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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (10 Feb 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bone anchor hearing aid procedures due to take place in Tullamore Hospital in 2021; and the number that took place in each of the years from 2018 to 2020. [6410/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Feb 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 721. To ask the Minister for Health the input surgeons have in the decision-making process of prioritising those suffering from hearing loss for bone anchor hearing aids. [6411/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Distribution of Covid-19 Vaccines to Developing Countries: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Sorca Clarke: Perhaps the panel could update us on the current discussion with the World Trade Organisation regarding the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, TRIPS, waiver proposal. What stage is that at?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Distribution of Covid-19 Vaccines to Developing Countries: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the witnesses for their time, for their honest words and for putting Covid into a more global perspective than a national perspective. I find it morally reprehensible for any pharmaceutical company to engage in extortion of poorer countries by price gouging. I cannot think of a worse action by any company at a time like this. Dr. Nabarro is correct that people are the solution, but...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Feb 2021)

Sorca Clarke: In 2018, a young child presented to the Galway sexual assault unit for examination. Documents I have seen suggest that gardaí reported on this the day before the examination took place. The child was also the subject of a specialist Garda interview that does not appear to have been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions. The programme for Government outlines supports and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (4 Feb 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current timeline under the National Broadband Plan for the roll-out of a fibre connection to a premises (details supplied). [6254/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Feb 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the communication and consultation he has had with CORU regarding the 15 week placement requirement for final year social studies students; and the flexibility that was discussed regarding those due to graduate this semester. [6074/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (4 Feb 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SUSI grants will be available to students in circumstances in which a final year social care student cannot take up placement due to Covid-19 restrictions and is required to repeat the placement module. [6075/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Feb 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the requirements regarding PPE, face masks and hand sanitisation by members of An Garda Síochána when entering a private home. [6088/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Feb 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 224. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been communications from medical representative groups or other lobbyists seeking exclusivity on the provision of vaccinations to an age group, to a group of persons with underlying medical conditions or a group of persons within a specific geographic region thereby impacting the pace of vaccine roll-out due to the exclusion of other qualified...

Household Utility Bills Support: Motion [Private Members] (3 Feb 2021)

Sorca Clarke: As of last week over 12,000 people in my constituency of Longford-Westmeath were in receipt of the PUP. The vast majority of those 12,000 workers and families have never needed social welfare support previously and need it now solely because of this pandemic. The struggle to keep a warm roof over their heads is very real and so is their growing energy debt as they try to meet the cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (3 Feb 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 510. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the announced extension to parental leave will come into effect as per Budget 2021. [5941/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Feb 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he will take to ensure that at least one bound copy of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes is available for public reading and reference in each public library in line with envisaged reopening following the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions. [5966/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 284. To ask the Minister for Health if transplant recipients and patients undergoing dialysis are to be prioritised for Covid-19 vaccine; the vaccination group they are in; and when they can expect to receive a vaccination.. [4870/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 289. To ask the Minister for Health the additional mental health supports available to front-line health workers given they are now in the midst of the greatest pressures they have faced since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic and while exhausted continue to persevere, despite high levels of stress and anxiety, to protect the public and keep the health service from collapse; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Preparations (27 Jan 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance if additional customs staff have been put in place at points of entry and exit from the country to meet the increased documentation demand following Brexit. [3654/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (27 Jan 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on two vehicles that arrived at customs on 9 January 2021 and were subsequently held for 26 hours with no communication from customs which resulted in their having to leave the loads behind as delivery slots had been missed; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his singular event led to a loss of revenue of approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (27 Jan 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the environmental assessment has commenced; the expected completion date; and if planning permission has been sought in respect of the programme of strategic maintenance and the removal of the pinch points in the Shannon Callows developed by the Shannon working group with €7 million funding being provided by the Office of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (27 Jan 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the frequency with which the Shannon working group will meet in 2021. [3648/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (27 Jan 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the 25 schemes that have commenced of the 34 new schemes to be delivered for the Shannon area; and the status of the other nine identified schemes which have not yet commenced. [3647/21]