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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 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1257. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure cancer patients have access to up-to-date radiotherapy comparable to international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48414/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1258. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will address concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) that delays in replacing outdated radiotherapy equipment are resulting in poorer outcomes for patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48415/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1290. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when funding will be allocated for the establishment of the promised community neurorehabilitation team in the midlands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48660/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1332. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the development and publication of a national cardiovascular strategy; if this strategy will take into account the recent review of cardiac services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48962/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1333. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she has considered the introduction of a national screening programme for structural heart disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48963/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1334. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if her Department has engaged with the European Commission in the development of the EU-wide cardiovascular disease strategy; and the way in which Ireland intends to align national policy with the EU focus on early detection and screening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48964/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
5. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Taoiseach the revenue generated by the tourism sector for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44607/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
6. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Taoiseach the number of overseas visitors to Ireland for each of the past 5 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44608/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Climate
110. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the details of the funding that has been provided to Westmeath and Longford County Councils in the past 5 years to implement local climate action plans, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44798/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Climate
112. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of households in counties Longford and Westmeath which had electricity or gas disconnection in the past year due to non-payment. [44867/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Climate
119. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of home energy upgrades that have been supported through SEAI retrofitting schemes in Longford and Westmeath in the past five years. [45080/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Climate
130. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide an update on the mechanisms available to homeowners whose properties have been damaged as a result of works carried out under SEAI approved retrofit schemes; the redress routes that are open to affected households in cases where contractors have carried out substandard and damaging works; if he will report on the mo…
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
287. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the steps his Department will take to ensure that a fully quorate representative committee, constituted strictly in accordance with the scheme’s governing statutory instrument (detail supplied) is restored as a matter of priority. [45040/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
288. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if the Pension’s Authority is investigating the current concerns surrounding the governance arrangements of the CIÉ Superannuation Scheme 1951 as raised by members of the scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45041/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
289. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct the Pension’s Authority to investigate the current concerns surrounding the governance arrangements of the CIÉ Superannuation Scheme 1951 as raised by members of the scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45042/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
298. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the total cost incurred by his Department and TII in 2024 and to date in 2025, for the repair and maintenance of the national road and rail network; the breakdown of these costs, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45191/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
316. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the current waiting times for driving tests in each centre in counties Longford and Westmeath; and the number of applicants currently waiting beyond ten to 12 weeks in each test centre, in tabular form. [45400/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
326. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the number of commercial flights that departed from each of the airports in Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Knock and Kerry in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45516/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
437. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if consideration was given to extending the new child 5–8 Leap card beyond eight years of age; and the reasoning behind choosing the 5-8 age group for this scheme. [47264/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
549. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance the estimated annual VAT revenue collected from counselling and psychotherapy services. [46527/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
550. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out an assessment of the fiscal impact of designating counselling and psychotherapy services as VAT exempt in line with other health services. [46528/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
558. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance the annual revenue generated by businesses from the sale of period products including pads, tampons and other menstrual hygiene products. [46571/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Public Expenditure
627. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of WTE qualified architects and structural engineers employed by the OPW in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [45487/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Enterprise
695. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of residential properties currently listed as short-term rentals on platforms (details supplied); and the percentage of these properties that are located in areas designated as RPZ. [46256/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
785. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children with additional needs in County Westmeath who are currently without a suitable school place for the upcoming academic year. [44874/25]