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Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: My constituency of Longford-Westmeath is no different from every other one mentioned this evening when it comes to the challenges in the early years sector. Parents are facing high prices and an eternal struggle to find places, while educators constantly have to fight for better pay, terms and conditions. The Government's amendment will ring very hollow for one area of my constituency....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of people who are in receipt of the remote area grant. [21821/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider establishing a school bus route run by Bus Éireann from Delvin to Mullingar; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21803/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 May 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that families are paying over €900 per year to pay for private transfers to bring their children to and from school as Bus Éireann does not service this route; if a family (details supplied) is eligible for the remote area grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21804/25]

Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: We all want to ensure that, as we transition to the new children's hospital, it provides the best quality care with the highest standards of governance, management, ethics, open disclosure and communication between families and medics. However, we simply cannot say that was provided to the children and families failed by the scandal of unnecessary hip surgeries at CHI. A scandal that goes...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Parents across the country have been telling me of the difficulties they are experiencing in the context of their children accessing appropriate mental health care. They talk to me about hurdle after hurdle and being handed off from one service to another service, with no actual proper service being provided for their children. One parent told me how their child had been refused support,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: With the greatest of respect to the Minister of State, a suicidal child meets the criteria.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 196. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the work of the Irish Embassy based in Vietnam. [18840/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 231. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he is taking to put pressure on the Israeli government to ensure humanitarian aid enters Gaza immediately. [20726/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 346. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Custume Barrack, Athlone in 2024 and to-date in 2025; and if each refurbishment project is still ongoing or completed, in tabular form. [20152/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Rail Network (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 374. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the refurbishment works that were carried out at Mullingar train station in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [18832/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Rail Network (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 375. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the refurbishment works that were carried out at Longford train station in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [18833/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Rail Network (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 464. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by Iarnród Éireann on maintenance and refurbishment at Mullingar Train Station in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20150/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Rail Network (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 465. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by Iarnród Éireann on maintenance and refurbishment at Athlone Train Station in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20151/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 655. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood relief works that are being funded by the OPW and currently under construction; and when will each of those flood relief projects be completed, in tabular form. [20148/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 693. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of trade between Indonesia and Ireland in each of the years of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [18843/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 694. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline all capital investment made by the IDA in County Longford since 2022. [18844/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 969. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE charted surveyors employed by her Department in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20149/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Meetings (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 1083. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has met with each CEO and or Chairperson of each state agency under the remit of his Department since his appointment as Minister; and if so, the dates of each meeting, in tabular form. [18842/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (29 Apr 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 1295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projects that were funded under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund within County Longford in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20154/25]