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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (19 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: I welcome the commitment the Minister of State has given. Retaining the service at Mullingar makes sense not only from a moral point of view but also from a fiscal perspective. Children learn very early to manage their diabetes and it is a habit that follows them into adulthood. When they become adults, that habit reduces the cost to the HSE in terms of the number of hospitalisations and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (19 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: This vacancy was first advertised in December 2019. This is not a new issue. The management of the hospital knew this retirement was coming down the line. In fairness to the nurse, she stayed on to support those families who are heavily reliant on the service and speak incredibly highly of the team in place there. I want to put this into perspective. I spoke to the parent of a child...

Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (19 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: I will start by putting on record my absolute delight, congratulations and best wishes to all the students of Athlone Institute of Technology who are due to graduate over the next couple of weeks. In the interests of full disclosure, my daughter is one of them. They may be graduating at a time of great uncertainty, stress and anxiety, but their cap and gown in the kitchen or sitting room...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (19 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the requirement of a digital signature for collection of social welfare payments has been reintroduced; and if she will report on the guidance upon which this decision was based given the level 5 restrictions in place nationwide. [37485/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Welfare Payments Administration (19 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 303. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the requirement of a digital signature for collection of social welfare payments has been reintroduced; and if he will report on the guidance upon which this decision was based given the level 5 restrictions in place nationwide. [37484/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (19 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 304. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many women from across the country who are awaiting urgent breast ultrasounds and mammograms are arriving to their appointment only to be informed that there are no slots available and they will be issued with a follow-up assessment in the coming weeks; and if he will engage with BreastCheck and other...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 305. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the HSE per hour to section 39 agencies for personal assistants. [37487/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 306. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent closure of the only general practitioner practice in Rathwire, County Westmeath; and if he plans to provide a general practitioner service in the area. [37489/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: The Minister hopes to finalise the composition of the commission by the end of the month. We need this to be effective and the Defence Forces need it to be effective. For it to be effective, it needs to have a genuinely independent chair and a multidisciplinary board made up of people who have skills, but also people who have access to skills to make this exercise the best it could possibly...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the efforts he will make regarding the composition of any board convened on the future of the Defence Forces to ensure membership, governance and accountability are of the highest standards. [36727/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Search and Rescue Service Provision (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will review the decision to remove search and rescue duties from the Air Corps. [36726/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Search and Rescue Service Provision (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: In 2003, after 40 years of involvement, the Fianna Fáil Government of the day ended all Air Corps participation in search and rescue services, which were then operating out of Sligo. Since then, the money spent on these search and rescue contracts has been eye-watering to say the least. This year the Department of Transport's budget for these services is €60 million, or just...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Search and Rescue Service Provision (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: The Minister referred to the strategic assessment and preliminary appraisal document and that both State-run options were ruled out for a variety of reasons. The Minister's written response expands on those reasons, citing "the risks to the state and questions around potential affordability and deliverability". In that context, and in the context of the money due to be spent next year, how...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Search and Rescue Service Provision (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: I welcome the Minister's commitment to having as much Air Corps involvement as possible. I will go back to the Minister's statement on the strategic assessment, particularly as regards the risks to the State. Around six private aircraft companies are expected to bid for the upcoming contract, of which two have fixed-wing aircraft based in Britain. At least one of those is also contracted...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on direct entry candidates to the Defence Forces. [36725/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medical Services (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will establish the necessary process to ensure that all members of the Defence Forces have access to a full and documented medical examination prior to discharge. [36724/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes on the waiting list in counties Longford and Westmeath for the better energy warmer homes scheme. [36392/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 298. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of recruiting five additional full-time higher category specialists at the grade of higher executive officer for the Office of Government Procurement. [36393/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the review of income thresholds for social housing support eligibility; and when the review is due to take place. [36395/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a family in receipt of rent allowance for a period greater than 18 months and are forced into homelessness and require emergency accommodation will lose their eligibility for the RAS scheme. [36394/20]