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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 421. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has not been given a hospital appointment given the circumstances. [21687/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (4 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 456. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the provision of one-to-one services for a person [21870/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (4 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 495. To ask the Minister for Health the awareness campaigns and training that is available to general practitioners for the identification and treatment of Lyme disease. [22033/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (4 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 496. To ask the Minister for Health if test results for Lyme disease that have been identified in private testing facilities or following medical investigations abroad are recognised for treatment by the HSE here. [22034/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (4 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 497. To ask the Minister for Health if the supplementary medications and treatment required for chronic Lyme disease will be covered by the general medical scheme and the drug treatment scheme. [22035/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: The Minister was absolutely correct in his last statement. It is a matter of how we frame, not advertise, what the careers are going to look like for our younger students. I have some questions but I want to start on a point that is very close to my heart but that also gives me a bit of a nervous twitch. I am not going to lie to the Minister in that regard. We have come phenomenal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: We could be here all day. I apologise to the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: It is rather complex

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: That reshaping of the culture will not happen overnight. It will take a significant amount of time, energy and effort on the part of everybody. I am curious as to whether we are seeing any results of that yet or whether that piece of work will need to continue for another period before we start seeing actual change on the ground. Does Professor Scott have an opinion on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: What I am hearing is that where these courses are made available, and are almost marketed - for the want of a better term - in a more appropriate way, those who have been under-represented are willing and able to engage with them. Does that come back to highlighting an issue at secondary-school level around the provision of courses or options for subjects? I presume one would need a set...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank Professor Scott.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank each and every one of the witnesses for their time, experience and expertise and for being with us. It is really important we hear from people working in the field when we come to look at this. I was very disobedient in terms of time with my previous round of questions so I will condense these questions slightly if I can. I will focus first on something Dr. Brennan mentioned....

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: The extent of the Minister's affordable housing plans in Longford-Westmeath has been laid bare. They are soul-destroying for anybody who needs a local authority-delivered home. Yesterday was the first time I have ever seen a reply to a parliamentary question discussed in such detail in a local shop, and the commentary was absolutely damning. Not one affordable home for Longford was...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Communities Abroad (10 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the last meeting of the Interdepartmental Committee on Diaspora Policy was held; if engagement has taken place since with groups that work with returning Irish citizens to address the shortcomings experienced in the areas of visa processing times for non-European Union spouses, foreign birth registrations and the application of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (10 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers that have used Bus Éireann route 115 Mullingar to Dublin in both directions in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [23106/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (10 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 297. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time qualified roofers and tilers employed by the OPW as of 1 January 2021 and 1 May 2022, in tabular form. [23102/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (10 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 463. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of applications and the number that were commissioned under the Naval Services direct entry scheme in each of the years from 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [23120/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (10 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost if the disability allowance increased by €5 per week. [23108/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (10 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a 10% increase in full-time undergraduate speech and language therapy students. [23103/22]