Results 81-100 of 4,253 for speaker:Sorca Clarke

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I concur with the Minister. The two previous items finished earlier and with respect to everybody in the House who wants to make a contribution, a couple of minutes' pause is warranted.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Minister and Ministers of State for attending. They are very welcome. I am going to begin with mental health because I understand the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is under some time pressure. Does any of the additional capital expenditure provided in the Estimates relate to eating disorder beds, separate spaces in our accident and emergency departments for those who are...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Minister of State, but my question related to inpatient beds.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: With an eye on the clock, I also asked about separate spaces in accident and emergency departments for those who are presenting with acute mental health distress.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: It really is not suitable and we have seen that situation end in tragedy. The Minister of State earlier referenced sexual assault treatment units, SATUs. I want to go to a recent HSE report on our SATUs, which are wonderful places. They are sadly overused, but that is a different conversation. The unit with the third highest number of attendees outside Dublin and Cork is in Mullingar....

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I appreciate that. I have one final issue to raise. I am not going down the rabbit hole of digitisation because we could be here until the end of the calendar year. I do, however, have a suggestion. We have seen an increase in virtual appointments and clinics. For some service users, they absolutely meet the need. However, when a prescription is prescribed through one of these virtual...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: It is the emergency supply scheme.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: In the interim-----

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Several months ago, I raised the issue of the need to look at CORU registration following the conviction of a man in my constituency for sexually assaulting one of his clients and having hours of covert video of women he was providing sports injury and recovery services to. Does the Minister envisage that review of CORU registration in the near future?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I respect that, but this individual will leave jail and he will be free to continue with the employment and business he had beforehand because he does not currently fall under CORU's registration requirements.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: The issue in this case is that this man was the employer. He was the business owner.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: There is capacity subject to staffing.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: This can be changed very quickly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of virtual medical related appointments in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of prescriptions provided at these virtual appointments. [34967/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to emails on 28 May and 12 June 2025, to provide an update on the urgently needed modular units for a school (details supplied). [33874/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Traveller Accommodation (24 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 508. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of traveller-specific accommodation funding returned to his Department, per county, in tabular form, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. [33872/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the proposed works at Blackberry Lanes, Athlone, County Westmeath. [33873/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (24 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 741. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider extending the current income support scheme for healthcare workers with long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33514/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 758. To ask the Minister for Health the specific measures being taken to improve access to trauma-informed mental health care for individuals who are experiencing homelessness, particularly outside of major cities such as Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33624/25]