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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jan 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delays to the construction of a school extension (details supplied) for new SEN classrooms; the reason for the four month delay in her Department signing off on revision of architect’s fees; the reason verbal confirmation provided to the school was not provided in writing; if the approval process will be expedited to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Jan 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 875. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payments will recommence for a person (details supplied) further to the decision of the chief appeals officer regarding the unlawful disallowing of their claims for jobseeker's allowance and supplementary welfare in 2020, when they will receive the payments unlawfully withheld from them; the reasons for the continued...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Jan 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 876. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) who has been waiting three years for a decision; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1249/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (22 Jan 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 967. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details on the pausing of international protection applications and associated family reunification applications from Syria; the planned length of the pause; whether the IPO has contacted each of the Syrian applicants who have applied for international protection or family reunification; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (22 Jan 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 982. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the visa application for a person (details supplied) regarding family reunification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1083/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (22 Jan 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 993. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of two citizenship applications (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1178/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (22 Jan 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 1003. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of applications for family reunification by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1248/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Programmes (22 Jan 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 1209. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of the targets set out in Work streams 8, 9 and 10 within the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024 – 2026; the further measures that have been taken to address the issues highlighted in the Ombudsman's Wasted Lives report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1091/25]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (6 Nov 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Chamber. I seek an update on the new school building for Clonturk Community College. I ask this on behalf of a frustrated school community. We understood a master plan for the campus on the Swords Road was to be ready by the first quarter of this year. That deadline has been missed. We are told by the Department a design team has yet to be...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (6 Nov 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. I note the Department states a significant amount of work has been done but I do not believe that is felt on the ground by the school community.The reality is that it has taken a year for the programme manager to put together the procurement process for the multidisciplinary design team. The tender documents have only gone out now. There is a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I second the proposed amendment to the Order of Business. I warmly welcome the Bill and the updating of the 2015 legislation. It is hugely important that we talk not only about a living wage but a living income in terms of the adequacy of income, particularly for low-income workers. The issue I want to bring to the attention of the House is that, last Friday a report arrived on the desk...

Seanad: Maternity Protection, Employment Equality and Preservation of Certain Records Bill 2024: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (24 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I very much welcome that we finally have this Bill here. The campaign fought by the Irish Cancer Society has been a long one. We spoke about this two weeks ago when this Bill was before the House. I very much welcome the work done by the Minister and his Department in eventually bringing forward this legislation as there have been delays along the way. To follow on from what Senator...

Seanad: Maternity Protection, Employment Equality and Preservation of Certain Records Bill 2024: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (24 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I raised a matter on Second Stage and I will raise it again. It is a huge disappointment that in the context of this Bill, which seeks to recognise that women who go through a severe, serious health condition or illness while pregnant, or just after giving birth to their baby, that the Government seeks to distinguish between a physical health condition and a mental health condition, and that...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (23 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I rise to propose an amendment to the Government's motion. I find it very frustrating that year after year, we have this vote on funding for two specific sectors. I am deeply conscious that they are sectors that are held in great love and affection in certain rural communities in this country but they also have very serious animal welfare questions to answer, in particular in the greyhound...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (23 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Vótáil.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Taxi Regulations (22 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Chamber. My question relates to the expiry of taxi licences and the situation that will obtain from January next whereby cars purchased in 2015 will be forced off the road because their ten-year licences will have expired but cars purchased between 2012 and 2014 will continue to operate as taxis. Wheelchair-accessible taxis older than ten...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Taxi Regulations (22 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State. He indicated that the Minister for Transport is responsible for policy. However, the Minister is washing his hands of the matter and presiding over a situation whereby there will be fewer taxis across the country this year. I do not believe he can have it both ways. Previous responses from the Minister referred to initiating recruitment campaigns with the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I join Senator Flynn in calling for us to press on with this legislation at this stage. Many hours have been dedicated to this Bill. There have been issues, particularly with regard to definitions, but ultimately we in the Labour Party are supportive of the Bill and what it is trying to do, particularly when we see a rise in the number of reports of attacks driven by racism, homophobia and...

Seanad: Maternity Protection Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I am very relieved we finally have this legislation and I thank the Minister for bringing it forward. In particular I pay tribute to the Irish Cancer Society and we have Suzanne Dowd and Krista Costello here today. I was struck when I listened to the experiences of Erica Tierney, Mary Canavan and Emma McGuinness, who spoke so movingly about having to forfeit their maternity leave because of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I extend my condolences to my Fianna Fáil colleagues and all her family on the passing of Mary O'Rourke, and also to our Fine Gael colleagues on the untimely recent passing of John Naughten. We have seen newspaper reports in recent days about one of our elected representatives in either the Upper or Lower House being, effectively, a Russian spy. That has been treated with a degree of...