Results 2,881-2,900 of 13,254 for speaker:Seán Sherlock
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: The Deputy's party is presiding over austerity in the Six Counties.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: Perhaps the House might debate what Sinn Féin is doing there. Is it not in government in the Six Counties?
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: It is pursuing partitionist policies.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: Sinn Féin has separate economic policies for the Twenty-six Counties and the Six Counties.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: He should table a Private Members' motion on his party's economic policies.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: The Deputy is speaking out of both sides of his mouth.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I am much closer to people than the Deputy believes.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: Is that George Lee, the former Member?
- Statutory Sick Pay: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: It is good grub too. I have tasted it.
- Statutory Sick Pay: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: What is the Deputy insinuating?
- Topical Issue Debate: Student Grant Scheme Payments (6 Nov 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I am responding on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, who is travelling to Brussels on Government business. I thank the Deputies for raising this important matter. A new, fully centralised student grant application system was launched on 11 June and is being operated by a central grant awarding authority, the Student Universal Support Ireland, which is known by...
- Topical Issue Debate: Student Grant Scheme Payments (6 Nov 2012)
Seán Sherlock: SUSI is awaiting documentation on 21,000 applications. Some 15,000 students have not responded to requests for documentation and a further 6,000 have submitted incomplete documentation. I acknowledge the remaining 27,000 applications are on hand for processing-----
- Topical Issue Debate: Student Grant Scheme Payments (6 Nov 2012)
Seán Sherlock: No amount of rhetorical flourish, rhetoric or nonsense from a Fianna Fáil Deputy will change the fact that SUSI has the administrative responsibility for the area.
- Topical Issue Debate: Student Grant Scheme Payments (6 Nov 2012)
Seán Sherlock: There was broad political support for the idea of having one centralised system because of the lag times, which were even later within the 66 local authorities heretofore. In the first year of the roll-out of the new system, one always gets glitches-----
- Topical Issue Debate: Student Grant Scheme Payments (6 Nov 2012)
Seán Sherlock: -----but the main point is that students eligible for grants will be paid. There is no question about it. The Department brought in the USI as a stakeholder in the process to act as a moderator on www.boards.ie to engage with students through the process.
- Topical Issue Debate: Student Grant Scheme Payments (6 Nov 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I take the points made by the Deputies that 27,000 applications are outstanding and should be expedited. An additional 20 staff members are processing the documentation received from students, and extra staff have also been assigned to SUSI head office to work on continually improving the processes and speeding up processing times. I ask for common sense to deal with this calmly and...
- Topical Issue Debate: Teaching Qualifications (7 Nov 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, who is travelling on Government business. A number of developments will impact on teachers in VEC schools during the coming school year. First, the commencement of section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001 will prohibit the payment of people employed as teachers in recognised schools unless they are...
- Topical Issue Debate: Teaching Qualifications (7 Nov 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I respectfully assure the Deputy that I am working from a prepared script because I want to allow him the time-----
- Topical Issue Debate: Teaching Qualifications (7 Nov 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I know, but I want to internalise what we are saying. Given that this is a technical issue, it is important that my reply be carefully scripted. The position is clear. We understand that some people in the mainstream primary, post-primary and post-leaving certificate, PLC, space, such as the gentleman to whom the Deputy referred, have contracts of indefinite duration and are employed in...
- Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (7 Nov 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue which I am taking on behalf of my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Quinn. The fact the Deputy raised it gives us an opportunity to clarify the current position in regard to the application for additional accommodation at Lanesboro community college, Lanesboro, County Longford. I am aware that enrolment at the school on 30 September 2012 was 176...