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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I think the Tánaiste will agree a solution needs to found

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: This cohort of people is due to leave and they will do so taking considerable experience and a phenomenal amount of knowledge and capability with them. If there is a solution available, it should be implemented.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Tánaiste's officials for coming in. I have some specific questions on Vote 27. An additional €25 million is being allocated to international climate finance. Can the Tánaiste highlight to the committee what the priorities are for the Department of Foreign Affairs climate unit for 2023? There is also an allocation for emergency response and humanitarian...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I apologise for having to leave shortly as the Dáil is running an hour ahead of schedule. I have two short questions for the Tánaiste. One of my questions concerns an issue that I think he touched on in his opening statement. I stand to be corrected but I believe we did not get a copy of his opening statement. The foreign birth registration application process has caused and is...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (14 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 302. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of complaints of sexual assaults, sexual harassment or rape made against serving members of the Defence Forces per rank, by other members, in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [7092/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (14 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 303. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of bullying complaints that have been made against serving members of the Defence Forces, per rank, by other members in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [7093/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (14 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 304. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total number of complaints made against serving members of the Defence Forces, per rank, by other members in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [7094/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the official figures published by the Irish Prison Service which indicate that the combined capacity across Irish prisons has reached 100%; and his Department's plan to deal with this issue. [6498/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 546. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people on outpatient waiting lists at Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar in 2022. [6496/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 547. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on outpatient waiting lists at Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar in 2022. [6497/23]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: What I am trying to ascertain is the number of members who will be approaching this deadline for mandatory retirement while the conversation is going on about potentially keeping them in situ.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 25. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps being taken to process the applications for the exceptional needs payment and supplementary welfare allowance and clear the backlog. [6178/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Sports Facilities (9 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 76. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement there has been with sports stadiums with regard to accessibility for those with a disability, including hidden disability. [6176/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (9 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 90. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement that he has had with the Department of Education, with a view to progressing integration of students from new communities in primary and post primary schools. [6177/23]

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I commend my colleague, Deputy Doherty, on bringing forward this motion. In recent months each and every one of my constituency offices, whether in Mullingar, Athlone or Longford, has seen a dramatic increase in people coming in with the dreaded letters from their mortgage providers announcing another increase or drain on their family's resources that they simply do not have the capacity to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: The Taoiseach's programme for Government makes over 50 distinct asks of local authorities across the country. This week, in Westmeath, our director of planning described staffing levels as the equivalent of a revolving door syndrome. At the same time, there has been a massive increase in complaints around unauthorised developments. This has the makings of an unmitigated disaster....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (8 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average tree cover in the 100 largest towns in Ireland; if he plans to increase tree cover to counteract higher temperatures in the summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5905/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (8 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol. [5906/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (8 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 182. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the land and buildings owned or leased by his Department in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [5904/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (8 Feb 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if post-primary teachers who decide to upskill in order to teach home economics will be given the same financial assistance as those upskilling to teach mathematics, physics and Spanish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5623/23]