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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: The first petition for consideration is Petition No. P00041/17 on the reinstatement of the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme overage exemption for children with special needs. It is proposed to forward a copy of the response from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to the petitioner and close the petition. Is that agreed? Agreed. The next petition for...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: The proposal is to forward a copy of the response from the Department to the petitioner. In doing so, the committee recognises and respects the petition. Is that agreed? Agreed. The final petition for consideration has been the subject of some public discourse in the past 48 hours. Petition No. P00026/17 from Ms Aideen Darmody seeks the removal of the statue of Prince Albert from the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the members for sharing their views. It is the view of the committee that the statue should remain. From a technical point of view the petition is deemed inadmissible because it is asking us to do something we do not have the power to do. However, it is an interesting one. Deputy Mitchell is right. Sometimes there is an eclectic range of petitions before us and we are respectful...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: To be helpful, perhaps we should establish the ownership in the first instance.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: We have agreed to correspond with the OPW on that. Perhaps we can discuss it when a response is received.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: To respond to Deputy Mitchell's earlier point, I have been going through that gate for ten years. One passes the statue by and does not take much notice of it, to be honest. Like the Deputy, I had to go out the other day to take a look at it to see who it was and so forth. It took me a while to find it. It is quite an imposing structure but it is hidden by the hedge. I would not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee today. We are involved in the process of examining this issue. Very often we hear voices from academia and industry but the most important voices of all are those of the witnesses. What they have done today is to articulate a clear vision of what they want to achieve, and they have done so with such clarity that I want to get copies of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: How would this be done? If I asked Ms Reynolds to design a workshop or programme to educate or help parents would she do it in the school community or in the sporting community? If I gave her €1 million to design a programme for the country, what would be her vision and how would she do it? Would it be done during school time or out of school time? Parents are looking for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Do the other witnesses have a perspective on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I am not a technophobe but I am not a technophile either. Probably like most people, I am somewhere in the middle. One does not necessarily have to fully understand the technology to be able to use it. I am an early adopter of technology but I am probably in the minority. The majority of people do not feel confident about trying to reach in and understand what their children are doing....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Get the programmes up and running, start the learning and replicate them throughout the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: My next questions require short answers. Do the witnesses believe there is a cut-off point with regard to children and young adults? Smartphones have been spoken about quite a bit recently, and people are saying children under the age of 12 or 16 should not have access to a smartphone. What is the view of the witnesses on this? Ms Muireann Whelan wants to answer it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Ms Whelan is stating parental responsibility is key to all of this and there is an onus on parents.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: The relationships and sexuality education, RSE, module has been mentioned. We have had some engagement with the Department of Education and Skills and with parents about the role of teachers. What I am picking up from the witnesses is that it depends on what school someone goes to. Some teachers are very confident with technology and some are not. Should we start rolling out programmes at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport Data (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient transfers that took place between Mallow General Hospital and the other hospitals within the South/South West hospital group each of the years 2015 to 2017, by hospital, in tabular form. [6180/18]

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Arguably, that is progress. How was that deal done and why did Eir do that deal but a few short months later, completely and utterly pulled the plug? We all have our theories on what is happening but it is incumbent on the Minister, perhaps not during Private Members' time tonight, but certainly tomorrow when we have statements, to clarify the correspondence he has sent to every Member on...

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I would like to ask, through the Leas-Ceann Comhairle, what the status of the motion will be if the Government is defeated on its amendment. If Fianna Fáil wins the day on this motion, is the Government obliged to carry out Fianna's Fail's ask, so to speak, and de factoconduct a review? I ask the Minister that if, in the event the Government is defeated, it is obliged to carry out the...

Other Questions: Policing Authority Reports (6 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Minister for his response. All Members, along with the community who are observing the ongoing change management, want to see a policing strategy and a committee to examine performance in that regard. I acknowledge that is taking place on a monthly basis but we must ensure that milestones are being reached and that reform, which is a slow and meticulous process, is achieved....

Other Questions: Policing Authority Reports (6 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the progress on completion of a workforce plan and human resources strategy within An Garda Síochána as outlined in the Policing Authority report of December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5559/18]

Other Questions: Policing Authority Reports (6 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: The Policing Authority report is very good. It is easily readable and digestible. There is the creation of a new language, as it were, within the Policing Authority regarding how it sets out the challenges it faces. Has there been any progress on the completion of the workforce plan and human resources strategy?