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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Myanmar: Discussion with Dr. Mary C. Murphy (27 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I thank Dr. Murphy for her time, her opening statement and the documents she passed on. It made for difficult reading and hearing. I want to go back to the area of humanitarian aid. I understand there are some aid workers on the ground at the moment. I fully take on board Dr. Murphy's point about military interaction with any further aid that could be delivered into the region. Does she...

Ireland's participation in MARSUR III: Motion (22 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: At a time when our Naval Service is shockingly understaffed and the working conditions of our service men and women are in dire need of being addressed, we should be seeking to make our Naval Service fit for purpose and to look after those personnel and value them appropriately. The Commission on the Defence Forces is well underway. We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to chart the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: As the Tánaiste will be aware, cabin crew and many other workers have been on short-time work support in addition to reduced wages, which have been cut by as much as 40%. Some of these workers have now had that payment stopped. Others have been told by social welfare that they need to take a further substantial loss in earnings before they will be eligible for any other support. One...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: Will the Government review this scheme?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: The short-time work support scheme for those on "Xs and Os".

Mental Health Surge Capacity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: The past year has seen a global health emergency the likes of which none of us could have imagined. However, in the midst of this pandemic another health crisis has been spreading through every town and village in the country for which there is no vaccine: the crisis of mental health. Years of underfunding in the health service in general and the lack of focus on mental health issues in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 182. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration has been given to easing restrictions on the purchasing of children's clothes given that there continues to be no click and collect service. [19441/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authority Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 261. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of litter wardens in each county in tabular form [19653/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authority Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of waste collected due to illegal dumping each year by county in tabular form. [19654/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authority Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of public bins in each county in tabular form. [19655/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authority Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 264. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount taken in annually through fines for illegal dumping. [19656/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authority Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 265. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the type of materials that are predominantly being dumped illegally. [19657/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (21 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 266. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the Bord Na Móna and privately owned bogs and peatlands by county that are due to be rewetted, reseeded and regenerated for the purpose of carbon sequestration; and the individual size of the bogs that are to be regenerated in tabular form. [19674/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 1033. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagements she has had with representative bodies to date regarding the decision not to vaccinate teachers as a priority. [19573/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 1034. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make available the scientific advice that she has referred to regarding the decision to not vaccinate teachers as a priority. [19574/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 1035. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a distinction is being drawn in terms of risk and need for vaccinations with SNAs and others who carry out the same roles but in a different setting given the level of one to one and personal care provided by SNAs in special needs schools and the inability to social distance. [19583/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 1068. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a procedure in place to deal with cases in which a person receives contradictory information regarding their Covid-19 risk levels from Medmark and the HSE. [20214/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (21 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 1155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a commitment will be given to ensure community-based employment services, which provide certainty, capacity and equity in terms of access for jobseekers, that do not use a cost-bid basis for future contacts given the prospect of a wave of unemployment due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (21 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 1140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the 156/234 day allowance for jobseeker’s benefit has not been extended to those who are in receipt of this payment as a direct result of the pandemic and associated restrictions. [19128/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (21 Apr 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 1141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason aviation staff, many of whom have already experienced a significant decrease in their earnings, are told by her Department that they must experience a further substantial loss of earnings in order to requalify for casual jobseeker’s benefit. [19129/21]