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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 117. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce waiting lists for gynaecology outpatient and inpatient appointments and procedures. [52557/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Strategies (2 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the development, timelines and key features of the successor to the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020; and when it will be published. [52716/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 405. To ask the Minister for Health given that the HSE has yet to provide dedicated mental health support to families affected by the unnecessary DHH surgeries and, in the interim, the HSE has advised the relevant advocacy group that medical card holders may seek a referral through their GP, if she can provide an update on how much longer affected families will have to wait for this support;...

Investment in Sport and Sporting Infrastructure: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Before I begin, I will give credit to Erica Stoll, who conducted herself with immense dignity, poise and grace during the Ryder Cup in the face of the abuse she experienced while her husband, Rory McIlroy, was playing. That abuse has no place in any sport whatsoever. It would be remiss of us not to acknowledge that here today. It was wholly inappropriate and those responsible for it need...

Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: What is happening in Gaza is not a natural disaster, it is a man-made catastrophe. Entire families are buried under rubble, hospitals have been turned into graveyards, and children are starving not because food does not exist, but because it is deliberately withheld. Yet some so-called guardians of international law stand idle. They issue statements dripping with empty concern while...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Mr. Gloster is very welcome back for a second week in a row. The Minister and her team are also very welcome. I have two specific questions. First, I note the policy around insourcing is to end by the end of June next year. I am asking this question very much from a regional perspective. What steps is the Minister looking to take? My concern is that the insourcing will come to an end...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: What does that look like?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: That is all data based. What action does the HSE intend to take? It identifies area A as being best practice. What does it do then? What are the actual logistics of bringing area B to the standard of area A?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I would prefer if the Minister had information on CHI and those children who are waiting on gynaecology appointments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Do the witnesses have-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: My question was not specifically about Mullingar.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I am just conscious of my time. There are 567 children on a gynaecology waiting list, 212 over six months.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Sep 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the status of a jobseeker's application for a person's (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51203/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Racism Measures (30 Sep 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the implementation of the National Action Plan Against Racism; and the steps being taken to ensure its impact is felt at community levels. [51245/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (30 Sep 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 954. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the 16% reduction in Reach funding for 2025, and the impact assessment carried out before this cut was made to community education providers and learners. [51132/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (30 Sep 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 955. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide long-term, core funding to independent community education providers, to reduce reliance on short-term and project-based grants. [51133/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (30 Sep 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 956. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the means by which the role of community education will be recognised and resourced in future strategies for adult learning and further education and training, in line with the recommendations of an organisation's (details supplied) pre-budget submission 2026. [51134/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (30 Sep 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 957. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with representatives of a body (details supplied), to hear directly the concerns of providers and learners about the sustainability of community education. [51135/25]