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Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Hospital Staff
Sorca Clarke
562. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts by speciality currently in CHI Crumlin; the length of time each post has been vacant for; and when each vacancy will be filled in tabular form. [58520/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Hospital Staff
Sorca Clarke
563. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the details of the most recent projected workplace planning requirements to meet demand in urology services; and the number of these posts that are filled in tabular form. [58521/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Hospital Staff
Sorca Clarke
572. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses employed in Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Dublin as, or working in the position of, head of ward or acting head of ward but without the mandatory five years post-qualification experience. [58597/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Hospital Staff
Sorca Clarke
573. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of resignations in Temple Street Children’s Hospital by those employed as, or working in the position of, head of ward or acting head of ward in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [58598/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Hospital Staff
Sorca Clarke
574. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant head of ward or acting head of ward positions at Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Dublin. [58599/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Health Service Executive
Sorca Clarke
729. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 834 of 28 September 2021, the buildings currently in use by the HSE that are either owned, leased or rented on a full or part-time basis which have been assessed as having asbestos in the buildings; and the actions that have been taken to ensure the health and safety of employees and former employees to assess the health impact that asbestos had for counties Longford and Westmeath in tabular form. [59120/21]
Thu, 25 Nov 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Sorca Clarke
373. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to classifying Covid-19 as a long-term medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58250/21]
Wed, 24 Nov 2021
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Public Transport
Sorca Clarke
57. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the steps his Department is taking to tackle antisocial behaviour on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58033/21]
Wed, 24 Nov 2021
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Sorca Clarke
131. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider removing the means tests for the blind pension and the disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58031/21]
Wed, 24 Nov 2021
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Community Employment Schemes
Sorca Clarke
132. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider relaxing the three-year rule and allowing community employment participants to remain with a scheme longer and continue the invaluable work being provided in communities. [58032/21]
Tue, 23 Nov 2021
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Industrial Development
Sorca Clarke
180. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in County Westmeath by IDA supported companies 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [57627/21]
Tue, 23 Nov 2021
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Industrial Development
Sorca Clarke
181. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in County Longford by IDA supported companies in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [57628/21]
Tue, 23 Nov 2021
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Departmental Schemes
Sorca Clarke
207. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes that have been retrofitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57629/21]
Tue, 23 Nov 2021
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Rental Sector
Sorca Clarke
303. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of inspections to examine the standards of rental accommodation undertaken by Westmeath County Council in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of improvement notices issued in each year as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57623/21]
Tue, 23 Nov 2021
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Rental Sector
Sorca Clarke
304. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of inspections to examine the standards of rental accommodation undertaken by Longford County Council in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of improvement notices issued in each year as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57624/21]
Tue, 23 Nov 2021
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Rental Sector
Sorca Clarke
305. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of long-term leases approved by Westmeath County Council to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57625/21]
Tue, 23 Nov 2021
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Rental Sector
Sorca Clarke
306. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of long-term leases approved by Longford County Council to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57626/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Climate Action Plan
Sorca Clarke
75. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the way the emissions from the Defence Forces are accounted for under the carbon budgets and sectoral emissions ceilings given the increasing acknowledgement that climate and defence will be intrinsically linked in view of the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference. [56516/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Defence Forces
Sorca Clarke
91. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the review of the central recruitment that has taken place regarding the ongoing recruitment issues highlighted in both the press and at committee by the Reserve Defence Forces representatives; and the outcome in terms of improving the pathways to becoming a member of the Reserve Defence Forces. [56519/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Defence Forces
Sorca Clarke
115. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence his proposals to negate the impact of reports regarding the spiralling cost of living on serving members of the Permanent Defence Forces. [56517/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Defence Forces
Sorca Clarke
116. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide information regarding the average 17.5 patrol days that were reported to be cancelled each month in 2019, which rose to 30 per month to date in 2021; the purpose of the patrols; and the reason for cancellation. [56520/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Civil Defence
Sorca Clarke
119. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the nature of the support provided and the corresponding hourly equivalent including the number of trips and kilometres provided by the Civil Defence in support of the HSE operations relating to Covid-19. [56518/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Departmental Data
Sorca Clarke
328. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children on school age team or the new equivalent on the psychology waiting lists that have been also referred to primary care psychology by county in each of the years 2018 to 2020 an to date in 2021, in tabular form. [56713/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Mental Health Services
Sorca Clarke
329. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children on school age team or new equivalent on psychology waiting lists that have been also referred to primary care psychology and that referral was not accepted by county in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form [56714/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Mental Health Services
