Results 2,941-2,960 of 3,979 for speaker:Sorca Clarke

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (30 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 238. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of pilots who applied to re-enter the Air Corps; the number of applications approved; the number refused; the number awaiting a decision; the number under appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46795/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (29 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made by the Multi-Stakeholder Working Group established to examine issues related to the use of peat moss in the horticulture sector. [46902/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I welcome Mr. Fraser. I am not sure if his expression was one of regret or relief at not being invited to Merriongate . Mr. Fraser said this looks like a big thing in hindsight. That is part of the problem. It is a big thing in hindsight and it was a big thing at the time. Mr. Fraser is a very experienced civil servant but, based on the two occasions the Minister has been before this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: However, is it really effective? Is it really representative of a Government or Cabinet in 2021 that this is the method being used? If a sitting Minister, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence, does not have confidence in it, how effective is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I just think it is very-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: It is not reliable if we have the Minister saying that it potentially cannot be trusted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I have a follow-up question. I fail to see how Mr. Fraser can reconcile a process that is currently in place, which has led to the current scenario, with an open competition, without the applicants' names and details also finding their way into the public domain before a decision is made. Do there not also have to be substantial and meaningful changes on the side of the process and those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: That would be the people at the Cabinet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I thank Mr. Fraser.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: The problem is people.

Housing for All: Statements (28 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: There is a plethora of actions from this Government that I find truly jaw-dropping, but none more than the Government representatives' consistent appearances in this House and in the media promoting a delayed and postponed policy that so many experts have said simply will not work. This plan is good for big developers and investment funds but it is bad for working people looking to buy, for...

Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (28 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I am delighted to introduce this important legislation, alongside my colleague, Deputy Mairéad Farrell. The Bill seeks to strengthen the FOI regime, which has been eroded in recent years, and to ensure that what we have, going forward, is fit for purpose. It is most timely, given recent events, and because it is International Access to Information Day. However, long before those...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: A constituent of mine, Patricia, recently applied for a passport for her four-year old daughter, which is a common undertaking for a parent. What should have been a routine task has been anything but that. Patricia and her wife went to court to be recognised as their daughter's legal parents. They waited for parental recognition of same-sex couples by the Oireachtas and they waited for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: When?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (28 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 212. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of advanced technology buildings by local authority currently under consideration by the IDA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46817/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (28 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the criteria for application under the farm and community biodiversity initiative which saw Lough Ennell excluded from the 17 projects announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46810/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (28 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement there has been with Westmeath County Council, Irish Rail and other interested parties regarding the reopening of Killucan train station. [46811/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 319. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the criteria set down by her Department to ensure that parity was achieved for smaller or newer clubs within an organisation that received funding or supplementary funding due to the financial impact of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46809/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (28 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 320. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has engaged with Longford County Council regarding proposals to establish a skate park in Longford town. [46820/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households approved for adaptation works by local authority in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and the funding that will be made available for same in budget 2022. [46812/21]