Sorca Clarke
Written
3513. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when he last met formally with the CEO of Charities Regulator. [26082/26]
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Sorca Clarke
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1,743
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
42,297
words spoken in the chamber
Across 205 contributions. Plus 82 contributions from the chair, not counted
380
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
256
topics asked about
Across 20 departments
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Month by month
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Questions asked 1,743 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 205 in all
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| December 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 99 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 56 | 12 |
| March 2025 | 46 | 1 |
| April 2025 | 48 | 4 |
| May 2025 | 49 | 4 |
| June 2025 | 70 | 70 |
| July 2025 | 176 | 19 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 130 | 3 |
| October 2025 | 62 | 7 |
| November 2025 | 94 | 1 |
| December 2025 | 136 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 92 | 4 |
| February 2026 | 85 | 7 |
| March 2026 | 92 | 9 |
| April 2026 | 98 | 16 |
| May 2026 | 54 | 6 |
| June 2026 | 197 | 16 |
| July 2026 | 57 | 8 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 50 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 52 | 13 |
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Plus 75 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
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- constituency Longford-Westmeath 29 November 2024 to now
- party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Sorca Clarke
Written
3522. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if Delvin, County Westmeath will be included in the recently announced list of CLÁR 2026 funding projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26458/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
3523. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the way in which the new designated CLÁR 2026 areas were decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26459/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
3524. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the plans to change the funding criteria for ORIS to allow for footpaths to be built in towns and villages in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26460/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
3525. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reasons Delvin and Kinnegad in County Westmeath missed out on town and village funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26461/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
3526. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the plans to expand CLÁR to more areas in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26462/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
3527. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding available in his Department for parish halls in County Westmeath for renovations in communities where there are no community centres in place. [26463/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
3528. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when his Department intend to send confirmation of the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund from 2025 for the Delvin project in County Westmeath (details supplied). [26464/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
165. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23214/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
391. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the maximum number of non-coursing greyhounds contracted per day in the two care homes and seven foster centres funded by an organisation (details supplied) for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and the first three months of 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23405/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
392. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds passed through a care centre funded by an organisation (details supplied) for each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number of those dogs who were homed directly from this care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23406/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
393. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds who passed through a care centre funded by an organisation (details supplied) for each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, and the number of those dogs who were homed directly from this care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23407/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
394. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds who passed through the seven foster centres funded by an organisation (details supplied) for each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number of those dogs were homed directly from these foster centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23408/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
172. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for supplementary welfare allowance, including additional needs payments and exceptional needs payments, received in each of the counties of Westmeath and Longford in each of the past 24-months; the number of those applications approved and refused; the breakdown of the purpose for which each application was made; and if he w…
Sorca Clarke
Written
173. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for supplementary welfare allowance, including additional needs payments and exceptional needs payments, received per county, in each of the past 24-months; the number of those applications approved and refused; and a breakdown of the purpose for which each application was made, in tabular form; and if he will make a statemen…
Sorca Clarke
Written
441. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for homecare in Westmeath and Longford in the past five years, in tabular form. [23090/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
442. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for homecare, per county in the past five years, in tabular form. [23091/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
257. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the current eligibility criteria for recommissioning into the Defence Forces for officers who were medically discharged; and whether the existing terms and conditions prevent individuals in this category from being reconsidered for recommissioning today. [21418/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
720. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of Garda assigned to the Meath/Westmeath Garda division; the number assigned specifically to Westmeath; the comparable figures for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22169/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
859. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the amount of requested funds by regional executive offices; the amount approved; the amount outstanding for each of the past 12 months for taxi services, including the transport of patients for dialysis treatment, by county, in tabular form. [21530/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
215. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has considered a driver licence exchange agreement between Ireland and the United States to allow Irish citizens returning home with full US licences to exchange them for an Irish licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21371/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
510. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for patients to begin cancer treatment; the number of people on waiting lists for cancer related surgeries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21303/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
52. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of occasions in 2025 and to-date in 2026 where the Irish Ambassador based in Madrid has met formally with the Mayor of Madrid, in tabular form. [20032/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
55. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding received by organisations (details supplied) from Government funding in the past ten years. [20253/26]
Sorca Clarke
Written
126. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the capital budget allocation for his Department in 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [20034/26]