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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (23 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with the officials in Myanmar since the 3 June 2022 announcement of the forthcoming execution of four political prisoners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32982/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank our witnesses. Reading the citizens' assembly report the one thing that struck me was that citizens did not believe in the entrenched level of poverty that people with disabilities live with. If this is the case it cannot be justified by the State. This came across very loud and clear in the report. I want to touch on several areas. As it stands there is broad agreement among all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Ms Phelan touched on the issue of housing. If there is to be a universal basic income for an individual, surely work must be done on the means test for adaptation grants, particularly where there is a high level of need. There is an anomaly. I call it that because I do not believe that anyone set out to do this deliberately. That person just did not think. Modern families are not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (22 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report into housing income thresholds will be published and put in place. [33241/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson’s disease nurse specialists currently employed in the health service per CHO area in tabular form. [33239/22]

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I commend my colleague, Deputy Johnny Guirke, on bringing this motion forward. It is not an exaggeration to say that I have literally lost count of the number of constituents who come into my offices telling me the health and hospital services are stumbling from crisis to catastrophe. As the two-tier system has become very much entrenched in healthcare, we now have that very clear...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (21 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to ensure public transport is a viable alternative to travelling by private car in counties Longford and Westmeath. [32811/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (21 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to ensure the expected changes to the eligibility criteria policy for a primary medical certificate are implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32809/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (21 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 641. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure the changes to the eligibility criteria policy for a primary medical certificate are implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32810/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Pre-budget Submission from Dóchas and Global Food Crisis: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: We bandy the word "crisis" about far too often, but this is beyond a crisis. Much to our shame, we are having an impact on what other people are living with. Our actions are having a very real and tangible impact on other people's ability to simply stay alive. The disproportionate impact of climate change, whether it involves conflict, drought, flooding or the need for humanitarian aid,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Pre-budget Submission from Dóchas and Global Food Crisis: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I have one supplementary question. We touched on access, availability and these new and not always positive coping mechanisms, for want of a better term. I am very concerned that there is a real risk of normalising the abnormal where copying mechanisms become so ingrained in communities they become the norm despite the fact that they were anything but for previous generations. If we see a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the witnesses. This is a very important topic and their presence reflects that, as does the committee's commitment not only to consider what the Citizens' Assembly has recommended but to somehow translate that into policy in the future. That is what has me so concerned about these numbers and the number of people who are caring because no policymaker can plan effectively if we do...

Annual Transition Statement: Statements (15 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the statements. I was reading down through the statement released last Friday and it is welcome to see the value of biodiversity given a somewhat more substantial standing, particularly when it referred to sustainable development to underpin our economy, given a loss of biodiversity that we have not seen since previous mass extinctions. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (15 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has been informed by the HSE that it is without funding to provide the necessary transport to enable them to attend the day service provided by a centre in Mullingar. [31162/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (14 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the N4 upgrade proposal; and the work that his Department has undertaken in relation to this project. [30452/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the work undertaken by his Department regarding the reopening of Killucan train station, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30451/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (14 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 178. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that are available to businesses in the hospitality trade that are impacted by the rise in fuel costs and the subsequent cost of living increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29733/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (14 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of lost jobs that have been replaced and the number of new jobs created through the Just Transition Commission in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [29391/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to ensure that the passengers who were discommoded as a result of the delays at Dublin Airport on 28 and 29 May 2022 are reimbursed for the cost of missed flights and for the cost of missed holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28830/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (14 Jun 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected impact of the rising cost of construction materials on the proposed cycleway bridge in Athlone; and the contingency to facilitate increased costs that is included in the contract. [29009/22]