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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (19 Apr 2023)

Sorca Clarke: If you were to believe everything you see in the media, you would almost think this country was a doughnut, in many respects, but I am here to reassure the Minister of State it is not. The midlands is experiencing the housing crisis as deeply as all the cities. How does the Minister of State intend to deal specifically with rural Ireland when it comes to the additional challenges of...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: This is another very significant piece of legislation to deal with those legacy issues from the horrific events of the mother and baby institutions. We support the introduction of this Bill primarily around that statutory basis and framework to authorise interventions at Tuam where manifestly inappropriate burials took place. I have some concerns. The Minister touched on some of them, but...

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I do not think anybody for one second is saying that Covid is gone or that Covid is defeated. It is nothing I have had said to me and it is certainly not something that I think. However, I am struck today by one question, a very short and pointed question, and that is: why? Why is it that if, as the Minister himself said, these restrictions will be lifted on 22 October, the Minister is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the ladies for their time this morning and the incredibly informative presentation they gave. In the spirit of full disclosure, I should say that breastfeeding is something close to my heart and I have nursed four children through various mechanisms because of different influences. I will come back to that as we go through the questions. I agree that choice is key but that choice...