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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Numerous guests have appeared before the committee and have spoken at length about what is almost a pigeon holing of students at second level in terms of options and who that influences their career choices. Childcare is an female-dominated profession. If we want to see more men as providers of childcare, what needs to happen aside from wages? How do we make this an attractive career...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: The media was referenced in the citizens' assembly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Is that more reflective of society's attitude to care than the availability of training courses? I agree that it is the biggest issue facing the sector and needs to be rectified but is there a role for society and the rest of us in terms of how we value care and those who work in early childhood care and education?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Is it not just?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: We spoke about affordability and availability. I want to return to the accessibility part, particularly outside our major cities. If we are looking at a five-year plan, if we want to be able to give parents certainty and if we are committing to a vision of where we want to be a number of years hence, one of the biggest issues in terms of accessibility is how the child physically gets from...

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I commend my colleague, Deputy Johnny Guirke, on bringing this motion forward. It is not an exaggeration to say that I have literally lost count of the number of constituents who come into my offices telling me the health and hospital services are stumbling from crisis to catastrophe. As the two-tier system has become very much entrenched in healthcare, we now have that very clear...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (21 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to ensure public transport is a viable alternative to travelling by private car in counties Longford and Westmeath. [32811/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (21 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to ensure the expected changes to the eligibility criteria policy for a primary medical certificate are implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32809/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (21 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 641. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure the changes to the eligibility criteria policy for a primary medical certificate are implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32810/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (22 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report into housing income thresholds will be published and put in place. [33241/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson’s disease nurse specialists currently employed in the health service per CHO area in tabular form. [33239/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UN Women's Peace & Humanitarian Fund: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank our guests. It has been rather difficult to sit and listen to them outline the crisis facing women in Ukraine and, in fact, in all areas of conflict but it is absolutely necessary that we have these conversations and that they continue outside this forum. I could not agree more with Ms Flanagan that women's voices in civil society need to be heard but they need to be heard in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of interventions made by the Irish consulate and embassy staff on behalf of Irish citizens that have lost or had their passport stolen when they were in a foreign country in 2022. [32983/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (23 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with the officials in Myanmar since the 3 June 2022 announcement of the forthcoming execution of four political prisoners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32982/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank our witnesses. Reading the citizens' assembly report the one thing that struck me was that citizens did not believe in the entrenched level of poverty that people with disabilities live with. If this is the case it cannot be justified by the State. This came across very loud and clear in the report. I want to touch on several areas. As it stands there is broad agreement among all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Ms Phelan touched on the issue of housing. If there is to be a universal basic income for an individual, surely work must be done on the means test for adaptation grants, particularly where there is a high level of need. There is an anomaly. I call it that because I do not believe that anyone set out to do this deliberately. That person just did not think. Modern families are not...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: My constituent, David Duignan, is sitting in his home in Moate today when he should be under the specialist care of the Medical University of Vienna hospital. Mr. Duignan suffered horrific injuries following a road crash three years ago and he urgently needs muscle transfer surgery. Yet, for some inexplicable reason, his treatment abroad scheme application has been rejected. Last week, he...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: -----yet Mr. Duignan is sitting at home in Moate.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Something has gone wrong-----