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Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Defence Forces
Sorca Clarke
462. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence when recruitment to the Reserve Defence Force will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52570/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Naval Service
Sorca Clarke
463. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the proposed purchase by the Naval Service of a multi-role vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52571/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Defence Forces
Sorca Clarke
464. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the disparity between the male and female areas in the development plans for the training unit in the Curragh Camp; and his views on whether this will impact female recruitment to the Defence Forces. [52572/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Sorca Clarke
750. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda complaints referred to and investigated by GSOC relating to counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [52592/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Home Help Service
Sorca Clarke
938. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours approved but not yet provided in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in counties Longford and Westmeath in tabular form. [52573/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
939. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent report (details supplied); if additional funding and resources will be provided to the organisation and other entities that work with those in need in the midlands to address this sharp increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52593/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
1073. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients attending the paediatric diabetic clinic, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [53145/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Disability Services
Sorca Clarke
1131. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the staffing breakdown for the Children's Disability Network Teams Nos. 7 to 12, inclusive; and the waiting list, by service, in each. [53347/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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National Maternity Hospital
Sorca Clarke
1132. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the national maternity hospital; if there is a date by which negotiations are expected to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53348/21]
Wed, 20 Oct 2021
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Defence Forces
Sorca Clarke
121. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the progress made in the appointment of a confidential contact person for survivors of abuse, harassment and bullying within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51690/21]
Wed, 20 Oct 2021
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Defence Forces
Sorca Clarke
122. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence when the independent review of the revelations made in a documentary (details supplied) will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51691/21]
Wed, 20 Oct 2021
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School Transport
Sorca Clarke
146. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the progress made in the review of the school transport service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51692/21]
Wed, 20 Oct 2021
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School Transport
Sorca Clarke
147. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education her plans for school transport to return to full capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51693/21]
Wed, 20 Oct 2021
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Sorca Clarke
148. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if her Department will review primary school class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51694/21]
Wed, 20 Oct 2021
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Social Welfare Benefits
Sorca Clarke
171. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied for an exceptional needs payment to assist with funeral expenses in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by county in tabular form. [51696/21]
Wed, 20 Oct 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Sorca Clarke
207. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda civilian staff recruited in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by county in tabular form. [51697/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Sorca Clarke
119. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to those under 65 years of age and living in a nursing home residential setting who do not qualify for the third vaccination despite all fellow residents over 65 years of age and all nursing home staff members regardless of age who are equally exposed to the same risks of catching Covid-19 being eligible to receive the booster dose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50778/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Sorca Clarke
170. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting lists for ENT appointments in the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore and a person (details supplied) who has been waiting an appointment since they were referred in 2018 and has been informed by the hospital it will be another two years before they can expect an appointment. [50777/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Waterways Issues
Sorca Clarke
464. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the costs of remedial work repairs, maintenance, upkeep of the walkways and any other associated costs incurred at Grand Canal, Kilbeggan Greenway, County Westmeath in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [50954/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
801. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the details of the additional resources applied per centre to reduce waiting lists for preliminary team assessment as per the statement made by him on 28 September 2021 in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48666/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
802. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO8 that received a preliminary team assessment and were referred onward to an intervention pathway and are awaiting appointment for same. [48667/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Forestry Sector
Sorca Clarke
933. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the situation in Rusheen, Lough Sheelin, County Westmeath in which a local resident and fisherman and others have been refused a mooring peg and the accompanying key to the barrier erected in recent years as Coillte officials report all pegs have been allocated despite many remaining vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50953/21]
Wed, 13 Oct 2021
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Student Accommodation
Sorca Clarke
26. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the lack of student accommodation in Athlone, County Westmeath for students attending the Technological University Shannon Midlands Midwest; and the steps he will take to engage with the technological university to address the matter. [49855/21]
Tue, 12 Oct 2021
