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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: The Minister hopes to finalise the composition of the commission by the end of the month. We need this to be effective and the Defence Forces need it to be effective. For it to be effective, it needs to have a genuinely independent chair and a multidisciplinary board made up of people who have skills, but also people who have access to skills to make this exercise the best it could possibly...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the efforts he will make regarding the composition of any board convened on the future of the Defence Forces to ensure membership, governance and accountability are of the highest standards. [36727/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Search and Rescue Service Provision (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will review the decision to remove search and rescue duties from the Air Corps. [36726/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Search and Rescue Service Provision (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: In 2003, after 40 years of involvement, the Fianna Fáil Government of the day ended all Air Corps participation in search and rescue services, which were then operating out of Sligo. Since then, the money spent on these search and rescue contracts has been eye-watering to say the least. This year the Department of Transport's budget for these services is €60 million, or just...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Search and Rescue Service Provision (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: The Minister referred to the strategic assessment and preliminary appraisal document and that both State-run options were ruled out for a variety of reasons. The Minister's written response expands on those reasons, citing "the risks to the state and questions around potential affordability and deliverability". In that context, and in the context of the money due to be spent next year, how...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Search and Rescue Service Provision (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: I welcome the Minister's commitment to having as much Air Corps involvement as possible. I will go back to the Minister's statement on the strategic assessment, particularly as regards the risks to the State. Around six private aircraft companies are expected to bid for the upcoming contract, of which two have fixed-wing aircraft based in Britain. At least one of those is also contracted...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on direct entry candidates to the Defence Forces. [36725/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medical Services (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will establish the necessary process to ensure that all members of the Defence Forces have access to a full and documented medical examination prior to discharge. [36724/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes on the waiting list in counties Longford and Westmeath for the better energy warmer homes scheme. [36392/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 298. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of recruiting five additional full-time higher category specialists at the grade of higher executive officer for the Office of Government Procurement. [36393/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the review of income thresholds for social housing support eligibility; and when the review is due to take place. [36395/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a family in receipt of rent allowance for a period greater than 18 months and are forced into homelessness and require emergency accommodation will lose their eligibility for the RAS scheme. [36394/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs (12 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: With regard to the global business and human rights treaty, the sixth session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on business and human rights took place in Geneva. For a long time now, there have been calls for the Irish Government to become more involved and engage more proactively in this treaty-making process. One of those leading the call is Trócaire. It has stated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs (12 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: I will just ask, as a clarifying-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs (12 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: With the Chairman's indulgence I will ask a question on the criteria. From the perspective that we are not a member of NATO for a variety of reasons, can the committee be provided with the cost benefit analysis behind those decisions? I refer to the information on which that decision was based.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (10 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the delivery of rural broadband; and the steps he will take to accelerate this in view of the changing nature of working in rural Ireland due to Covid-19. [34782/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 310. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to workers that have the full deposit and whose employers are availing of the EWSS and are being prevented by the banks from drawing down an already approved mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34783/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (10 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he will take to ensure that those that are in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment will not continue to be excluded from the social housing list given the temporary nature of the payment. [34781/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to allocate the €5 million for DEIS schools announced in Budget 2021. [34778/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria applied to class size reduction; and the reason DEIS Band 1 schools vertical and junior school are not included in the class size reduction. [34779/20]