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- Tillage Sector: Statements (15 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: The Minister said earlier that the tillage sector was an integral part of Irish farming. I happen to agree with him; it truly is. It is the backbone of farming in many of our communities. It contributes almost €1.9 billion annually to the economy and supports up to 11,000 jobs. That is something we need to take seriously. Despite that, our local tillage sector is under severe...
- Cost of Disability: Motion [Private Members] (14 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: Budget 2026 was a serious step backwards for people with disabilities. They are angry and rightly so. The Indecon report commissioned by the Government in 2021 put the financial cost of disability in the region of €12,000 per year. An ESRI study showed that households with a disabled member face significant financial burdens ad are at a very high risk of poverty. For people who are...
- World Mental Health Day: Statements (9 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: It was a joint effort.
- World Mental Health Day: Statements (9 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: Tullamore is in County Offaly.
- World Mental Health Day: Statements (9 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: Tomorrow is World Mental Health Day. I acknowledge everyone who has experienced mental health difficulties or illnesses, those experiencing them right now, the families and friends who have stood beside them and those who have lost a loved one. Every one of us knows someone who has struggled; many of us have been that someone. When talking about mental health, we cannot only talk about...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: I thank the witnesses for their time. In response to the Cathaoirleach in relation to a question to do with the use of private ambulances, Mr. Healy said he would like to see this brought in totality under a national service. Has there been progress to date on that? What are they key performance indicators, KPIs, for that? What is the plan for that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: If Mr. Healy looks back over the past two years, what progress has been made on those actions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: Is there no timeframe on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: I wish to move on to another aspect of intermediate care. This is one of the most concerning issues that was brought to my attention in the run-up to this meeting. I was told that the intermediate care vehicles were being sent to road traffic collisions, often lacking essential equipment, such as vacuum mattresses. As a result of that, where there is not a vacuum mattress to transfer a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: Do those vehicles carry vacuum mattresses?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: How many?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: What percentage of the fleet are new vehicles?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: Is it in Mr. Morton's opinion good enough at the moment that they are not being carried? In my mine, it is not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: To move on to another issue that was raised with me, I will outline what a member of staff said to me in relation to defibrillators, specifically the ZOLL AED defibrillators. I have looked, and I can see that there was a Health Products Regulatory Authority safety notice issued in respect of the G5 in July 2024. On the National Ambulance Service’s website, there is a troubleshooting...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: Define "small".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: They are wall mounted.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: Just to be clear, while there was an issue, Professor O'Donnell is confident and can give the health committee a commitment today that the issue has been rectified and no longer exists.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Sorca Clarke: I have one final question. Have the KPIs, which have been provided in the briefing document and Mr. Healy’s opening statement, been independently verified, specifically with regard to response times?