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

Sorca Clarke: 277. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 7 February 2025, where it stated that recruitment is underway for an adult eating disorder team in Dublin South West/Kildare and the Midlands, and a CAMHS eating disorder team in Mid-West in 2025, when she envisages seeing patients, the number and the breakdown of staff required for each team, the types of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (3 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to general inpatient hospital wards with a primary diagnosis of mental health difficulties in each of the years 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the average length of time children spent in general wards with this diagnosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16330/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (3 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 293. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in mental health services, by CHO area, at the end of 2024, and the number of vacant posts in mental health services at present, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16331/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (3 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 294. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job vacancies present in CAMHS in December 2024; if all of these vacancies are to be filled; the CAMHS staffing levels of today versus December; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16333/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (3 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 295. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new development jobs in CAMHS that are planned for each CHO area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16334/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (3 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 296. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people seen by the Psychology in Primary Care children's service in 2024 and to date in 2025, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16335/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how she intends to address to concerns of students and parents regarding the grade inflation in recent years and the potential impact on Leaving Certificate students graduating in 2025. [17091/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (8 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the announced reduction in pupil teacher ratio will be introduced for the coming school year, where a school could potentially loose a teacher, only to be forced to recruit additional teachers the subsequent year, due to significant population growth in the area, and given the difficulties of recruiting teachers. [17153/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Parents across the country have been telling me of the difficulties they are experiencing in the context of their children accessing appropriate mental health care. They talk to me about hurdle after hurdle and being handed off from one service to another service, with no actual proper service being provided for their children. One parent told me how their child had been refused support,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: With the greatest of respect to the Minister of State, a suicidal child meets the criteria.

Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: We all want to ensure that, as we transition to the new children's hospital, it provides the best quality care with the highest standards of governance, management, ethics, open disclosure and communication between families and medics. However, we simply cannot say that was provided to the children and families failed by the scandal of unnecessary hip surgeries at CHI. A scandal that goes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of people who are in receipt of the remote area grant. [21821/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider establishing a school bus route run by Bus Éireann from Delvin to Mullingar; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21803/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that families are paying over €900 per year to pay for private transfers to bring their children to and from school as Bus Éireann does not service this route; if a family (details supplied) is eligible for the remote area grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21804/25]

Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: My constituency of Longford-Westmeath is no different from every other one mentioned this evening when it comes to the challenges in the early years sector. Parents are facing high prices and an eternal struggle to find places, while educators constantly have to fight for better pay, terms and conditions. The Government's amendment will ring very hollow for one area of my constituency....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 196. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the work of the Irish Embassy based in Vietnam. [18840/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 231. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he is taking to put pressure on the Israeli government to ensure humanitarian aid enters Gaza immediately. [20726/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 346. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Custume Barrack, Athlone in 2024 and to-date in 2025; and if each refurbishment project is still ongoing or completed, in tabular form. [20152/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Rail Network (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 374. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the refurbishment works that were carried out at Mullingar train station in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [18832/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Rail Network (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 375. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the refurbishment works that were carried out at Longford train station in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [18833/25]