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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 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
801. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department will commence negotiations with a union (details supplied) regarding the school secretaries pension campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45247/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
831. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that children who previously held seats on a school bus are not unfairly displaced under the random allocation process on school transport, given the significant hardship this causes families with no alternative means of transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45598/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
873. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a breakdown of the number of primary and post primary schools that are Catholic, Church of Ireland, other religious patronage and non-denominational, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45948/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
875. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who have been refused a school bus ticket for the 2025-2026 academic year due to a lack of available spaces, per county, in tabular form. [45959/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
990. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the steps being taken to ensure greater access to secure, full-time positions, for newly qualified and unemployed teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46771/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Culture
1077. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the allocation of sports capital funding to clubs and facilities in Longford-Westmeath in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45370/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Culture
1078. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of funding that Sport Ireland provided to an organisation (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [45489/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Culture
1081. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of funding that has been allocated to the growth of basketball in Ireland the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45877/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Culture
1083. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the total annual funding allocated to organisations (details supplied) over the past five years, in tabular form. [46208/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1130. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable housing units currently under construction or approved for development in counties Longford and Westmeath; the estimated completion dates for these units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44856/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1131. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant and derelict properties in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44857/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1132. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons and families accessing emergency accommodation in counties Longford and Westmeath; the number of people that were turned away from emergency accommodation in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44858/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1133. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households in counties Westmeath and Longford living in HAP supported accommodation. [44873/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1183. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the current policy and guidelines for local authorities in prioritising housing allocations for individuals and families experiencing harassment or domestic abuse, including where the harassment involves repeated Garda welfare checks found to be unfounded; the measures in place to ensure such cases are treated a…
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1256. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of emergency accommodation beds available in each county. [46498/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1301. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant homes currently lying empty, per county, in tabular form. [47283/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1359. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department plans to have a webchat service link on his Department website for members of the public to enquire regarding social welfare entitlements and so on. [45488/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1405. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports or schemes available to qualified post primary teachers who are currently unemployed, particularly in cases where there are no suitable vacancies in their local area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46737/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1445. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if she will outline the wraparound supports currently available to women accommodated in safe homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46403/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1500. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the appeals process available to persons whose applications for subsidiary protection or humanitarian leave to remain have been refused; if he will ensure access to legal advice for applicants in such situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45023/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1521. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average processing time for applications for residence permission for de-facto partners of Irish citizens; the number of applications currently pending; and the measures being taken to reduce delays given reports of applicants waiting up to ten months for a decision. [45230/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1522. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of pending de-facto partner visa preclearance applications, by month of receipt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45231/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1523. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and percentage of de-facto partner visa applications refused in the past three years; the most common grounds for refusal; the number of successful appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45232/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1526. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current waiting time for an appeal of a refused join family visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45278/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1527. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of visa applications currently pending, by category, to date in 2025; and how this compares to the same date in 2023 and 2024. [45279/25]