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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2025
34th Dáil
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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2025
34th Dáil
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2025
496. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of agencies under her Department’s remit who currently receive training on recognising and responding to gender based violence; if this training is mandatory; the core competencies covered in existing training programs; and to provide a list of any agencies who don’t receive the latter. [67878/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2025
450. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the litigation, if any, Greyhound Racing Ireland is currently engaged in or defending; when this litigation commenced; and the subject matter of this litigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67292/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2025
449. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Greyhound Racing Ireland has commissioned any analysis of the economic and financial significance of the Irish greyhound racing industry or similar reports since a report was published in 2021 (details supplied); and if so, the cost of such analyses, and if he will make a statement. [67291/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2025
28. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will clarify the communication processes in place to ensure that households on the Priority Services Register are made aware of their eligibility for government funded solar PV installation. [67430/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2025
499. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended each SATU, in tabular form, in the past five years. [66860/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2025
420. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average Garda response times to emergency and non-emergency calls for each Garda division; and the number of calls that were not responded to. [66794/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2025
352. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeless children and adults, per county. [66792/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2025
823. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of the Traveller mental health specialist group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65280/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2025
801. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if a person with a diagnosed psychiatric disorder can make an advanced directive or decision to the right to taper their medication; if so, the process to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65150/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2025
512. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of all local authority areas currently active in the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65249/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2025
506. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new cost rental and affordable housing units currently planned, funded and expected to commence construction before the end of 2025 in Longford and Westmeath. [65192/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2025
473. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has assessed the prevalence of sexual harassment, bullying and verbal abuse experienced by girls in community sports settings; the safeguarding measures in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65294/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2025
674. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount allocated in Budget 2026 for the financial support and establishment of new sister sheds, by county. [64668/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2025
567. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the total cost incurred by the HSE in outsourcing ASD assessments for children to private providers in the past five years; the number of children referred externally for assessment during that period; the average cost per outsourced assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64653/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2025
566. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current number of children awaiting ASD assessments across the midlands, including a breakdown, by county and the average waiting time for assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64652/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2025
565. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of MRI appointments carried out in the Regional Hospital Mullingar in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64642/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2025
564. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient and diagnostic appointments that have been offered, accepted, and recorded as did not attend/no show, in both the Regional Hospital Mullingar and the Regional Hospital Tullamore for the most recent full year; the number of patients currently on waiting lists in each hospital for MRI scans; the number of patients who have been referred from each hospital to private hospitals for MRI scans under outsourcing or insourcing arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64641/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2025
556. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of children awaiting ASD assessments across the midlands, including a breakdown, by county and the average waiting time for assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65585/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
1170. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on funding allocations for student accommodation developments at regional universities and technological universities. [62969/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
1097. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the total funding provided for adult ADHD services since 2021, by year; whether additional funding will be provided to meet current demand; and the long-term plans in place to ensure sustainable staffing and service delivery across all catchment areas. [63596/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
1096. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the status of the consultation report designed by the NCP clinical lead and ADHD Ireland to amend the current Model of Care; the expected implementation timeline for the primary care hub and the piloting of GP referral acceptance in the midlands service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63595/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
1095. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of posts that remain vacant across the 11 ADHD catchment area teams; the reasons for delays in approving key positions, including the two posts in Dublin south central/west, and the nursing post in Sligo/Leitrim/Donegal; and the expected timeline for filling these posts and ensuring full service capacity. [63594/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
1094. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of teams from the 11 catchment area ADHD teams that are fully operational; the teams which remain in the process of being established; the expected opening dates for the three remaining services funded in 2025; and the measures being taken to ensure these new services are operational without further delay. [63593/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
1092. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the average cost of an ADHD assessment in each RHA; the number of assessments carried out privately and publicly in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63575/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
1028. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will publish the governance structure, data protection impact assessment and data protection processes associated with any collection or storage of patient information under a project (details supplied) or any related element of the Women’s Health Framework. [63106/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
1027. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if a group (details supplied) holds any official authorised role to collect, process, or manage patient data on behalf of the Women’s Health Framework, the Department of Health, or the HSE; and if so, to outline the legal and administrative basis for such an arrangement. [63105/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
1024. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to improve coordination between hospital consultants, community health teams, and families to ensure elderly patients receive appropriate, consistent, and compassionate care planning. [63099/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
1023. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if there is a monitoring or appeals mechanism in place to ensure that elderly patients who are unable to travel for medical appointments are not effectively denied access to care or specialist services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63098/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
1022. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has issued any guidance to hospitals or community care teams regarding the management of appointments for elderly or incapacitated patients who cannot physically attend clinics; and her views on whether it is acceptable practice to remove such patients from waiting lists under these circumstances. [63097/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
1021. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if there has been a formal change in HSE policy in recent years regarding the preference for home-based care over residential or nursing home placements for elderly patients; and if this shift is linked to capacity constraints or resource limitations in nursing homes. [63096/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
1004. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies currently within CAMHS; and the steps being taken to address staff shortages in the service. [62966/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
1003. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on waiting lists in each acute hospital; the average waiting time, by speciality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62965/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
976. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant obstetricians posts that were filled at Mullingar Regional Hospital in each of the years of 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [62823/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
975. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title working within Limerick Mental Health Services. [62822/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
974. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title working within the department of psychiatry at Beaumont Hospital in each of the years of 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [62821/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
973. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies, by job title currently within CHO6 Mental Health Services. [62820/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
972. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of vacancies, by job title in CAMHS in County Donegal. [62819/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
971. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant haematologists based at St. Vincent's University Hospital in each of the years of 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [62818/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
888. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE administrative staff, by grade posts that were filled at Clonbrusk children's disability network team in each of the years of 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [62813/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
887. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE clinical specialist physiotherapist posts that were filled at Longford Children's Disability Network Team in each of the years 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [62812/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
886. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE senior work practitioner posts that were filled at Springfield children's disability network team in each of the years 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [62811/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
848. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he last met the CEO of Greyhound Racing Ireland; and to provide details of the issues discussed. [62817/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
846. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown, by local authority, of the number of dogs euthanised in dog kennels and pounds in the past five years. [62754/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
736. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of anti-social behaviour orders that have been sought by Gardai; and the number granted in the years of 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [62816/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
703. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of pending appeals in respect of jobseeker’s allowance; and the average waiting time for a decision. [62968/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
562. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing units completed and occupied in each local authority area to date in 2025; and the targets for completion by year end. [62967/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
555. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the percentage of the capital budget allocation for the National Parks and Wildlife Service that has been spent in the first ten months of 2025; if he will provide same figures for the corresponding period in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [62810/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2025
345. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance the estimated excise duty take on a pint of beer priced €7 and a bottle of 75cl wine priced €15. [62815/25]