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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement that she has had with the Department of Education on the national strategy on domestic and gender-based violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38704/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) has been waiting almost two years for the return of medical information to the deciding officer in order for a decision regarding their disablement benefit can be made and given the protected length of time for documents to be returned to the deciding office; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 861. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) to the treatment abroad scheme. [39546/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank our guests for their time this morning. It is always good to have people like them come in because it gives us very useful information. I will start by saying that I absolutely love the CSO’s website. It is one of the best resources that is out there. It is one of those rabbit holes that one can wander down on one’s sofa and actually leave with a little bit of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Great stuff. I just want to touch on the equality budget and that overarching strategy or set of goals. Is what we have at the moment effective for actually capturing the data that we need? Any legislation needs to be based on what is most beneficial to society, and that comes from having real quantitative data. In terms of the interdepartmental group on equality budgeting, are all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Ms O’Loughlin mentioned scan. My understanding is that at that time there was a concern that there was actually a hindrance by the fact that equality budgeting was not obligatory and that Departments had limited incentive or capacity to participate and were unclear on the ultimate goals of the initiative. Has that been addressed? Have significant steps been taken to address it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I will come back in later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Mr. Culhane raised an important point. The data collected declines significantly after gender and age in terms of the data set. Gender has 68 data sets, age has 65, but if we look at family status there are 19. There is that bit of a cliff edge. In fact the next closest to age in terms of data sets is race, which is at 26. There is that cliff edge of falling off of the collected data....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Not to add to the pressures of demand for data, the citizens' assembly was clear in what it wanted Government to do in terms of a referendum. If the referendum were to be put to the people next year, if it were to pass and if there was a more definitive definition of what care is and what care looks like, would that increase the options for the CSO when it comes to the next census form, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: What of publication? What are we looking at? Will it be next summer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: It is something that this committee has heard about, particularly as it relates to younger carers who have a caring role but do not identify themselves as carers because, for example, they do not believe they are full-time carers if they are going to school or to part-time work. There is a wider question around the definition of caring and what care looks like, be it in the home or the community.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: They can speak to each other.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (12 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Minister and his team. I add my voice to the support, recognition and credit being afforded to the UN staff for their hard work and diligence. Sometimes we can forget the people behind the headlines. It is important to recognise the job they do. I will touch on an issue the Minister mentioned in regard to energy guidelines and complacency. It is absolutely complacent that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (12 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I mean the details that he brought to Cabinet this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (12 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: We will wait to see what it contains. I would be interested in what the Minister sees as his immediate priority in regard to retention of members of the Defence Forces. We have a serious job of work to do when it comes to recruitment. However, there will also be an equally important job of work to do on retention in order to ensure that there is not a hollowing in respect of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (12 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: That is precisely my question. The Minister referred to them earlier. That is why I am asking the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (12 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: It is under the Council of Europe Presidency heading in the original opening statement. It is the third paragraph under that heading. The sentence begins, "We are also advancing reforms that I hope will ensure ...". In recent weeks, the committee has been hearing specifically from Dóchas about the global food crisis. The World Food Programme has been touched on in that regard, it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (12 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: It is how the State and the UN react to that. In the context of UN Security Council Resolution 2417 and identifying those early warning tools to ascertain the emerging risks, is that even possible at this point in light of the amount of movement in these areas? By movement, I mean in terms of political influence, the level of conflict increasing and the migration of people who are either...