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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Consultations (8 Nov 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 675. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the consultation process under the review of child maintenance arrangements launched by her Department on 11 February 2021. [55003/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (8 Nov 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 676. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the review of child maintenance arrangements will be complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55004/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (8 Nov 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 677. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected waiting time for an appointment with the Money Advice and Budgeting Service per centre in tabular form. [55012/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Nov 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 1051. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the Covid-19 booster vaccine by CHO area. [54723/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has engaged with local enterprise offices on their funding allocation in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53876/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Digital Hubs (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department engage with local authorities regarding the development of digital hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53877/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Public Transport (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 111. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement that she has had with Department of Transport on the lack of rural transport as a consequence of private bus operators curtailing their services. [53873/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to reduce the waiting times at NCT test centres throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54079/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts that his Department is making to restore the Executive in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54077/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) which indicates a 7% increase in 2021 on the numbers contacting centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54078/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 307. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a commitment that the pandemic bonus payment of €1,000 will be paid to all those entitled to receive it by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54080/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I welcome the witnesses. As the Chair has said, we are a time-based committee and this is our last public session. The committee has been very fortunate to have had some very interesting conversations with various different Ministers and Departments. A discussion on social protection is a good way to end the public sessions. I will focus on two specific areas in the first round of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I am aware there is a midlands regional task force on which the Department has a representative who attends, in conjunction with local industries across that geographic area. How important is such collaborative work to ensure what the Department plans on doing is suitable for a person who wants to re-engage on any level and to ensure the potential employers have their needs met? This new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Does the Department correlate and graph the entry-level wages these people get when they move into employment? Low pay has also come up as a significant issue at this committee. Those who may be leaving caring, in caring or perhaps with a disability find themselves almost locked into low-pay employment with very few opportunities for progression or to move to a higher level of pay....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank Mr. Hession.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I want to shift the focus. We seem to have been focusing quite a bit on care and those with disabilities in education. I want to look to what is often the hidden side of gender equality, that is, the men in our world. Gender inequality is failing men and women. It is not just one side of that equation. I want to talk for a moment about the paternity leave payment. This committee has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I refer to the situation where the custodial parent has to prove that he or she has sought the maintenance that is not being paid. That is an unacceptable situation when there may have been domestic violence or any form of domestic abuse. To put anybody in a situation where they need to be in contact and seeking financial support from their abuser is simply not on. From the Department's...