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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 27 May 2025 · to Education
315. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of survivors of institutional abuse that have been awarded a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27499/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Education
348. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of survivors of institutional abuse who have been awarded an enhanced medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27690/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
606. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of staffing all emergency departments with liaison psychiatrists for one year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26837/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
607. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of having fully staffed mental health teams in each CHO across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26838/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
608. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully staffing and operating all 73 child and adult mental health services teams, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26839/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
609. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the cost to fully implement the National Clinical Programme for Early Intervention Psychosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26840/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
610. 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. [26841/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
611. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current and capital cost of establishing and operating a 24/7 multi-agency mental health crisis de-escalating team, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26842/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
612. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated current and capital cost of implementing the Governments plan for inpatient and outpatient perinatal mental health care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26843/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
613. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fully implement the National Clinical Programme for ADHD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26844/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
614. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the cost of running the Galway community café, the free out-of-hours adult mental health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26845/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
615. 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. [26846/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
616. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing a mental health liaison respectively, inclusive of salary and PRSI costs, as provided for in the HSE winter plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26847/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
617. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing universal counselling within primary care; the cost of providing counselling in primary care for 0-18 years, 0-25 years, and over 25’s, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26848/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
618. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully implementing the National Model of Care for Dual Diagnosis over five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26849/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
619. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the capital and current cost of establishing a ten bed inpatient unit for eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26850/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
664. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of drug related deaths involving homeless women and men in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of those that died that had a known history of mental health issues; the average age of these men and women, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26942/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
665. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 17 years of age that attended adult emergency departments for self-harm and suicidal ideations in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26943/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
697. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the level of funding that has been allocated to perinatal mental health services in the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27077/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
698. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the steps she in taking to reduce disparities in access to perinatal mental health care among minorities such as migrants, those from the Travelling community, and low-income families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27078/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 May 2025 · to Housing
260. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people registered as homeless in the Longford-Westmeath constituency in the first quarter of 2025, broken down by women, children and men, in tabular form. [26481/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 21 May 2025 · to Health
140. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for a gynaecologist appointment, per hospital, from each quarter in 2024 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [26085/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 21 May 2025 · to Health
184. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the review of atropine 0.01%; if consideration has been given to making it available for myopia control; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26316/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 21 May 2025 · to Health
185. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the criteria for which atropine 0.01% eye drops, prescribed for myopia, to limit the risk of damage to eyes and potentially detached retinas is not on licence, and therefore not covered by the drug payment scheme. [26317/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 20 May 2025 · to Education
485. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department plans to open a special class for boys in any of the primary schools in Moate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25836/25]