Results 961-980 of 3,980 for speaker:Sorca Clarke

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Inspections (27 Jul 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 2033. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals inspected for asbestos in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and the remedial works carried out on each. [36330/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (27 Jul 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 2194. To ask the Minister for Health the buildings in Mullingar and its environs owned or operated by the Health Service Executive. [36906/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (27 Jul 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 2195. To ask the Minister for Health if a refund mechanism is in place for those financially impacted by the unavailability of the drug payments scheme during the cyber-attack on the HSE network. [36907/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 2196. To ask the Minister for Health the reason those attending for vaccinations in County Westmeath are being forced to attend two separate vaccination centres for either dose which are 75 kilometres apart given the restrictions on public transport; and the other options that are available for transport. [36908/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 2197. To ask the Minister for Health if those waiting on their second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine will be able to obtain same via a pharmacist. [36909/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 2198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on psychological services in County Longford in tabular form. [36910/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (27 Jul 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 2199. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 618 of 5 May 2021 and the reply by the HSE, when the boarding out scheme was last reviewed by his Department or an agency under his Department. [36911/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 2572. To ask the Minister for Health the reason those in the 60 to 69 year age range are not being offered a second jab of a mRNA vaccine given that they will now not be fully vaccinated before others of a much lower age despite the opinion of reputable members of the scientific profession and practice in other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38130/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (27 Jul 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 2648. To ask the Minister for Health the conditions treated in St. Loman’s Hospital, Mullingar. [38636/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I welcome the Minister back this morning. It is clear that he offered Katherine Zappone the job as UN special envoy very early in March. It is also clear that, as the Minister has acknowledged, he knew Katherine Zappone wanted a role in the UN and he made that happen. He made it happen for a friend. It is clear Dr. Zappone wrote the job description and the terms of employment that were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: If I can come in here regarding the Minister's communication with his Secretary General-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: How can the Minister claim to be sloppy in his answers having been 23 years in Government and public life?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: Has he not learned at this point not to walk into doors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: After 23 years, that is the very least one would have expected. I want to return to the issue of communication with the Secretary General. Does it strike the Minister as acceptable that Katherine Zappone was emailing the Secretary General in July of this year from an email account associated with a company of which she was a director, a company which was struck off the register of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: Does it not strike the Minister as odd?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: The Minister cited an email address of a company that no longer legally exists.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: My question was specifically on the email address.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: Did the Minister not read the documents that were released?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: It happened twice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: There is an idea. I want to move on to FOI legislation. To me, it is explicitly clear what has happened here. There has been a clear exploitation of the weaknesses which exist in the FOI legislation and that was done for nefarious reasons. There can be no other way for any reasonable person to interpret this. The public and the media were met with a continued wall of silence which...