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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]

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]

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...

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.

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]

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...