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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Dec 2021)

Sorca Clarke: Absolutely.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Dec 2021)

Sorca Clarke: It is not in place, though. That is the issue.

Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2021)

Sorca Clarke: At its core, the Bill will give workers the right to fresh air and require employers to ensure proper ventilation is in place to enforceable standards to help in the ongoing fight against Covid. We have known for more than a year that Covid is an airborne virus and that clean air is crucial in preventing its spread, making measures such as ventilation and air filtration critical. This is of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 17 November 2020, the actions taken to date, the interim outcomes, the recommendations made and the final decision in relation to income eligibility for social housing supports in each local authority area. [59209/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Dec 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing time of paternity benefit applications since being introduced. [59368/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (1 Dec 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the additional supports that will be put in place to ensure quick and local access to PCR testing given the level of additional needs of the service users of a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59156/21]

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on my colleague Deputy Kerrane's motion to protect local employment services and the not-for-profit and community-based ethos of existing local employment services. The proposed model set out in the Government's recent tender process is not the person-centred approach that was successfully fostered by the local employment services and job clubs. The...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: The truth hurts, but it is true.

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: Will the Minister support these amendments or does he want to be the Scrooge at Christmas for these staff?

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: Does the Minister want to be the Grinch that helps to steal Christmas? There is never a wrong time to do the right thing. The time to do the right thing is now.

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: Before I begin, I want to assure colleagues that I do not have Covid. I have something that predates Covid, which I believe is called the common cold. Various measures have now, rightly, been enacted to increase the pay of public service workers. They followed on from the cuts that were made in the wake of the previous financial crisis. Many public service workers remember only too well...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Missions (30 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a trade mission to Australia is planned for early in 2022. [58522/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (30 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the banning of single use plastics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59122/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that will be invested in the public service obligation bus fleet by route in 2022. [58523/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (30 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within the Roscommon and Longford Garda division that were refurbished by the Office of Public Works in 2020 and to-date in 2021; the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out on each station; and if each work project is completed or still ongoing in tabular form. [58515/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Sports Organisations (30 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action that has been taken to date to facilitate the return of the quarterly meetings as committed to earlier in 2021 with Face Ireland. [58454/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Sports Organisations (30 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next meeting with an organisation (details supplied) will go ahead given the repeated requests by the organisation to discuss a number of issues; and the status of the request to set up a functioning wildlife advisory council. [58455/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria a single father who co-parents his children must meet in order for his social housing application to include himself and his children qualify for a suitably sized local authority property. [58894/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is an essential requirement that the single parent applicant must be in receipt of children’s allowance in order for dependent children to be included on a social housing application. [58895/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 Nov 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in which there is a discrepancy in the funding awarded under the private housing grants scheme and the funding received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58896/21]