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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I will now open the meeting up to members. As I said previously, they can also participate virtually. There are number of members participating through Microsoft Teams. I should also state that while Deputy Bacik is not participating, she is on Teams and will be keeping an eye on proceedings as Cathaoirleach. I ask members to indicate that they wish to contribute through the raised hand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Senator Warfield has had to leave. I have a couple of questions from him and a couple from me. I believe the following questions from Senator Warfield are for Dr. Murphy. She spoke of the UNICEF target of 1% of GDP spend on childcare. What is the social and the economic cost of not acting on that recommendation? We always speak of these things as being a cost, but what is the cost of not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: It might have been my delivery of that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I apologise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: There was a very specific reason I asked that question. There is a man in my constituency who I would know quite well whose career is a carer. That is his job and what he does. He would also have caring responsibilities outside of his job. However, his employer has come to him repeatedly to take on additional work because the clients they work with, particularly older men, would prefer to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Would Deputy McAuliffe like to ask some questions before I go back to Senator Higgins?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: We are not going to have a repeat of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: We will return to Senator Higgins. Does she have supplementary questions she would like to put to our witnesses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: That is brilliant. I will ask one final question before I bring the meeting to a close. I would like to touch on the €2.4 billion in tax relief for pensions and the €15 billion Professor Murphy mentioned. This might be going slightly outside the frame of today's discussion. What is Professor Murphy's opinion on the importance of gender-based budgeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Briefly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank Professor Murphy. On behalf of the committee, I thank everyone for their time and their engagement today. It has been very proactive and will help the committee in its considerations when it produces its report.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: For almost a year and a half now, Charles Murray in Athlone has been living in a nursing home following a stroke because his private rented accommodation is no longer suitable. Despite representations and interventions by occupational therapists, physiotherapists and a medical social worker, the response from the local authority to date has been that there are no properties available but...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Policies (25 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 88. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures that his Department is taking to reduce this nation’s dependence on the UK to defend our sovereignty particularly now when we are celebrating a centenary of our independence from the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26921/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (25 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the terms of reference have been drafted for the proposed external review of the policies processes and procedures in operation for the calculation of prisoner sentences; and if she has identified a suitable person to conduct this independent review. [26919/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (25 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to allocate funds from the European Crisis Reserve. [26920/22]

Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: There is something fundamentally wrong with a housing system that sees families not in homes but in hotels, and tourists not in hotels but in homes. I refer to the survey published by The TimesIreland edition last week, which showed that Airbnb rentals now outstrip long-term rental homes in every county. The Minister of State and I share a constituency. A quick look at Airbnb shows that...

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: It has been well observed that truth is the first casualty of war. It has been equally well observed that the only antidote to propaganda purported in a time of conflict is the truth. In areas of conflict journalism has a vital role. When covering war or conflict professional journalists do not just circulate facts and information. They also frame and promote deliberation and debate. By...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision to refuse an application for assistive technology for a pupil (details supplied). [26472/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 683. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he and his Department are taking to tackle the continued shortage of hormone replacement treatments across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26470/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 May 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 684. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community optometrists contracted to provide services by CHO area in 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [26471/22]