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Sorca Clarke

Sinn Féin Longford-Westmeath TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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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

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 1,743 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 205 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
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

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 75 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Longford-Westmeath 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Sorca Clarke Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Health
1020. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the amount being spent daily on private ambulance services, per RHA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69787/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Health
1024. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of hospitals, per county, which provide in-person menopause clinics that are in operation, and those that are not. [69919/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Health
1060. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff, and staff from funded services that completed the training on domestic, sexual and gender based violence in the past 5 years. [70206/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Health
1076. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of people on average that attended the emergency department in Mullingar hospital in 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70233/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Health
1077. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended the national traveller mental health service, operated by a service (details supplied) broken down service, in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70234/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Health
432. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current national and regional data on delayed recall appointments within the HSE including appointments issued to patients following hospital discharge for X-rays, ultrasounds, and consultant-requested follow-up assessments; the average waiting time for such recall appointments; and the steps the HSE is taking to reduce delays that can negatively impact patie…
Sorca Clarke Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Health
433. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital and outpatient appointments that were missed, cancelled, or scheduled but not fulfilled in the past 12-months; the breakdown by specialty (including cardiology, urology, and geriatric medicine); the reasons recorded by the HSE for these missed or unfulfilled appointments; and the measures being introduced to improve communication with patie…
Sorca Clarke Written 3 Dec 2025 · to Health
267. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the last time the All-Ireland Traveller Health Study was completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68421/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 3 Dec 2025 · to Health
269. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the community connect programme will include ethnic minority identifiers and the status of the system configuration phase. [68444/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Climate
28. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will clarify the communication processes in place to ensure that households on the Priority Services Register are made aware of their eligibility for government funded solar PV installation. [67430/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Agriculture
449. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Greyhound Racing Ireland has commissioned any analysis of the economic and financial significance of the Irish greyhound racing industry or similar reports since a report was published in 2021 (details supplied); and if so, the cost of such analyses, and if he will make a statement. [67291/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Agriculture
450. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the litigation, if any, Greyhound Racing Ireland is currently engaged in or defending; when this litigation commenced; and the subject matter of this litigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67292/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Children
496. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of agencies under her Department’s remit who currently receive training on recognising and responding to gender based violence; if this training is mandatory; the core competencies covered in existing training programs; and to provide a list of any agencies who don’t receive the latter. [67878/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Housing
352. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeless children and adults, per county. [66792/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Justice
420. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average Garda response times to emergency and non-emergency calls for each Garda division; and the number of calls that were not responded to. [66794/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Culture
473. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has assessed the prevalence of sexual harassment, bullying and verbal abuse experienced by girls in community sports settings; the safeguarding measures in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65294/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Housing
506. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new cost rental and affordable housing units currently planned, funded and expected to commence construction before the end of 2025 in Longford and Westmeath. [65192/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Housing
512. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of all local authority areas currently active in the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65249/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Health
801. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if a person with a diagnosed psychiatric disorder can make an advanced directive or decision to the right to taper their medication; if so, the process to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65150/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Health
823. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of the Traveller mental health specialist group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65280/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 20 Nov 2025 · to Children
556. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of children awaiting ASD assessments across the midlands, including a breakdown, by county and the average waiting time for assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65585/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 20 Nov 2025 · to Health
564. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient and diagnostic appointments that have been offered, accepted, and recorded as did not attend/no show, in both the Regional Hospital Mullingar and the Regional Hospital Tullamore for the most recent full year; the number of patients currently on waiting lists in each hospital for MRI scans; the number of patients who have been referred fro…
Sorca Clarke Written 20 Nov 2025 · to Health
565. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of MRI appointments carried out in the Regional Hospital Mullingar in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64642/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 20 Nov 2025 · to Health
566. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current number of children awaiting ASD assessments across the midlands, including a breakdown, by county and the average waiting time for assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64652/25]