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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I acknowledge the point. That is a given.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Medical Card Reviews (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I acknowledge the issue raised by the Senator. I am taking this matter on the Adjournment on behalf of the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, who is in the Dáil Chamber. I will not deliver the script provided. The issue raised by the Senator arises from an exceptional set of circumstances. I do not wish to say it is a complete outlier in cases...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Medical Card Reviews (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I beg the Chair's and the Senator's indulgence I just acknowledge that point.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Medical Card Reviews (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I acknowledge the distinction that the Senator has made. At the same time, historically there is a situation where the client - and I know it is an awful word-----

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Medical Card Reviews (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Sherlock: -----the person. I apologise if I am using inappropriate terminology; I do not mean to offend anybody. A system or a protocol must be put in place. That is the essential point that is being made by the Senator.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Medical Card Reviews (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Sherlock: Where family members are informed. That is the key here. From a HSE perspective, they generate a great deal of correspondence but in this instance there is a certain responsibility on the HSE. That is my view. I will relay this to the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, on behalf of the Senator.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Firearms Licences (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Sherlock: On behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, who sends her apologies, I thank Senator Paschal Mooney for raising the issue today. As he may be aware, in light of public safety concerns highlighted by An Garda Síochána and difficulties in the interpretation of the legislation expressed by members of the Judiciary, a joint working group of the Department of Justice and...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Firearms Licences (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I concur with the points being made by the Senator. I represent an urban-rural constituency and have held a shotgun in my time for the same purposes as many people who live in rural Ireland in respect of countryside pursuits. While I concur with the view that the perception within the lobby that there has been a heavy-handed approach must be addressed, I take in good faith the words of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Infectious Diseases Epidemic (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Sherlock: The spread of the Ebola virus in west Africa continues to present a significant challenge to the international community. We have an obligation to strengthen our collective response in order that the necessary skilled personnel and medical facilities are funded, mobilised and deployed to west Africa to deal with the crisis. I am aware of the comments to which the Deputy refers and I agree...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Infectious Diseases Epidemic (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Sherlock: With regard to the EU response, there will be a further discussion at the December meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, at which the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, will be present, on that very issue of providing an update on funding and how it is being disbursed from an EU perspective. The EU Ebola co-ordinator will present further recommendations at that time. I wish to reassure the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Infectious Diseases Epidemic (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Sherlock: To pick up on the point about the Irish response, which is where we need to focus, the UN now has a mission on the ground which is co-ordinating the effort in the three most affected countries. The effectiveness of that response is as a result of an Irish influence on the ground because we are one of the few countries in the world that has a bilateral relationship with Sierra Leone - in...

Other Questions: Election Monitoring Missions (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Sherlock: Nigeria will hold presidential and National Assembly elections on 14 February 2015. These will be followed on 28 February by gubernatorial and state assembly elections. We are following developments in Nigeria closely through our embassy in Abuja. I understand that political associations in Nigeria are constitutionally prohibited from functioning as political parties unless they are...

Other Questions: Election Monitoring Missions (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I understand that the case is currently before the courts and is listed for a second hearing tomorrow, 27 November.

Other Questions: Election Monitoring Missions (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Sherlock: From an Irish perspective Nigeria has been identified as an emerging high potential growth market in the context of the review of the Government trade, tourism and investment strategy 2010-2015. It is regarded by Enterprise Ireland as the second most important sub-Saharan African market after South Africa. Nigeria is Ireland's largest goods trading partner and largest export market in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Sherlock: Conflict and food insecurity in the Horn of Africa are seriously affecting countries and communities across the region. I saw for myself the impact of the crisis in South Sudan when I accompanied President Higgins on a visit to a refugee camp in Gambella, in Ethiopia, earlier this month. Kenya continues to be seriously affected by displacement and food insecurity. It is currently hosting...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Sherlock: Significant progress has been made in recent years to improve the scale and effectiveness of the response of the international community to major disasters and humanitarian crises. Many lessons have been learned from previous crises such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Under the leadership of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Millennium Development Goals (16 Dec 2014)

Seán Sherlock: The Government is very strongly committed to Ireland’s overseas aid programme and to its place at the heart of Irish foreign policy. Our programme and our development policy are centrally based on our commitment to the Millennium Development Goals, which were adopted by world leaders at the UN in 2000 and which set out clear targets in the fight to end poverty and hunger in the world....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (18 Dec 2014)

Seán Sherlock: Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms ever recorded made landfall across the central Philippines on 8 November 2013. It is estimated that the Typhoon affected more than 14 million people, with almost 4 million displaced, including some 1.5 million children. Over 6,000 lives are known to have been lost with more than 28,000 injured and 1000 people missing. Ireland was among the first...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (18 Dec 2014)

Seán Sherlock: The spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa continues to present an enormous challenge to the international community. Working together we must continue to strengthen our response so that the necessary skilled personnel and medical facilities are funded, mobilised and deployed to West Africa to deal with the crisis. It is only by tackling this devastating Ebola outbreak at its source that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Decentralisation Programme Data (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Sherlock: The Development Cooperation Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade was decentralised to Limerick in late 2008, where the majority of officers assigned to the Division are now based. Total amounts paid in travel and subsistence to officials of the Department based in Limerick, for travel from Limerick to meetings or events in Dublin, for the years 2008 to 2011 are as follows:...