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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Cathaoirleach for his hospitality in allowing me to contribute. It is wonderful to see the witnesses back in the Oireachtas. The more they are here, the better we will drive the message home that DSGBV by anyone against anyone is no longer tolerable in any shape or form. I believe it was Ms Counihan who mentioned Athlone. That issue comes across my desk regularly – my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Sorca Clarke: Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I am unsure as to who is best placed to answer my next question. Independent oversight of any agency is necessary, but particularly this new one. Is there international best practice that we should be emulating? Has any other country done this work and put in place an independent oversight mechanism to ensure that not only does funding go where it needs to, but that key targets are being...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (18 Apr 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has contacted the new leader of the Scottish National Party, Mr. Humza Yousaf, with a view to meeting with him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16456/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (18 Apr 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the recently released 2023 report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which calls for emissions to be reduced by half by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16455/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (18 Apr 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is considering aligning the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages for primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16827/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Apr 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the profound difficulties experienced with the school transport system in 2022, the changes she plans to introduce for primary, post primary, children with special education needs and the special transport grant for the upcoming 2023/2024 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17765/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (18 Apr 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Counties Longford and Westmeath that have had school buildings/refurbishment/extension works approved; and the number of those approved works that are delayed at present, in tabular form. [16477/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (18 Apr 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 1043. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review in its entirety the application under the regularisation of the long-term undocumented migrants scheme by a person (details supplied). [18262/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 1471. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that healthcare assistants who are qualified above QQI level 5 do not need to repeat or obtain a QQI level 5 qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16825/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 1421. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the mobile breast screening units that will not return to Mullingar and Athlone until the end of 2023, the number of women who were scheduled to attend these units for screening who will now have to make the trip to Tullamore to avail of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16658/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Apr 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 1472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who provide services under the general medical card scheme, by county, in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [16826/23]

Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I commend all of those who engaged in this process, those who supported them and those who showed persistence, bravery and determination to see the Defence Forces reform and be better. They have been vindicated in this stark and harrowing report. Some of them are in the Public Gallery. I acknowledge the level of detail the independent review group delved into while conducting its work...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (28 Mar 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what engagement her Department has had with a school (details supplied) regarding behaviour analyst funding, given that the funding for this post has not been amended since 2005. [15145/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (28 Mar 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills is she will ensure that a school (details supplied) is provided with earlier confirmation of funding for its behaviour analyst for the upcoming school year as the current process of the school being informed in May, a matter of weeks before the end of the school year, is making it increasingly difficult to fill these positions and plan for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (28 Mar 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve the request for the behaviour analyst post at a school (details supplied) to be made permanent. [15147/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Meetings (28 Mar 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Minister of State with responsibility for law reform will meet a group (details supplied) as a matter of urgency in order that the views and the real concerns of license holders can be fully taken into account. [14956/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (28 Mar 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 714. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for 8-16 year olds in CHO8, per test centre, age, and the length of time on the list, in tabular form. [15237/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (23 Mar 2023)

Sorca Clarke: The WRC ruling was quite powerful. An unacceptable systemic failure was found. From what the Minister said, I believe he agrees with that ruling. Ms O'Rourke was awarded the maximum compensation plus interest by the WRC due to the extensive delay caused by the Minister for Defence objecting to her legal argument that EU law should apply and not withdrawing the objection until the eleventh...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (23 Mar 2023)

Sorca Clarke: But specifically on objections to the WRC.