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Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 May 2016)

Seán Sherlock: In the spirit of this new dispensation and new politics, the Labour Party intends to support the passage of this Bill to Committee Stage.

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 May 2016)

Seán Sherlock: We believe that the Oireachtas, through its committees, has the requisite capacity to interrogate the three flaws, as articulated by the Minister, Deputy Noonan, namely the constitutionality of the Bill, the need to consult with the ECB before the intended Bill could be enacted and the statements by the Governor of the Central Bank that it does not wish to regulate interest rates. If it is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (18 May 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make further announcements under the summer works programme for schools at primary and secondary levels, beyond the category 1 and category 2 allocations he has already made. [10780/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (18 May 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the post primary school amalgamation in Doneraile in County Cork will proceed and when the new school will receive a roll number. [10781/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times (18 May 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 154. To ask the Minister for Health how he intends to reduce waiting times in emergency departments in hospitals from 32% to less than 7% by 2021 in line with the programme for Government. [10782/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Dialogue (18 May 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 155. To ask the Minister for Health how he will consult with all Members of Dáil Éireann in determining a ten-year plan for health. [10783/16]

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2016)

Seán Sherlock: An polaitíocht nua.

Adjournment Debate: Cancer Incidence (24 May 2016)

Seán Sherlock: With a few short words, I express the concerns of the people of Cobh, who are currently reading a recent study by the National Cancer Registry of Ireland indicating that the rates of prostate cancer there are 71% higher than the national average, with female breast cancer incidence 38% above the norm. The people of Cobh are very concerned. While he is in the House, I congratulate my...

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion (25 May 2016)

Seán Sherlock: We support the motion before the House and acknowledge wholeheartedly that after 42 years we seem to be no closer to the truth, despite the best efforts of Barron and MacEntee and the best efforts of this House as articulated in its report of 2004 and the subsequent motions of 2008 and 2011. Now, here we are again seeking to speak for the victims and articulate on a cross-party basis and in...

Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)

Seán Sherlock: I am happy to give five minutes to my colleague if he wants to eat into Labour time.

Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 2:To insert the following after “its recommendations by the Oireachtas”:“believes that those who have paid their water charges in accordance with law should not now be unfairly disadvantaged compared to those who have not; considers that, if the ongoing liability to pay is suspended, there would be no practical reality to pursuing...

Health Care Committee Establishment: Motion (1 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: We welcome the motion to develop a single long-term vision or plan for the provision of health care. I add my congratulations to those of others to the two Ministers and acknowledge Deputy Róisín Shortall's singular vision in creating the motion. We are in positive mode in relation to the potential of the committee and will engage productively with it. I welcome the tone of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times (2 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 85. To ask the Minister for Health his views on new statistics which highlight that nearly 50,000 patients are leaving emergency departments annually, due to long waiting times; and his plans to tackle unacceptably long waiting times in emergency departments. [13742/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Multi-annual Budget Plans (2 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 92. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement a new multi-annual budgeting system for health; and the role in this new funding process of the proposed new cross-party committee on health. [13741/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (8 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 508. To ask the Minister for Health when he will establish a primary care centre in Fermoy, County Cork; and the timeline for such a centre to be established. [15017/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (8 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 509. To ask the Minister for Health when he will establish a primary care centre in Cobh, County Cork; and the timeline for such a centre to be established. [15018/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (8 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 651. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a sports capital grant fund in 2016; the amount he will allocate; and when he will accept applications. [15061/16]

Order of Business (9 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: This is a citizens' assembly.

Order of Business (9 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: My first question relates to procedural matters. I put down a parliamentary question to the Department of Health last week and I have been told I will receive a response from the HSE within 15 days. I was always given to understand that the timeframe was ten days so has there been a change in procedure in that regard?

Order of Business (9 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: I will do so but I am putting it on the record of the House today. When will we see the consolidated Book of Estimates? Has the revised expenditure benchmark been agreed with the European Commission?