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Departmental Properties
Sorca Clarke
242. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the organisations operating out of Columb Barracks that have a lease. [49924/21]
Tue, 12 Oct 2021
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Departmental Properties
Sorca Clarke
243. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the engagement between his Department, the Land Development Agency and a group (details supplied) regarding the future of Columb Barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49925/21]
Tue, 12 Oct 2021
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Departmental Data
Sorca Clarke
244. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the prescribing figures for malarone, doxycycline and lariam for overseas service in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [49926/21]
Thu, 7 Oct 2021
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Social Welfare Offices
Sorca Clarke
9. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection when in-person appointments will resume in social protection offices. [48665/21]
Thu, 7 Oct 2021
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Community Employment Schemes
Sorca Clarke
26. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to allow persons on community employment, CE, schemes and who are approaching retirement age to remain on those schemes until they are eligible for old age pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48664/21]
Thu, 7 Oct 2021
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Social Welfare Payments
Sorca Clarke
288. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid out in rent allowance in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [49036/21]
Thu, 7 Oct 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Sorca Clarke
451. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the HPV vaccine. [49068/21]
Thu, 7 Oct 2021
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Health Service Executive
Sorca Clarke
452. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to engage with a committee (details supplied) in a meaningful way to resolve the current issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49069/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Creative Youth Plan
Sorca Clarke
39. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will reconsider her Department's refusal to fund transport costs to allow children in rural schools to attend events in arts centres and theatres in order to provide equal access to the arts. [47969/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Arts Council
Sorca Clarke
53. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a four month delay is typical in the case of an application by a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47970/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Trade Missions
Sorca Clarke
87. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he spoke to the Governor of Washington DC during his recent visit to the United States of America. [48363/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Cybersecurity Policy
Sorca Clarke
120. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated cost in 2022 of recruiting fifteen additional full-time cybersecurity developers and analysts for the National Cyber Security Centre. [48373/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Bus Services
Sorca Clarke
152. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the routes and timetables on which 24-hour bus routes will be rolled out in 2022. [48368/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Tax Data
Sorca Clarke
218. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be generated from an increase to 50% in the minimum effective tax rate of those earning more than €325,000 per year. [48372/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Sorca Clarke
228. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent to date on the refurbishment of Longford and Athlone Garda stations. [48360/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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State Visits
Sorca Clarke
370. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if he plans to invite his French counterpart to Ireland before the end of 2021. [48364/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
371. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the number of full-time civilian carpenters, roofers and electricians employed by his Department working in Gormanston Camp as of 27 September 2021. [48365/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Civil Defence
Sorca Clarke
372. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the estimated cost in 2022 if the budget for the Civil Defence increased by 12%. [48366/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
423. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of full-time quantity surveyor and civil and structural engineers employed by her Department as of 30 September 2019, 30 September 2020 and 28 September 2021, in tabular form. [48367/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Sorca Clarke
539. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the estimated cost in 2022 of increasing the number of sworn gardaí to 15,300 by the end of 2022; the estimated cost in 2023 to increase the number to 16,180; and the estimated cost in 2024 to increase the number of sworn gardaí to 17,100. [48361/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Road Traffic Accidents
Sorca Clarke
540. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 439 and 440 of 6 July 2021, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to answer the question. [48362/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Sorca Clarke
592. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason primary school children in Mullingar, County Westmeath who wish to avail of the school vaccination programme are being offered appointments in vaccination centres in Athlone and Moate which is 45 and 32 kilometres, respectively from their home with no transport links, either public or private, available. [47670/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Sorca Clarke
593. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when the next session of the school vaccination programme for primary school children will commence in Mullingar, County Westmeath. [47671/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Sorca Clarke
594. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a physiotherapist at Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath, in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [47672/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Community Care
Sorca Clarke
595. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the storage costs to date for the now defunct community hubs in CHO8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47673/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Hospital Staff
Sorca Clarke
704. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of appointing one whole-time equivalent clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes paediatric teams; and the number of additional clinical psychologists needed to meet this target. [48369/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Community Care
Sorca Clarke
705. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the costs associated with the national roll-out of heart failure integrated core projects in the community. [48370/21]