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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 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1243. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 40% of survivors have been excluded from full mother and baby institutional redress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1423/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1244. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will amend the eligibility criteria for the mother and baby homes redress scheme. [1424/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1334. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of international recruitment fairs to the UK where officials from Mullingar Regional Hospital were present seeking to recruit additional doctors, physiotherapists, nurses and so on to work in the hospital in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [46367/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1335. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all primary care centres within CHO8 specifying whether a GP is operation out of the centre, in tabular form. [46368/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1336. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce an out-of-hours CAMHS for children in County Longford. [46369/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1337. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologists with a special interest in skin fragility at St. James's Hospital in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [46370/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1338. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO8 awaiting podiatry within primary care services as of 4 December 2024. [46371/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1355. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current level of funding allocated to addiction services. [46474/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1356. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of addiction treatment centres, per county, including residential and outpatient services; and the demand for these services, per county, in tabular form. [46475/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1357. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health what measures are in place to ensure that addiction services are accessible for all in rural and less-well-off communities. [46476/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1358. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if addiction treatment centres are collaborating with community organisations to improve the social determinants of health, such as housing, employment and education, that affect recovery outcomes. [46477/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1359. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health how the Government measures the success and effectiveness of addiction services; the measures being taken to track long-term recovery rates; and if data are used to improve addiction services. [46478/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1360. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health his top three priorities for improving addiction services over the next five years. [46479/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1361. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health how the Government is addressing the root causes of addiction, such as poverty, trauma, mental health issues and homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46480/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1366. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of pregnant victims of domestic violence reported in each hospital, per county, in 2023 and to date in 2024. [46533/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1437. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to psychiatric hospitals or units, and child and adolescent units, in 2024. [46830/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1438. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children on inpatient or day case waiting lists in 2024; and the number on outpatient waiting lists in 2024. [46831/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
1701. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps his Department is taking to address gender-based violence and harassment in educational institutions such as universities. [46494/24]