Sorca Clarke
330. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the actions taken to date to address the longstanding difficulties in recruiting a psychologist to the disability services team in the HSE health centre, Longford Road, Mullingar as acknowledged by the complaints officer that the current staffing levels are not sufficient to provide a full service. [56715/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Mental Health Services
Sorca Clarke
331. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene on behalf of a child (details supplied). [56716/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Mental Health Services
Sorca Clarke
332. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints made to the Your Service Your Say that relate to psychology services in counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [56717/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Citizens' Assembly
Sorca Clarke
36. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Taoiseach if he will create a citizens' assembly to work on issues of all-Ireland integration and further unity on the island. [56473/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Road Projects
Sorca Clarke
64. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the status of the Glasson bypass, County Westmeath. [56474/21]
Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Health Service Executive
Sorca Clarke
264. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will request a review of the decision to refuse an application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56472/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Sorca Clarke
77. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of unoccupied Garda stations in counties Longford and Westmeath that are owned by the State; the future plans for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55388/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Departmental Budgets
Sorca Clarke
93. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Departments that have requested to roll over all or part of their budget to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55389/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Rail Network
Sorca Clarke
197. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for the strategic all-island rail review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55966/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Driver Test
Sorca Clarke
198. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if extra resources have been provided to the Road Safety Authority to reduce the backlog in driving test applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55967/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Tax Collection
Sorca Clarke
218. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance if a review of the 4% interest charged by the Revenue Commissioners on deferred local property tax in circumstances in which the household income is deemed insufficient to meet the demand will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55968/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Brexit Issues
Sorca Clarke
326. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement he has had with the UK Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union regarding Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56177/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Brexit Issues
Sorca Clarke
327. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement he has had with the President of the United States of America or their representatives regarding Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56178/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Defence Forces
Sorca Clarke
334. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the number of new applicants to the Defence Forces that were not offered enlistment due to below standard audiology results 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [56175/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Defence Forces
Sorca Clarke
335. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the procedure when a potential Defence Forces recruit is asked to obtain an external audiology report in circumstances in which a new recruit presents for medical and a query is raised regarding the audiology result. [56176/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
614. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of requests by both adults and children for transport to hospitals outside the State that were not facilitated in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [55965/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Sorca Clarke
661. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he is considering recommending a return to working from home for the winter months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56179/21]
Thu, 11 Nov 2021
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Disability Services
Sorca Clarke
270. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if disability access assessments have been conducted at theatres (details supplied); the process by which such assessments are monitored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55463/21]
Thu, 11 Nov 2021
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Departmental Reports
Sorca Clarke
271. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the report by the night-time economy task force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55464/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Ticket Touting
Sorca Clarke
53. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the availability online of tickets for sale for the Ireland versus Portugal football match on 9 November 2021 which is a sold out event despite the practice of the banning of reselling tickets above face value being banned after the Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Act 2021 was brought into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53122/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Ticket Touting
Sorca Clarke
123. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications his Department received from venue operators to have one or more of their venues designated for the purpose of the Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Act from its implementation in July to date. [53345/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Planning Issues
Sorca Clarke
345. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide information on his Department's review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and the review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if he will provide information on the stated need to consider environmental assessment reporting before finalisation; when the interim planning regulations will be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52173/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Register of Electors
Sorca Clarke
346. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department plans to extend the online voter registration on voter.ie beyond Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52174/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Housing Schemes
Sorca Clarke
371. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the refusal of Rebuilding Ireland to approve home loans due to a failure to save in circumstances in which women were in receipt of maternity benefit with no additional payment from their employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52574/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Defence Forces
Sorca Clarke
460. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the average notice period given to applicants to the Reserve Defence Force for induction testing in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [52568/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Defence Forces
Sorca Clarke
461. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence when the ban due to Covid-19 concerns on the general use of Defence Forces accommodation facilities by the Reserve Defence Force will be removed. [52569/21]