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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I am deeply concerned that the approach to which the Minister appears to be wedded will result in another failure for these women in their plight to get justice. When the Minister mentioned dignity and equality issues in his press release the other day, essentially he undermined the seriousness of the allegations these women made because they are so much more than that. When he mentioned...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 125. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he intends to immediately increase the allocated associated budget given the recent commentary regarding the Defence Forces rations and the increasing cost of food. [3833/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: International Agreements (27 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 145. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role the Naval Service will have in the recently announced Atlantic Current and Evlanov Sea basin Marine Protected Area and the North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy to 2030. [3832/22]

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: The Minister of State and I could speak for the rest of the evening about the lack of adequate mental health services for young people in Longford-Westmeath. I want to give the Minister of State a specific example of the impact this has. Cillian is a 14-year-old boy in second year. When he was in third class he was given a psychology follow-on referral from his GP because of concerns...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Media Pluralism (26 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the response by her Department on the challenges facing local media; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3784/22]

Leaving Certificate: Motion (25 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: There is an uncomfortable sense of déjà vuin this debate. We had these conversations last year and those conversations have taken place repeatedly across households the length and breadth of the country. When we finally got to the hybrid model last year, those who campaigned for it and those who at times pleaded for it were glad that it was put in place. I ask the Minister to do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Engagement with Representatives of Médecins Sans Frontières (25 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank our wonderful guests. It has been an eye-opening experience to hear directly from representatives of Médecins Sans Frontières. I am sure they can appreciate that, in our role as a foreign affairs and defence committee, we receive much correspondence from many different areas. Even so, I must be honest and say that nothing has struck me as much as a sentence in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority units to be completed by Westmeath County Council by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3580/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority units to be completed by Longford County Council by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3581/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (25 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being considered by his Department to assist renters in the current housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3582/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (25 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress of his work to tackle homelessness in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3583/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (25 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 353. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will give consideration to the provision of a pandemic service medal for the Defence Forces given the acknowledgement of the significant contribution made by the Defence Forces to Operation Fortitude to the HSE and to the people of Ireland during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3135/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (25 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 451. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasoning and rationale behind the end age for parental leave being 12, extending to 16 in circumstances in which there is a disability or long-term illness; if there are plans to review this age cut-off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3212/22]

Gender-based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. It is absolutely necessary that we, as women, do so, and I include myself in that. I have played by the rules. I have played by societal rules even when I knew they were not fair and placed a disproportionate burden of responsibility on me, as a woman, because from the time we are young girls, we are conditioned to develop an awareness...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I want to begin by expressing my support and respect for the adoptees, the mothers, the children and the advocates whose ongoing efforts have kept this subject very much alive over decades at this point, particularly those in my constituency or those who have been directly affected by the events relating to the Castlepollard mother and baby home in Westmeath. I also agree with them in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I hope the Taoiseach will agree with me when I note that the statement issued by the Women of Honour group last month in response to the proposed internal review by the Department of Defence should now trigger a reconsideration by the leaders of the Government parties. It is accepted that violence, abuse, coercion and harassment of women and girls is systemic in Irish society. The...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government (19 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 47. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Programme for Government. [63595/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authorities (19 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cycling officers employed by local authorities 2020 and 2021, as committed to in the Programme for Government by county in tabular form. [2246/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of children that have availed of cycling training through the ramped up Cycle Right Programme as committed to in the Programme for Government by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2248/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (19 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxi licences issued in Athlone, County Westmeath. [63262/21]