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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: -----in the field. Nobody is disputing that. However, if you had known, as Minister, that this report was coming before this committee before the end of this term, surely that would have put a greater onus on the Minister to bring forward the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces to Cabinet earlier. Again, I go back to the point about the cart before the horse.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I am not.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: No.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: They are intrinsically linked.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: It clearly makes reference to existing security defence arrangements, military capabilities to ensure that our troops are equipped. This is language that is repeated throughout the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Why would the Minister not bring to this committee that Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces after it had gone to the Government to be signed off and the decision was made, before bringing this?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: -----the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: The Minister said himself that it has not gone to Cabinet.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: He said that earlier on. So why did he not bring that up first?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: It is much wider than this-----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: - and should have been given much higher priority in terms of going to the Government and to this committee before this. We are probably going to disagree until the end of time on this issue. I do believe that the Minister has made a mistake in bringing this forward at this time without that other piece of work being done in advance.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the cost-of-living and fuel costs of reinstating the Dublin-Galway bus route which would offer public transport options currently not available. [38702/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units that will be delivered in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2022 [38703/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of first-time applications for carers benefit that were granted 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by county in tabular form. [38705/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of first-time applications for carers benefit that were refused in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by county in tabular form [38706/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of first-time applications for carers allowance that were granted 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38707/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of first-time applications for carers allowance that were refused 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by county in tabular form. [38708/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals following refusal of an application for carer's benefit received in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [38709/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals following refusal of an application for carer's allowance received in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [38710/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the appeal by a person (details supplied) following the rejection of their application for student supports [38711/22]