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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: It is not on the legislative schedule.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Air Corps (2 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: Could I ask a brief question?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Air Corps (2 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: That will do. There is an issue with the pandemic bonus being paid to retired members of the Defence Forces. I spoke to one medic who had carried out his duties in vaccination centres and swab testing centres who retired during the Covid pandemic. He has yet to receive the bonus. I would appreciate if the Minister could come back to me with what the plan is to address this. The Defence...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the arrangements that have been made to ensure that former members of the Defence Forces who were involved in the Covid-19 response, for example, administering vaccines, and met the criteria to be categorised as frontline workers, will receive the €1,000 pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4775/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (2 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update regarding the proposed transfer of lands from his Department to the Land Development Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4774/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: The Taoiseach's programme for Government makes over 50 distinct asks of local authorities across the country. This week, in Westmeath, our director of planning described staffing levels as the equivalent of a revolving door syndrome. At the same time, there has been a massive increase in complaints around unauthorised developments. This has the makings of an unmitigated disaster....

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I commend my colleague, Deputy Doherty, on bringing forward this motion. In recent months each and every one of my constituency offices, whether in Mullingar, Athlone or Longford, has seen a dramatic increase in people coming in with the dreaded letters from their mortgage providers announcing another increase or drain on their family's resources that they simply do not have the capacity to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 25. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps being taken to process the applications for the exceptional needs payment and supplementary welfare allowance and clear the backlog. [6178/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Sports Facilities (9 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 76. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement there has been with sports stadiums with regard to accessibility for those with a disability, including hidden disability. [6176/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (9 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 90. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement that he has had with the Department of Education, with a view to progressing integration of students from new communities in primary and post primary schools. [6177/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (8 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average tree cover in the 100 largest towns in Ireland; if he plans to increase tree cover to counteract higher temperatures in the summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5905/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (8 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol. [5906/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (8 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 182. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the land and buildings owned or leased by his Department in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [5904/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (8 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if post-primary teachers who decide to upskill in order to teach home economics will be given the same financial assistance as those upskilling to teach mathematics, physics and Spanish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5623/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant home economics teacher positions in secondary schools in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, by county in tabular form. [5621/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the survey published by an organisation (details supplied) in October 2022, which found that home economics is the second most difficult subject for which to find a teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5622/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (8 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 289. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he and his Department will take to increase information provision to communities in relation to new international protection accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5907/23]

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I agree with the Minister on one thing; it is simply not right that people have to depend on food banks. I could not agree more, although, that is probably the point at which we diverge. I listened to what she said. I heard of pilot studies, future plans and everything that may or may not happen in the future, and therein lies the crux of the issue. What the Government is offering people...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I welcome the Tánaiste. Hopefully, this is the start of many positive engagements with the committee in his new role. I want to start on Vote 36 - Defence. I have a number of specific questions. I will refer to the programme expenditure by subhead, if that is of any assistance. I also have a couple of general questions that I want to ask. Given the low level of investment in...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: What portion of it is set aside for that? There is a very specific reason I am asking the question. Yesterday afternoon, I was standing in a closed barracks that is under the control of the Department of Defence that has gone to rack and ruin. These are very historic buildings. It would make me believe that there are other such instances around the country, and that the Department should...