Results 701-720 of 3,980 for speaker:Sorca Clarke

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 743. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the services available for early school leavers in County Westmeath who wish to pursue a mainstream trade apprenticeship. [21511/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 750. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the services available for early school leavers in County Longford who wish to pursue a mainstream trade apprenticeship. [21518/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 744. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the enrolment figures for mainstream construction trade apprenticeships in County Westmeath in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [21512/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 745. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the enrolment figures for mainstream construction trade apprenticeships in County Longford in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [21513/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 746. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills he capacity in each of the youthreach services in County Westmeath in tabular form. [21514/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 747. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capacity in each of the youthreach services in County Longford in tabular form. [21515/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 748. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the enrolment figures for each of the youthreach services in County Westmeath in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [21516/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 749. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the enrolment figures for each of the youthreach services in County Longford in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [21517/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 867. To ask the Minister for Health if the next group for Covid-19 vaccination in line with the amended age-based plan will have a level of priority recognition for those in that group who have medical vulnerabilities and underlying health conditions given that they have been cocooning now for over a year and are experiencing heightened stress for a prolonged period of time. [21194/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 1060. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time persons are waiting for an otolaryngology department appointment by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22090/21]

National Autism Empowerment Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. It affects thousands of families throughout the country. Like my colleague, Deputy Wynne, I am proud to say that I am an autism mammy. There is a perception that living with someone with autism is a constant burden and that it is always difficult or draining. That is simply not true. People with autism are among the most amazing people we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (4 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Minister for his time. I will not go over comments made or questions asked by other contributors but I will touch on something the Minister mentioned around the sexual violence investigation. That is absolutely welcome. While highlighting and acknowledging sexual violence as a weapon of war is a positive first step, we need to see action and accountability. That will be key...

Private Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: Free sale, fixity of tenure and fair rent were the three Fs demanded by the Land League many years ago. Yet here we are today, with many renters in a very similar situation to that of their ancestors. In my constituency of Longford-Westmeath, the average rents may be below the national average but they are rising quickly. As one constituent put it to me, "It is only upwards that they go."...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: The programme for Government commits to developing end-of-life services. Can the Taoiseach then explain the shameful treatment of the South Westmeath Hospice Committee? It is a voluntary committee that has been treated with utter disdain by the HSE and that is now resorting to legal advice. A written undertaking was given to this committee by the HSE that, should St. Vincent's Care Centre,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: As leader of the Government, will the Taoiseach please act in this regard? It is the most urgent of issues.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: This Bill offers some tentative first steps in the right direction but it is not quite there yet. Engagement with all sectors from local government to each Department is something climate activists have been crying out for for years. Specific goals offer an attempt at long-term strategising but achievement on that must be sensible, consistent and within a framework that is unambiguous. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Birth Certificates (5 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the arrangements in place for those who need a birth certificate to be able to obtain one in circumstances in which they do not have access to a bank card for online or phone payment. [23102/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Birth Certificates (5 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person who needs a birth certificate for social protection purposes can currently obtain one at the reduced fee. [23103/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ombudsman for Children (5 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 427. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of complaints currently with the Ombudsman for Children by county in tabular form; if the age of complaint that has yet to receive a reply will be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22610/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 497. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system undertaken by his Department in 2019; and if he will consider extending the availability of the FreeStyle Libre to all persons with type 1 diabetes. [22574/21]