Results 4,001-4,020 of 4,287 for speaker:Sorca Clarke

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (21 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 248. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a standardised rate of pay for all personal assistants employed to work with disabled persons in assisting them live independent lives. [31973/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training Courses (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a company (details supplied) is using the airfield in Abbeyshrule, County Longford, to train pilots. [30638/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the restrictions that apply to yoga studios, dance classes and stage schools in view of level three Covid-19 restrictions. [30634/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Working Family Payment (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 159. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons employed by his Department that are in receipt of the working family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30645/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) cannot avail of the back to education scheme. [30643/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons employed by the Departments of Foreign Affairs and Defence that are in receipt of the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30647/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Costs (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 223. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason community employment scheme income is assessed as reckonable income when calculating childcare fees. [30642/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 225. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to honour the Workplace Relations Commission recommendation regarding the pay claim of the county childcare committees' co-ordinators in budget 2021. [30636/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reconsider Operation Fanacht and Garda checkpoints in view of the disruption to persons commuting to and from work. [30648/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 253. To ask the Minister for Health the reason in-person speech and language therapy sessions have not been provided to a person (details supplied) since February 2020; and the reason the person has not been transferred to a primary care centre in which speech and language sessions have been taking place during the same period [30637/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 254. To ask the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided on a statutory instrument (details supplied) as it relates to yoga and pilates studios. [30639/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 255. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to offer screening appointments at the mobile breast screening unit at a care centre (details supplied). [30640/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 256. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a business (details supplied) was not closed for deep cleaning following five confirmed cases of Covid-19 there. [30641/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 257. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE waited 13 days to inform the manager of a centre (details supplied) following a suspected Covid-19 case that the other members of a class at the centre needed to isolate for 14 days from the day of contact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30644/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Industrial Disputes (13 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 17. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to meet with striking workers (details supplied) who he has acknowledged have been treated poorly; and the actions he plans to take regarding unfair treatment of workers in Ireland. [23761/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (8 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: I have listened with some interest to the reply the Minister gave to Deputy Tóibín. I am hearing - and serving members will be hearing this as well - about commissions and reviews and I am hearing claims that the Government is working on this, that it is all in hand and that the Government will get there eventually. Do we have any idea of a definitive timeline? Is it realistic to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (8 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel with expertise in security, process development and threat intelligence assessment seconded to the national security analysis centre, NASC, in view of the recognised potential and important role of the Defence Forces in the national cybersecurity strategy as outlined in the programme for Government. [28525/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (8 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: The current national cybersecurity strategy, which was published in December last and runs until 2025, refers to the need to improve the ability of the State to respond to and to manage cybersecurity incidents, including those with a national security component, and to identify and protect critical national infrastructure by increasing resilience to cyber attack. Given some of the most...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (8 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: The White Paper on Defence, produced in 2015 and amended in 2019, identified hybrid attacks or cyberattacks and threats to the cyber domain and from espionage have been assessed as increasing since 2015, while the wider political and global environment is more complex and uncertain. We have seen similar attacks in Britain on the UK National Health Service, which was a specific and targeted...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (8 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: The Minister mentioned State infrastructure there but it is more than State infrastructure. It includes State assets as well. I recognise, however, that he referenced the continual learning because that is critical when it comes to issues such as this. Ireland has a high level of foreign direct investment. We have multinational corporations here that are household names. The investment...