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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I want to move on to some questions-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: Please do. Departmental officials have worked night and day to publish yesterday the largest set of records we have ever published on dfa.ieunder the Freedom of Information Act. My officials advised me that we have fully complied with the obligations of the Act and have upheld the Department's long-standing commitment to handling FOI requests transparently and with minimum redaction in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: While we are talking about compliance with the Act, the Minister spoke previously-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: -----in testimony to this committee. The Minister admitted himself a few minutes ago that he deletes text messages when conversations conclude. If that were true, why then, was a section released under FOI yesterday relating to general chit-chat about the Biden election? Why was that not deleted? Why did the data dump-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: -----from the Department yesterday have us try to believe that the Minister retains messages from November 2020 but deletes messages between him and the Tánaiste?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I am sure the Minister was absolutely delighted that he had deleted those text messages. Finally-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: If the Minister wants to finish the next question, because it is the final part of the question-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: If the Minister is not hiding messages and if he is committed to transparency, I ask him to take out his phone and tell us the last text message he has on it from the Tánaiste and the first text message he has on it from him. I ask him to take out his phone and tell us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I have one final question for the Minister. Why is there no record of any communication between the Minister and his Secretary General regarding this appointment? There are no texts, emails, minutes of meetings or anything. Is it the case that text messages between the Minister and his Secretary General have also been deleted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: But there are no minutes of those conversations either.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Minister for coming before the committee. Starting with the day the Minister brought this memo to the Cabinet, he mentioned that a considerable number of memos were put before the Cabinet then. Was that date brought forward for any reason? Why it was on that day that this matter was brought forward? Why wait until the last days of the Dáil to bring this in if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I find it difficult to believe that before coming to this meeting, the Minister did not have his ducks in a row and did not know what text messages had come in from whom and when. I also find it difficult to believe that it is standard practice for people to delete text messages. I respectfully suggest that the Minister invest in either a new phone or some cloud back-up because that is not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (27 Jul 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units available for Traveller accommodation by county in tabular form. [39607/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (27 Jul 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 1503. To ask the Minister for Health the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that earn less than the living wage of €12.30 per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33601/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (27 Jul 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 1955. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department has spent to date regarding Covid-19 awareness-raising campaigns in national newspapers. [35993/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (27 Jul 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 1956. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 in regional newspapers. [35994/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (27 Jul 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 1957. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 in national radio stations. [35995/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (27 Jul 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 1958. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 in regional radio stations. [35996/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (27 Jul 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 1959. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 in local radio stations. [35997/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (27 Jul 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 1960. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 on social media. [35998/21]