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Sorca Clarke

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Sinn Féin · Longford-Westmeath · serving since 2024-11-29

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Voting record Contributions PQs asked
written 2025-07-16 · to Health
251. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide details on current waiting times for endometriosis related services at Mullingar Regional Hospital; the number of patients awaiting each stage of care; and the way in which these waiting times compare with the national average. [39887/25]
written 2025-07-15 · to Transport
309. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the steps he intends to take to address the decline of 20% in taxi driver numbers in Longford and the 11.75% decline in Westmeath since 2019, according to NTA figures; and if he will increase the number of licensed taxi driver and vehicle supply to support the urban, rural and night-time economies, by at least 30% from 2023 levels by 2027, allow part-time drivers to enter the market by removing barriers identified by an organisation (details supplied) and increase the wheelchair accessible vehicles SPSV grant scheme and reform the SPSV driver entry test to account for advancements in technology. [39341/25]
written 2025-07-15 · to Enterprise
410. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he plans to develop additional tourism infrastructure in Mullingar to maximise the economic and cultural potential of its connection to the royal canal greenway and old rail trail greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38868/25]
written 2025-07-15 · to Health
884. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason the copper coil is not covered under the free contraception scheme; if she plans on making it free in the near future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38866/25]
written 2025-07-15 · to Health
885. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the clinical or policy grounds the copper coil was excluded from the initial rollout of the free contraception scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38867/25]
written 2025-07-15 · to Health
895. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure migrant women, including those in direct provision, can access the free contraception scheme without barriers related to GP registration, language, documentation status and other related issues. [38890/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Education
214. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline, regarding payments requested from parents for children in primary school, if a school may charge a mandatory fee; if the amount being charged in a school (details supplied) is acceptable; if the full fee is not paid, whether the school can withhold group activities like tin-whistle lessons from a child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38373/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Education
216. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools, including their ethos, who have received suppression of special class notices to date in 2025, including the number of these classes, in tabular form per county; to include those which were due to open for the school year 2025/2026, the maximum capacity of each and the financial expenditure incurred to date in relation to these classes. [38400/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Education
217. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the number of Gaelscoileanna that have requested to alter their ethos contrary to the Autism Good Practice Guidance for Schools (details supplied). [38402/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Education
218. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth in relation to the special education or ASD classes sanctioned in 2024 and 2025, including those who have received suppression notices, the cost of all forms of consultancy fees associated with each individual sanctioned rooms or classes. [38404/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Education
220. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth where a sanction for a special class has been revoked via a suppression notice, to outline the step by step process, including the key decision makers involved, the engagement with the school, the NCSE and the parents who have enrolled children in these classes for the upcoming school year. [38411/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Children
309. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the specific and tailored mental health supports available to people living with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, in line with international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38572/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Health
321. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based in the Kerry mental health team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38345/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Health
322. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians, by grade, based at Monksland Primary Care Centre, Athlone, in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38346/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Health
323. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on new capital investments and major new equipment purposes and new healthcare initiatives that will be rolled out in County Longford across 2025. [38347/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Health
324. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based in the Mayo mental health team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38348/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Health
325. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade, based at Mullingar Primary Care Centre in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38349/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Health
326. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the locations within CHO9 where Jigsaw youth mental health services are located, in tabular form. [38350/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Health
327. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based in the Cavan-Monaghan mental health team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38351/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Health
328. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists based at Edgeworthstown Health Centre in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38352/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Health
329. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based in the Sligo-Leitrim mental health team in the years of 2023,2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38353/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Health
330. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of births that occurred in the maternity department of Mullingar Regional Hospital in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38354/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Health
346. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she can outline the reason allogeneic stem cell transplantation for paediatric cancer patients is not currently available at CHI at Crumlin under the National Children’s Cancer Service; when this service will be restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38447/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Health
374. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide an estimated date for the publication of the north Kerry CAMHS review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38532/25]
written 2025-07-10 · to Health
380. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health whether due consideration has been given to the recognised dysmaturity of people living with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder with respect to transitioning from CAMHS services due to reaching the upper age limit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38568/25]
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