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Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I move amendment No. 33: In page 21, between lines 23 and 24, to insert: “Guiding principles to apply in respect of persons with dual diagnosis 11. Services shall provide integrated care pathways for individuals with a dual diagnosis and the range of services including home, community and inpatient care as appropriate.”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: The Minister of State said at the committee meeting this morning that she would follow up on the contribution from the IMO on this issue because she had not seen it all. I am unsure if she has had a chance to do so. It is an issue of real concern to parents, not just those of children who may be 16 to 18 years of age but parents of adults in their early 20s who suffer from eating disorders....

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: This is one of those unusual situations where we agreed the original wording that was in the proposed Bill simply was not strong enough and did not quite reflect modern society. It was very dated. It did not have that modern language that people who are struggling with their mental health need to see. It also did not reflect or capture those struggling with mental health issues who do not...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I do not doubt the offer made by the Minister of State is genuine and my door is always open to her and we will talk further. I cannot withdraw this amendment and I will push it to a vote for the very reason Deputy McAuliffe mentioned. The DCU report was in 2019. It is now 2025, we are still standing here, and this is still an issue. With a view to those who are struggling with addiction...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I move amendment No. 6: In page 14, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “ “dual diagnosis” means the term used when a person experiences both a substance abuse problem and a mental health issue such as depression or an anxiety disorder. Treatment options must address both;”. This amendment deals with the unaddressed issue of dual diagnosis and...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I welcome this amendment. It is incredibly positive. For far too long those who have lived and who have endured domestic abuse have seen that abuse in other areas outside of the family home. To think that it could be extended to somebody who is suffering with their mental health is absolutely deplorable. This amendment is a good one and we will certainly support it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Bill 2024: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Chair and all our guests for coming in today. This Bill has been a long time coming, even to Committee Stage. I have several questions for each of the groups so I will ask each question specifically to the groups and they may respond. If they wish to respond to another question they think may be relevant to their area, please feel free to do so. I will do this in the order in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Bill 2024: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Yes. I will go back to the questions from the previous round. I have no real additional questions to ask. Rather, I have a comment on the appropriateness of young adults being in accident and emergency departments. I do not think anybody agrees that an accident and emergency department, no more than a police station, is the place for somebody in profound mental health distress to be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Bill 2024: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Would the witnesses like to comment on my question from the previous round concerning what an independent complaints mechanism would look like?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Bill 2024: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I also asked previously about the authorised officer unit, how this would be seen as working and the staffing of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Bill 2024: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I apologise for interrupting but I have an eye on the clock. In this regard, am I correct that by not being limited by county boundaries and being able to cluster services, there would be a specialised unit that would have a pool of authorised officers to pull from if and when the need arose?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (11 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved centres, the number of acute approved centres, the number of in-patient beds, and the number of children admitted to adult inpatient psychiatry wards in the past five years, in tabular form. [31210/25]

Vacant Council Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I was going to start by saying there is nothing more insulting to families languishing on the housing list than the sight of an empty house. The Minister of State found a new insult when he stood up and said his policies are working. I tip my hat to him for having more faces than Clerys clock when it comes to the housing crisis. Every single one of those boarded-up houses is a constant...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consumer Protection (10 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 440. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget allocation to Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [28912/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what funding or grants schools can avail of to update their library space. [29214/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 678. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of school funding in 2024 and 2025, per county, in tabular form. [30535/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 872. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE departmental staff by grade that are currently dealing with carer's allowance applications. [28913/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (10 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 873. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost if the qualified child allowance for children aged under 12 increased to €55 per week and for children aged over 12 increased to €72 per week. [28914/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 967. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí, by rank attached to Mayo/Roscommon and Longford divisional protective services unit as of 26 May 2025. [28901/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (10 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 968. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison officers that retired from Irish Prison Service in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [28902/25]