issue. The Government chose to ignore them and chose to bulldoze ahead with a proposal to raise the pension age, right up to the eleventh hour. It chose to try to placate the public by kicking this issue down the road, a move that is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (26 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the decision by an organisation to deny health and safety leave to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39307/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (26 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses that applied for the diabetic nurse vacancy in Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar when advertised earlier in 2020. [39301/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (26 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 367. To ask the Minister for Health if there are nursing staff employed in Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar who can work with children with a diagnosis of diabetes; and if any of those staff members applied for the recently advertised vacancy. [39302/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (26 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients under 18 years of age being treated at the diabetic clinic in the Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar. [39303/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (26 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients over 18 years of age being treated at the diabetic clinic in the Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar. [39304/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (26 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in the paediatric diabetes clinic in the Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar. [39305/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: School Staff (26 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE evidence on which an organisation is basing its decision to deny health and safety leave to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39306/20]

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: The original aim of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 was to make the process more transparent and accountable. It has failed to reach that threshold by a country mile. It has been said to me on countless occasions by smaller groups and activists that it could reasonably be argued that the Act was designed to ensure they are penalised disproportionately compared to professional lobbyists...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority (24 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the night-time low level flight on 3 November 2020 which left the East Midlands Airport, Derby, England at 11.02pm and spent more than four hours flying back and forth across County Westmeath and neighbouring counties before returning to UK airspace and landing at Nottingham Airport at 5.45am; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks (24 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 454. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Army barracks in Ireland; and the staffing levels and capacity of each, in tabular form. [38170/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (24 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 455. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of naval bases in Ireland; and the staffing levels and capacity of each, in tabular form. [38171/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks (24 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 456. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Army barracks that provide living quarters. [38172/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks (24 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 457. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the occupancy of the Army barracks that provide living quarters. [38173/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks (24 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 458. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the last time there was a vacancy in the living quarters provided by the Defence Forces. [38174/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (24 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 459. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to set out the number of medical discharges by rank and by discipline in the Defence Forces in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [38547/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (24 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 460. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the median age of those discharged from the Defence Forces on medical grounds in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020. [38548/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (24 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 461. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Naval Service who have spent between zero to 60, 61 and 75, 76 and 81 and more than 82 days at sea in tabular form. [38549/20]