Results 4,181-4,200 of 4,264 for speaker:Sorca Clarke

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Services (30 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources provided to the services working with those experiencing domestic abuse in counties Longford and Westmeath during Covid-19. [13593/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 551. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the developing situation with nursing and midwifery staff of Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar that are due to return from maternity leave having utilised all of their other leave entitlements and are now being forced to consider leaving their careers due to the lack of available childcare. [13588/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (30 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Longford that have had cancer screening appointments cancelled due to Covid-19; and the additional resources which will be made available to ensure these vital and potentially lifesaving programmes can adequately deal with the additional numbers on their waiting lists. [13590/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (30 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 553. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Westmeath that have had cancer screening appointments cancelled due to Covid-19; and the additional resources which will be made available to ensure these vital and potentially lifesaving programmes can adequately deal with the additional numbers on their waiting lists. [13591/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 554. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) must wait for an appointment. [13598/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Tyre Disposal (30 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 649. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of operators that are licensed waste tyre disposal entities but are not registered with an organisation (details supplied) in counties Longford and Westmeath [13594/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (30 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 739. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting list figures for counties Longford and Westmeath by testing centre and number of persons awaiting driver tests in tabular form. [13584/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (30 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 740. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional resources which will be put in place in counties Longford and Westmeath to reduce the backlog of persons waiting for their driver tests [13585/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Funding (30 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 741. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional campaigns and resources that will be made available to Fáilte Ireland to encourage tourism and staycations in Ireland’s Ancient East and Hidden Heartlands regions for the remainder of 2020. [13599/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (30 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 860. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a group (details supplied) had its community employment scheme workers removed. [13592/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 873. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional resources which will be provided to Westmeath County Council to reimburse it for the direct and extraordinary costs incurred relating to Covid-19 emergency measures such as purchasing of information and communications technology equipment to facilitate staff working from home, costs associated with testing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 874. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional resources which will be provided to Longford County Council to reimburse it for the direct and extraordinary costs incurred relating to Covid-19 emergency measures such as purchasing of information and communications technology equipment to facilitate staff working from home, costs associated with testing...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Arts and Entertainment Sector (30 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Chairman for his patience. I am sure it is the first time for some of our guests to appear before an Oireachtas committee. It is my first time to sit on a committee. We are all finding our feet. I have received submissions that highlight the harrowing reality facing our arts and entertainment industry. Funding for the Abbey Theatre has not yet returned to pre-2008 levels....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (16 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 475. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for results of Covid-19 testing for care home staff. [10484/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (16 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 902. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expected time frame for visits to recommence for children in care homes. [10485/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (16 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 960. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the entitlement of employees to holiday pay continues to accrue during the period businesses are closed due to Covid-19. [10483/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (16 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 959. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of redundancy payments post Covid-19 in which the businesses' turnover has been substantially impacted and they are not in a financial position to pay yet continue to trade. [10482/20]

Covid-19 (Brexit): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: With Brexit talks in their current state, a number of business sectors across my constituency of Longford-Westmeath have been in contact with me. I wish to raise one particular sector, which is the tourism sector, and its vulnerability to a no-deal Brexit or a bad-deal Brexit and its fears of being plunged into what would be essentially an economic abyss. One individual described it to me...

Covid-19 (Defence): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: I can speak if the Minister of State wants to wait to the end to address all of our questions.

Covid-19 (Defence): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Sorca Clarke: First, I wish to add my voice to the thanks to our Defence Forces for the role they have played in the emergency of Covid-19. I want to raise a couple of issues with the Minister of State today. The first is the deep concern regarding the future use of Columb Barracks in Mullingar and the proposed construction of 100 homes by the Land Development Agency there. I have put forward several...