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Thu, 12 May 2022
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Disease Management
Sorca Clarke
348. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age who have diagnosis of ataxia telangiectasia; and the treatment that is available to them in Ireland. [24038/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Disease Management
Sorca Clarke
349. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the way a child with a diagnosis of ataxia telangiectasia can access clinical trials outside of Ireland. [24039/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Sorca Clarke
362. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he and his Department have had with those in the agrifood sector who are struggling with fuel and inflationary costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24040/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Irish Communities Abroad
Sorca Clarke
90. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the last meeting of the Interdepartmental Committee on Diaspora Policy was held; if engagement has taken place since with groups that work with returning Irish citizens to address the shortcomings experienced in the areas of visa processing times for non-European Union spouses, foreign birth registrations and the application of the habitual residence condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22997/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Bus Éireann
Sorca Clarke
233. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers that have used Bus Éireann route 115 Mullingar to Dublin in both directions in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [23106/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Office of Public Works
Sorca Clarke
297. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time qualified roofers and tilers employed by the OPW as of 1 January 2021 and 1 May 2022, in tabular form. [23102/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Naval Service
Sorca Clarke
463. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the number of applications and the number that were commissioned under the Naval Services direct entry scheme in each of the years from 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [23120/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Social Welfare Rates
Sorca Clarke
554. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost if the disability allowance increased by €5 per week. [23108/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Third Level Admissions
Sorca Clarke
608. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of a 10% increase in full-time undergraduate speech and language therapy students. [23103/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Third Level Admissions
Sorca Clarke
609. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of a 10% increase in full-time undergraduate occupational therapy students. [23104/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Third Level Admissions
Sorca Clarke
610. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of a 10% increase in full-time undergraduate psychology students. [23105/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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An Garda Síochána
Sorca Clarke
638. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 657 of 22 February 2022, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to answer the question. [23109/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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An Garda Síochána
Sorca Clarke
639. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of drones owned by An Garda Síochána and the number currently in use as of 3 May 2022, [23110/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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An Garda Síochána
Sorca Clarke
640. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda National Immigration Bureau as of 1 May 2021 and 1 May 2022, in tabular form. [23111/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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An Garda Síochána
Sorca Clarke
641. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of stables by location available to the Garda mounted unit excluding the stables currently in the Phoenix Park. [23112/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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An Garda Síochána
Sorca Clarke
642. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda interventions involving persons with self-harm or harming others due to mental health issues; and the resources that have been made available to ensure that An Garda Síochána is adequately trained to deal with these complex situations and that they have access on 24/7 supports of appropriate specialist services when required. [23113/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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An Garda Síochána
Sorca Clarke
643. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the age of the trucks attached to the Garda water unit. [23114/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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An Garda Síochána
Sorca Clarke
644. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of unmarked vans attached to the Garda collision forensic investigation unit as of 1 May 2021 and 1 May 2022, in tabular form. [23115/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
765. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the treatments available in the public health services for persons with leber congenital amaurosis and early onset of severe retinal dystrophy. [23116/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Emergency Departments
Sorca Clarke
766. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who presented to the accident and emergency department in Mullingar Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [23117/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Mental Health Services
Sorca Clarke
767. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for Jigsaw; the average waiting times in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022 in CHO 8 in tabular form. [23118/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Health Services Staff
Sorca Clarke
768. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatric cardiologists working in the public health services; his plans to expand this number; the international recommended best practice ratio for paediatric cardiologist surgeons to population and current ratio. [23119/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Fishery Harbour Centres
Sorca Clarke
865. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates in 2021 and to date in 2022 on which he met formally with the harbour master or equivalent to each of the fishery harbour centres under the remit of his Department in tabular form. [23107/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Hospital Appointments Status
Sorca Clarke
421. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has not been given a hospital appointment given the circumstances. [21687/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Departmental Funding
Sorca Clarke
456. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the provision of one-to-one services for a person [21870/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Disease Management
Sorca Clarke
495. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the awareness campaigns and training that is available to general practitioners for the identification and treatment of Lyme disease. [22033/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Disease Management
Sorca Clarke
496. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if test results for Lyme disease that have been identified in private testing facilities or following medical investigations abroad are recognised for treatment by the HSE here. [22034/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Disease Management
Sorca Clarke
497. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if the supplementary medications and treatment required for chronic Lyme disease will be covered by the general medical scheme and the drug treatment scheme. [22035/22]
Thu, 28 Apr 2022
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Cost of Living Issues
Sorca Clarke
38. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce further targeted measures to support lower and middle-income families in response to the level of inflation projected for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21460/22]
Thu, 28 Apr 2022
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Environmental Schemes
Sorca Clarke
144. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the SEAI grant will be extended to include assistance for those installing wood pellet stoves; the reason wood pellet stoves have been excluded from grant aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21497/22]
Thu, 28 Apr 2022
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School Admissions
Sorca Clarke
219. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the lack of school places in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21498/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
173. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Taoiseach the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and or Ministers of State in his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [19754/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
261. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and or Ministers of State in his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [19744/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Policies
Sorca Clarke
360. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if the practice considering the value of a document such as a log book for a car of posting these documents without advising the owner of their imminent arrival to continue . [19739/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Policies
Sorca Clarke
361. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if the fee of 12 euro to issue a replacement log book in the case of a person (details supplied) will be waived considering the log book was posted to the wrong address despite the person advising his Department of the change of address. [19740/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
362. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and or Ministers of State in his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [19756/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
490. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and or Ministers of State in his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [19745/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
552. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and or Ministers of State in his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [19751/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
586. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and or Ministers of State in her Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [19755/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
631. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and-or Ministers of State in his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [19749/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
727. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and or Ministers of State in his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [19746/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
802. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and-or Ministers of State in his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [19742/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
855. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and-or Ministers of State in her Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [19743/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
997. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and-or Ministers of State in her Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [19753/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Social Welfare Offices
Sorca Clarke
1079. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a statement on her plans regarding a new branch of a social welfare office in Castlepollard following the recent closure of the branch office (details supplied). [20819/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
1120. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and-or Ministers of State in his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [19741/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
1180. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and-or Ministers of State in his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [19747/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Domestic Violence
Sorca Clarke
1238. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda stations without a domestic violence liaison garda in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [19328/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Domestic Violence
Sorca Clarke
1239. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of domestic violence liaison officers currently in An Garda Síochána, by division. [19329/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
1261. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and-or Ministers of State in her Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [19750/22]