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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Sep 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I absolutely agree with Dr. Bambrick. Even from the perspective of the rights of workers, as in the inspectors themselves, that level of workload has to lead to burnout. It is not the healthiest workplace to be in if you are constantly almost fire-fighting to get through the cases that are sitting in front of you. In the scenario where the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, is under...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (27 Sep 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the efforts by the IDA to attract inward investment to counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46574/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: International Relations (27 Sep 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 204. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has spoken formally with his United Kingdom counterpart in the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46777/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 Sep 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 205. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department is considering an increase in the daily budget for catering in the Defence Forces, given the increase in the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46778/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 Sep 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 206. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies per trade per Barracks; and the details of the most recent recruitment drive or competitions for each in tabular form. [47030/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who have no access to school transport, by county in tabular form. [46575/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health Promotion (27 Sep 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a progress update on the Primary School Healthy Eating Education Programme as outlined in the Programme for Government. [47031/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (27 Sep 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will authorise the payment of eligible social welfare payments into an account (details supplied) given the limited banking choices that are available in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47029/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Sep 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 471. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are currently awaiting an occupational therapy assessment in each LHO area in CHO8; the number waiting for treatment in each LHO area in CHO8; and the number in each category waiting for more than 12 months. [46779/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Sep 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are currently waiting for a bed in a residential unit in each LHO area in CHO8; and the number of persons waiting for more than 12 months in tabular form. [46780/22]

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General: Financial Resolution (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I am very pleased to hear the Minister use the word "context" in respect of the defence budget because that context needs to be put in the record of this House. The context is one of where funding was coming from an abnormally low base to begin with. I am also concerned the Minister only made a brief passing reference to the Commission on the Defence Forces in relation to culture but not on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (28 Sep 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of the private bus service that transported passengers from the midlands towns of Moate and Clara to the larger towns of Athlone and Tullamore; and if he has considered that as the Bus Éireann route 20 Dublin to Galway service ceased in 2020, the residents of these towns have been...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (28 Sep 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the Connecting Ireland rural mobility plan, and, in particular, the improvements that have been made in counties Longford and Westmeath. [47594/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 Sep 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average time for assessing an application for the exceptional needs payment and supplementary welfare allowance; and if she is satisfied with such timeframes. [47595/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Sorca Clarke: The Tánaiste referred to the Balance for Better Business report. I have a question on that. Recently, officials from the ESRI attended a committee meeting and said there is a noticeable discrepancy between the number of men in Ireland taking parental leave, because of the €250 per week, and the number of our European neighbours taking it. In what way is this a factor? How does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Does the Minister wish to submit an email in response to my question on the White Ribbon campaign?