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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 307. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a commitment that the pandemic bonus payment of €1,000 will be paid to all those entitled to receive it by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54080/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I welcome the witnesses. As the Chair has said, we are a time-based committee and this is our last public session. The committee has been very fortunate to have had some very interesting conversations with various different Ministers and Departments. A discussion on social protection is a good way to end the public sessions. I will focus on two specific areas in the first round of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I am aware there is a midlands regional task force on which the Department has a representative who attends, in conjunction with local industries across that geographic area. How important is such collaborative work to ensure what the Department plans on doing is suitable for a person who wants to re-engage on any level and to ensure the potential employers have their needs met? This new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Does the Department correlate and graph the entry-level wages these people get when they move into employment? Low pay has also come up as a significant issue at this committee. Those who may be leaving caring, in caring or perhaps with a disability find themselves almost locked into low-pay employment with very few opportunities for progression or to move to a higher level of pay....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank Mr. Hession.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I want to shift the focus. We seem to have been focusing quite a bit on care and those with disabilities in education. I want to look to what is often the hidden side of gender equality, that is, the men in our world. Gender inequality is failing men and women. It is not just one side of that equation. I want to talk for a moment about the paternity leave payment. This committee has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I refer to the situation where the custodial parent has to prove that he or she has sought the maintenance that is not being paid. That is an unacceptable situation when there may have been domestic violence or any form of domestic abuse. To put anybody in a situation where they need to be in contact and seeking financial support from their abuser is simply not on. From the Department's...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I move amendment No. 85: In page 68, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 82 of Principal Act 31.Section 82 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2): “(2A) In the case of no fewer than 50 per cent of the board members of RTÉ, a person shall not be appointed to these roles...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I move amendment No. 86: In page 69, to delete lines 24 to 26 and substitute the following: “33. Section 114 of the Principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection (1)— (i) in paragraph (a), after “service” where it firstly occurs, to insert “in the Irish and English languages”, (ii) in paragraph (h), by the substitution of...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I move amendment No. 87: In page 69, to delete lines 24 to 26 and substitute the following: “33. Section 114 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1)— (a) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “in full” for “in so far as it is reasonably practicable”, and (b) in paragraph (h), by the substitution of “audiovisual on-demand...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I move amendment No. 88: In page 69, to delete lines 24 to 26 and substitute the following: “33. Section 114 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1)— (a) in paragraph (f), by the substation of “in full, unless limited by factors beyond the control of RTÉ,” for “, in so far as RTÉ considers reasonably practicable,”, and (b)...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Yes.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I move amendment No. 91: In page 69, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “Equal Pay for Equal Work 34. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 114: “Equal Pay for Equal Work 114A. RTÉ shall ensure that no worker is paid more for the same amount and form of work to produce content in the English language as a...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Dee Forbes specifically said that RTÉ will not examine this discrepancy between journalists who operate in the Irish language and journalists who operate in the English language as part of that pay review.