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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that is available through her Department for the provision and training costs for rapid prompt boards for children on the ASD spectrum at home and in school. [36176/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (5 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the status of the disability allowance appeal for a person (details supplied). [35257/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (5 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is being pursued by JobPath to have his or her new employer complete forms and provide details relating to rates of pay when JobPath had no hand, act or part in the person securing this employment and did not assist in securing the necessary training before employment commenced; the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (5 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the problems with the FÁS apprenticeship programme including delays of over one year in apprentices receiving their qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36271/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 770. To ask the Minister for Health when the action plan for the disability capacity review which was due to be published by December 2021 will be published given the need for a strategic approach to addressing the un-met need highlighted in the capacity review. [35786/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 851. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that is available through his Department for the provision and training costs for rapid prompt boards for children on the ASD spectrum at home and in school. [36175/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (5 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 878. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure the provision of abortion services remain free, safe and protected. [36272/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the witnesses. This is a very important topic and their presence reflects that, as does the committee's commitment not only to consider what the Citizens' Assembly has recommended but to somehow translate that into policy in the future. That is what has me so concerned about these numbers and the number of people who are caring because no policymaker can plan effectively if we do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Pre-budget Submission from Dóchas and Global Food Crisis: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: We bandy the word "crisis" about far too often, but this is beyond a crisis. Much to our shame, we are having an impact on what other people are living with. Our actions are having a very real and tangible impact on other people's ability to simply stay alive. The disproportionate impact of climate change, whether it involves conflict, drought, flooding or the need for humanitarian aid,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Pre-budget Submission from Dóchas and Global Food Crisis: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I have one supplementary question. We touched on access, availability and these new and not always positive coping mechanisms, for want of a better term. I am very concerned that there is a real risk of normalising the abnormal where copying mechanisms become so ingrained in communities they become the norm despite the fact that they were anything but for previous generations. If we see a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: No doubt the Taoiseach is aware that the Fleadh Cheoil will return to Mullingar at the end of July. There is great excitement, and preparations are under way the length and breadth of the town and beyond. One of the issues that arises relates specifically to the first responders and the ask that will be placed on them for the duration of the event. For almost a year, the Order of Malta in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: -----and fit for them to do their job and for the town to be able to benefit from their expertise.

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: The figures speak for themselves and they are absolutely damning. During the Minister’s time in this Government, rents have increased by 15% and house prices by 22%. It is disgraceful. Homelessness has increased 19% in the lifetime of this shambolic Government, particularly considering there was a moratorium on evictions during lockdown. For ordinary workers and families, having...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (12 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 111. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement that he has had with the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance in relation to his proposal to bring forward a Bill to provide life-long health and social supports to the survivors of thalidomide. [37667/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (12 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement that he has had with an organisation (details supplied) and the HSE regarding the serious staff shortage across multiple departments in Regional Hospital Mullingar. [37666/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Harbours and Piers (12 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the two properties (details supplied) which were brought to the attention of the Petitions Committee have been measured and registered; If not, when they are likely to be measured and registered. [37744/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Licences (12 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 440. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of encroachment licences that have been issued for new moorings in Lough Ree (details supplied) in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [37743/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Ireland (12 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 441. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of the property portfolio of Waterways Ireland that is registered. [37745/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Ireland (12 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 442. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is anticipated that the complete property portfolio of Waterways Ireland will be registered. [37746/22]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Reports on Service by the Defence Forces with the UN and Permanent Structured Cooperation Projects: Motions (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I agree with the Minister.