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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I welcome Mr. Fraser. I am not sure if his expression was one of regret or relief at not being invited to Merriongate . Mr. Fraser said this looks like a big thing in hindsight. That is part of the problem. It is a big thing in hindsight and it was a big thing at the time. Mr. Fraser is a very experienced civil servant but, based on the two occasions the Minister has been before this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: However, is it really effective? Is it really representative of a Government or Cabinet in 2021 that this is the method being used? If a sitting Minister, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence, does not have confidence in it, how effective is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I just think it is very-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: It is not reliable if we have the Minister saying that it potentially cannot be trusted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I have a follow-up question. I fail to see how Mr. Fraser can reconcile a process that is currently in place, which has led to the current scenario, with an open competition, without the applicants' names and details also finding their way into the public domain before a decision is made. Do there not also have to be substantial and meaningful changes on the side of the process and those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: That would be the people at the Cabinet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I thank Mr. Fraser.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: The problem is people.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I do not think anybody for one second is saying that Covid is gone or that Covid is defeated. It is nothing I have had said to me and it is certainly not something that I think. However, I am struck today by one question, a very short and pointed question, and that is: why? Why is it that if, as the Minister himself said, these restrictions will be lifted on 22 October, the Minister is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: School Transport (5 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will reconsider her Department's refusal to fund transport costs to allow children in rural schools to attend events in arts centres and theatres in order to provide equal access to the arts. [47969/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (5 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a four month delay is typical in the case of an application by a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47970/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Missions (5 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he spoke to the Governor of Washington DC during his recent visit to the United States of America. [48363/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (5 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost in 2022 of recruiting fifteen additional full-time cybersecurity developers and analysts for the National Cyber Security Centre. [48373/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (5 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the routes and timetables on which 24-hour bus routes will be rolled out in 2022. [48368/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (5 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be generated from an increase to 50% in the minimum effective tax rate of those earning more than €325,000 per year. [48372/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (5 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent to date on the refurbishment of Longford and Athlone Garda stations. [48360/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: State Visits (5 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 370. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he plans to invite his French counterpart to Ireland before the end of 2021. [48364/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff (5 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 371. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of full-time civilian carpenters, roofers and electricians employed by his Department working in Gormanston Camp as of 27 September 2021. [48365/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (5 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 372. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost in 2022 if the budget for the Civil Defence increased by 12%. [48366/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (5 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time quantity surveyor and civil and structural engineers employed by her Department as of 30 September 2019, 30 September 2020 and 28 September 2021, in tabular form. [48367/21]