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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 122. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the independent review of the revelations made in a documentary (details supplied) will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51691/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in the review of the school transport service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51692/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for school transport to return to full capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51693/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (20 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review primary school class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51694/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who applied for an exceptional needs payment to assist with funeral expenses in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by county in tabular form. [51696/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda civilian staff recruited in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by county in tabular form. [51697/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 119. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to those under 65 years of age and living in a nursing home residential setting who do not qualify for the third vaccination despite all fellow residents over 65 years of age and all nursing home staff members regardless of age who are equally exposed to the same risks of catching Covid-19 being eligible to receive the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 170. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting lists for ENT appointments in the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore and a person (details supplied) who has been waiting an appointment since they were referred in 2018 and has been informed by the hospital it will be another two years before they can expect an appointment. [50777/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (19 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 464. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the costs of remedial work repairs, maintenance, upkeep of the walkways and any other associated costs incurred at Grand Canal, Kilbeggan Greenway, County Westmeath in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [50954/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 801. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the additional resources applied per centre to reduce waiting lists for preliminary team assessment as per the statement made by him on 28 September 2021 in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48666/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 802. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO8 that received a preliminary team assessment and were referred onward to an intervention pathway and are awaiting appointment for same. [48667/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (19 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 933. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the situation in Rusheen, Lough Sheelin, County Westmeath in which a local resident and fisherman and others have been refused a mooring peg and the accompanying key to the barrier erected in recent years as Coillte officials report all pegs have been allocated despite many remaining vacant; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (13 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the lack of student accommodation in Athlone, County Westmeath for students attending the Technological University Shannon Midlands Midwest; and the steps he will take to engage with the technological university to address the matter. [49855/21]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Partnership and Cooperation Agreement Between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore: Motion (13 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: Similar agreements have been referred to Select Committee on European Union Affairs so why has this agreement come to this committee? The Minister of State has mentioned that the agreement gives us a platform to engage on human rights and he specifically mentioned the death penalty. How and why can we not do so without the agreement?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Partnership and Cooperation Agreement Between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore: Motion (13 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: Why has the agreement come to this committee as opposed to the Select Committee on European Union Affairs?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Partnership and Cooperation Agreement Between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore: Motion (13 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: Is there merit in the agreement being discussed here as opposed to the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Partnership and Cooperation Agreement Between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore: Motion (13 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: The Minister of State mentioned the agreement with the Philippines. Has progress been made on human rights issues in the Philippines given the agreements that are in place?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Partnership and Cooperation Agreement Between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore: Motion (13 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I have a valid concern in this regard. While I accept the answers the Minister of State has given and I understand his position, I am not comfortable that the work of this committee meets the full amount of scrutiny that needs to be carried out. We can look at human rights and look at it from a foreign affairs perspective, but I very much suspect there are other committees that might be...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Partnership and Cooperation Agreement Between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore: Motion (13 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I can live with it.