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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 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
848. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the 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. [47701/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
849. 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. [47702/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
850. 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. [47703/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
851. 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. [47704/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
855. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fully implement the Strategy to Reduce Suicide and Self-harm, Connecting for Life 2026-2035; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47719/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
856. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing a mental health liaison inclusive of salary and PRSI costs as provided for in the HSE winter plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47720/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
857. 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. [47721/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
858. 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. [47722/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
859. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the National Model of Care for Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in full; the additional consultant psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists, social workers and other staff required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47723/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
860. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of eliminating all CAMHS waiting lists in excess of 12-weeks; the additional WTE staff required; and the regional breakdown of those costs. [47724/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
861. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 24/7 liaison psychiatry services in each model 4 hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47725/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
862. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of establishing one additional adult crisis resolution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47726/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
863. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of funding an additional 50, 100 and 150 clinical psychology training places; the associated supervision and placement costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47727/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
864. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of establishing the planned perinatal mother and baby units in Dublin and Limerick; the expected bed capacity of each unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47728/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
865. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year staffing and operational cost of each planned perinatal mother and baby unit; the projected staffing complement, by grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47729/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
866. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred by the HSE on private inpatient eating disorder placements in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025. [47730/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
867. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost for a specialist adult eating disorder inpatient bed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47731/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
868. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual current expenditure cost of operating a specialist adult eating disorder inpatient bed, including medical, nursing, psychology, allied health professional and support staffing costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47732/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
876. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of people in the midlands region who have been approved for HSE home support hours but are currently unable to access all or part of those hours due to a lack of available home support workers; the number of directly employed HSE home support workers and the number employed by private providers in the region; the current vacancy rate; the measures bein…
Sorca Clarke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
877. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason a person aged 98 years, who has been approved for thirteen hours of home support per week has been advised that no home support workers are currently available to provide the approved care, they are only available for four hours a week; the steps being taken to ensure that the approved hours are delivered; whether alternative arrangements through priva…
Sorca Clarke Written 18 Jun 2026 · to Social
341. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of school meals that were prepared but not taken up in the past year due to pupils being absent and meals not being cancelled in advance; the estimated cost of such wasted meals to the Exchequer in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46467/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 18 Jun 2026 · to Children
434. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when she intends to open the next round of applications for the establishment of new family resource centres. [46515/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Jun 2026 · to Health
198. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths by suicide that occurred within seven days, 30 days and 90 days of discharge from an acute psychiatric inpatient unit in each of the past five years and to date in 2026, by RHA; the number of serious incident reviews carried out in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46076/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 16 Jun 2026 · to Education
449. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will reconsider the decision to reduce the teaching staff allocation at a primary school (details supplied) for the 2026/2027 school year, in circumstances where the schools projected entitlement of 198 pupils stands six above the appointment threshold for its current seven class teacher allocation and where it is experiencing a significant su…
Sorca Clarke Written 16 Jun 2026 · to Education
450. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will waive the nearest school rule for the upcoming academic year for students attending schools in a catchment area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45108/26]