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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Minister and his officials for coming in today. I will focus on a number of the recommendations that Government accepted in principle, especially around the areas of cyber and intelligence. There are two intelligence recommendations, Nos. 111 and 113, which were accepted in principle, and that deal with the "overarching legal and governance framework" and into "oversight in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I respectfully request that, as part of the update on the recommendations the Minister is providing the committee, he includes an update on the national defence academy and apprentice school for a future tech-enabled force.

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?

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

Sorca Clarke: The email could outline the progress made to date on implementation. The Minister could certainly revert to us by email if that suits better. We often ask witnesses for a written follow-up.

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

Sorca Clarke: It is not realistic for committee members to expect those who come in to have the answers to every question we ask, because this is such a wide-ranging conversation. Gender equality does not affect women alone; there is also the male aspect. Gender inequality is affecting everybody across the State. If it suits, it would be best for the Minister to come back to us with an answer in writing...

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

Sorca Clarke: As the Chairperson mentioned, ICTU recently spoke to us about the understaffing issue in the WRC and mentioned details about some of the substantive WRC investigations that have resulted in more than €19.5 million in withheld or stolen wages being returned to workers. Can the Minister clarify whether additional resources will be provided to the WRC following the funding announced in...

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

Sorca Clarke: I suggest that the Minister pops that information in an email to us.

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

Sorca Clarke: The Minister could quite easily recommend that happen.

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]

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]