Results 1-20 of 2,169 for speaker:Marie Sherlock
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: The arts and culture budget received an actual cut in budget 2026. It went from just above €300,000 to under €300,000. There was a lot of fanfare about the basic income for the arts and that expansion is welcome. However, that fanfare has masked what is happening to arts and cultural funding, which is that there will be less next year than this year. Arts Council funding is...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: There is a serious credibility issue here. We see it with regard to the underdelivery of the social housing targets and, indeed, what we are seeing now with regard to childcare places. This is an issue that was raised with the Department during the summer. I raised it last week, and we have seen no response, frankly, from the Department on these issues. It is deadly serious for...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: I want to start by expressing my deep shock and sadness at the passing of the young person and injury to others in an apartment in north Dublin yesterday. Obviously there is a criminal investigation and we are limited in what we can say, but there is an additional layer of sadness that this is an unaccompanied minor thousands of miles away from his family and community. As we understand it,...
- Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: Motion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: I express my concern about and thoughts for the individuals and staff in the care home in Donaghmede where a very serious incident happened earlier this afternoon. It is a dangerous business in politics when you get people’s hopes up and overpromise and underdeliver. The reason we are here today is because of those commitments that the Tánaiste made when he was the Minister...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for conveying the written response from the Department. A lot of it is a copy-and-paste job of what was circulated in June of this year. To be very clear, there is no update in this response from the Department, that is zero update as to what is happening the new school building. There is no plan B apparent in the Minister of State's response here. For a...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: But the Minister of State is not conveying the information here.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: My Topical Issue relates to Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire and its new school building on Dominick Street in Dublin 1. I stood with Government Ministers and representatives from the school two and a half years ago when the sod was turned in June 2023. The school was supposed to be open in June 2025, but instead we have an empty building site. The Department of education terminated the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: I very much thank the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, Rare Diseases Ireland and Professor Postma for attending. I pay tribute to the work of Rare Diseases Ireland. I know many other groups have been campaigning in this space for many years. It is absolutely heartbreaking when people come to me to tell me they may have to travel to the North, Britain or further afield to access...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: Again, to be clear, am I hearing Professor Barry correctly when he said that he rejected that there is an inequality between access to oncology drugs via health insurers and what is available in the public system? Did he say that inequality does not exist at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: I know. I hear Professor Barry on that, but does he accept some drugs are available through private insurers in Ireland, including oncology drugs, that are not available through the public system?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: Of course. With regard to processing time, there is a figure of 222 days. We have seen longer processing time over the last number of years. Staffing was talked about. Will Professor Barry tell me what the current staffing level is, what it was and where he hopes it to go?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: Does Dr. Tilson expect there will be a further improvement in the processing time or is this it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: I appreciate that but there is frustration about the particular NCPE part of the process. What is its target with regard to the processing time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: Okay, but I am not hearing the target. Dr. Tilson said there is a delay of six months at the moment-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: So the NCPE can start immediately once it comes in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: On the QALY thresholds, I understand Ireland is at €45,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: We heard from Professor Postma that it is €80,000 in the Netherlands. When was the last time that threshold was set? I want to understand how out of date it is at this stage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: Ten years ago.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: What is the point of the €45,000 then? Does it have any relevance at all?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: It is the Department that-----