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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 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2987. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she has a long-term plan to increase capacity in the Health Service Executive community audiology to address the long waiting lists in some regions, which are reaching up to three years for some children, with permanent hearing loss to be seen and many children waiting for hearing aid reviews; if she will lift the recruitment freeze; and if she will make a st…
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3111. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of women who have tested positive for HPV following cervical screening under the CervicalCheck programme in the last five years; and the number of those cases in which abnormal cell changes subsequently progressed to a cervical cancer diagnosis. [43240/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3174. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the cost of running each existing community café providing free out-of-hours adult mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43736/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3175. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the pilot Solace cafés under the HSE's crisis resolution services model of care; the timeframe and criteria, including milestones, by which the pilot phase is expected to conclude and sites transition to permanent (non-pilot) Solace café status; whether any decisions have been made to extend, scale back or expand the pilot network beyond …
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3185. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the cost of running a community café to provide free out-of-hours adult mental health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43774/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3190. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fully implement the national clinical programme for ADHD in adults; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43809/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3191. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fully implement the national clinical programme for self-harm and suicide-related ideation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43810/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3192. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fully implement the national clinical programme for early intervention psychosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43811/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3193. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully funding the national clinical programme for eating disorders and deliver the remaining eating disorder teams by 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43812/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3194. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fully implement the national clinical programme for specialist perinatal mental health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43813/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3198. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase funding for recovery education by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43841/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3199. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully funding a single crisis resolution team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43842/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3200. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the full multidisciplinary staffing model for a crisis resolution team, including grades, salary bands, headcount per team; and the estimated associated annual cost per team for staffing, administration, and on-call or out of hours service provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43843/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3206. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of funding trainee counselling and educational psychology posts on the same basis as trainee clinical psychologists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43917/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3207. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of counselling and educational psychology trainees currently enrolled on postgraduate programmes annually; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43918/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3208. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of trainee clinical psychologists currently funded through the HSE; the number of training places made available in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43919/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3228. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully funding a single CAMHS bed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44008/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3229. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully funding a CAMHS team; and the number of fully operational CAMHS teams currently in place nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44009/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3245. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding Jigsaw youth mental health services to provide full national coverage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44096/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3251. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of establishing and operating one full Jigsaw youth mental health service in each of the six RHAs; to include staffing, premises and service delivery costs per site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44123/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3252. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the total annual cost to the Health Service Executive and her Department of providing online mental health services; a breakdown of these costs by platform or service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44124/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3266. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully staffing and operating all child and adult mental health services teams, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44167/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3267. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide the estimated annual cost of delivering integrated multi-disciplinary primary care mental health services based on the Jigsaw model; the current number of such services funded nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44177/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3268. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of operating one integrated multi-disciplinary primary care mental health service based on the Jigsaw model; and if this cost varies depending on location or catchment size; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44178/25]
Sorca Clarke Oral 17 Jul 2025 · to Education
90. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an updated list of all primary and post-primary schools that have been sanctioned for an ASD class for the 2025-26 school year. [39382/25]