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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 329. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on school age team or new equivalent on psychology waiting lists that have been also referred to primary care psychology and that referral was not accepted by county in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form [56714/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 330. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken to date to address the longstanding difficulties in recruiting a psychologist to the disability services team in the HSE health centre, Longford Road, Mullingar as acknowledged by the complaints officer that the current staffing levels are not sufficient to provide a full service. [56715/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 331. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene on behalf of a child (details supplied). [56716/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints made to the Your Service Your Say that relate to psychology services in counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [56717/21]

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: We all recognise the urgent need to reduce emissions but our children and future generations will not thank us for what is emerging, namely, this negotiating and lobbying battleground that sees urban and rural dwellers pitted against each other. They will also not thank us for the urban-rural dweller narrative that is being created by the refusal of the Government to see the disproportionate...

Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: Countless men and women living in my area have a history intertwined with the Castlepollard institution. I do not have the time to fully express to the Minister the hurt, frustration and disbelief they have expressed to me. I want to place on the record of the Dáil some quotes from an open letter written by the survivors of the Castlepollard institution earlier this year. It begins: ...

Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill, introduced by Deputy Gannon, which seeks to modernise the teaching of relationships and sex education for students in accordance with best practice in health and science and to standardise relationships and sex education across all schools which receive State funding. One can only hope that this sounds the death knell for the previous methods...

Covid-19: New Measures: Statements (24 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I want to raise two specific issues this evening, the first of which is testing. In my constituency of Longford-Westmeath, there are no slots available today for PCR tests. People want to get tested. This delay and the inability to avail of a test during the current surge of Covid are unjustifiable. One of my staff members needed to get tested. She was fortunate to be able to get a slot,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (23 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 180. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in County Westmeath by IDA supported companies 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [57627/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (23 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 181. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in County Longford by IDA supported companies in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [57628/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that have been retrofitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57629/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of inspections to examine the standards of rental accommodation undertaken by Westmeath County Council in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of improvement notices issued in each year as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57623/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of inspections to examine the standards of rental accommodation undertaken by Longford County Council in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of improvement notices issued in each year as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57624/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of long-term leases approved by Westmeath County Council to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57625/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of long-term leases approved by Longford County Council to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57626/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (24 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department is taking to tackle antisocial behaviour on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58033/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider removing the means tests for the blind pension and the disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58031/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (24 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider relaxing the three-year rule and allow community employment participants remain with a scheme longer and continue the invaluable work being provided in communities. [58032/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 373. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to classifying Covid-19 as a long-term medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58250/21]

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: Before I begin, I want to assure colleagues that I do not have Covid. I have something that predates Covid, which I believe is called the common cold. Various measures have now, rightly, been enacted to increase the pay of public service workers. They followed on from the cuts that were made in the wake of the previous financial crisis. Many public service workers remember only too well...