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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Apr 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 846. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with Down syndrome in counties Longford and Westmeath that are currently attending speech and language therapies. [18131/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Apr 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 847. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with Down syndrome in counties Longford and Westmeath who's in-person speech and language therapy session was delivered via online or telephone in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [18132/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Apr 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 848. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen in person for speech and language therapy. [18133/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Apr 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 849. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to develop care pathway for persons diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; his plans to recruit specialists or specialist multidisciplinary teams to deal with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18134/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Apr 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 850. To ask the Minister for Health the action that has been taken to ensure that the shortage of neurology nurse specialists in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital is addressed given that this hospital is the main neurology centre for persons in counties Longford and Westmeath; and the engagement he has had with an association (details supplied) in relation to its campaign for 100...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Apr 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 853. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for which atropine 0.01% eye drops prescribed for myopia to limit the risk of damage to eyes and potentially detached retinas is not on licence and therefore not covered by the drug payment scheme (details supplied). [18179/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (5 Apr 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 945. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support a request by an association (details supplied) for a national register of farm and forestry contractors by his Department in association with the Revenue Commissioners; and the engagement he has had with this body on this issue to date. [18315/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (5 Apr 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 946. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he and his Department are taking to ensure food supply in Ireland in winter 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18316/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Freedom of Information (5 Apr 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 974. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to her Department in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18138/22]

Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this key issue of women's healthcare. In March 2021, I asked the Minister a parliamentary question specifically about gynaecology waiting lists. At that time, there were 30,180 women waiting on an outpatient department appointment. This figure did not include inpatients and was for outpatients alone. In his reply, the Minister referenced the impact of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (31 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered revising the State's CAP strategic plan to remove the proposed age limit on enhanced TAMS for women farmers. [16972/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of UN Special Rapporteur on Israel's Conduct of its Occupation of the Palestinian Territory: Discussion (31 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank Professor Lynk for his time and for sharing his experience and expertise with the committee. It is most welcome. His report makes for very difficult and very disturbing reading. However, his report does not do that in isolation. We have had other contributors before the committee, and other reports and opening statements, that have been equally disturbing. I will focus on one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the witnesses for their time and for their expertise with us this morning. It is greatly appreciated. Does the Chair want to go issue by issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I have my questions broken down by the recommendations as I think it is easier to keep it organised in that way. In relation to recommendation 38, I have to be quite honest that I think the Too Into You campaign was a brilliant initiative. I would like to see it rolled out more intensely in some areas where the need for it has been identified. Ms Benson spoke of integrating the research...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Family courts should be part of a process that finalises the end of a relationship. It should not be used in any shape or form to further damage or to further traumatise any individual. We have to recognise that the end of a relationship does not signify the end of abuse. I have spoken with individuals who have told me that they have been advised to be extra careful and extra vigilant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: With respect to the strategy and how it relates to awareness and targeted awareness initiatives with young people and minors, I acknowledge that it is currently in draft form. We also had the benefit of an additional consultation. We await with particular interest the implementation plan, which will be published alongside it. There is material in there that may be sufficient, although that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I will be very brief. In a situation where somebody does not agree to their counselling records being disclosed in court, is there a negative presumption about this decision?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I wish to follow up on a comment by Ms Benson. I know Safe Ireland will go into the issue of the Tusla accommodation review in more detail next week, but from the perspective of our guests, will that review ultimately deliver the gold standard of emergency accommodation we desperately need not just in the context of accommodation, but also in terms of the wraparound supports?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 134. To ask the Minister for Health the grades of employment or posts as designated by order of the Minister that are excluded from contesting a local election. [16822/22]