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Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Indeed.

Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I want absolute clarity about this. If the foreshore Bill is to come before us, which I imagine will be robust and detailed legislation, I am fearful that legislation dealing with micro-plastics or microbeads could get lost in the larger piece.

Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: That is fair enough.

Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I accept what the Minister is saying about the June deadline. In any event, I am hopeful that by autumn 2017 when we come back from the summer recess we will at least be in a position to have a Bill or the heads of a Bill before us. I take the Minister of State at his word when he says there will be a consultation period with all interested parties in the House, as per the Acting Chairman's...

Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I am open to any mechanism that can be used to-----

Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I will conclude by saying that there were 3,000 submissions. There is a huge demand outside of these Houses for this issue to be dealt with. I thank the Minister and Minister of State for their openness. I am appreciative of the fact that they are not opposing the Bill in typical partisan fashion. Our Bill will remain on the agenda. I will be happy to take it off the agenda as soon as we...

Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (4 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141.

Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: There is no attempt by the Labour Party to prevent the normalisation of the banking sector, as the Minister of State alleged. There is certainly no attempt to conflate two separate and discrete policy areas, namely, banking policy and capital investment constraints. The debt to GDP ratio is at a sustainable level and the general Government debt has fallen by €18 billion in the past...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (9 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration is being given to constructing the M20 motorway between Cork and Limerick. [21806/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (10 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension and disability allowance claim by a person (details supplied). [22266/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (10 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension claim by a person (details supplied). [22267/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (10 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance claim by a person (details supplied). [22293/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (10 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance claim by a person (details supplied). [22294/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (10 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to set down the number of homes and businesses that have been connected to high speed broadband since the announcement of the agreement with a company (details supplied); and the locations of each. [22365/17]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (11 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Before us for consideration is the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 sponsored by Deputy Pearse Doherty. It is a Private Member's Bill that was referred to the select committee by order of the Dáil on 6 October 2016. The joint committee has reported to the Dáil on its detailed scrutiny of the Bill in accordance with Standing Order...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (11 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Subject to the agreement of the committee, if proceedings on Committee Stage are not concluded by 11.15 a.m., it is proposed that the sitting be suspended to facilitate members in attending the exchange of views with Mr. Barnier, chief negotiator of the task force for the preparation and conduct of negotiations with the United Kingdom, and resume at 1.30 p.m. and that we continue until the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (16 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is being discriminated against for school transport to their school in view of an agreement being in place following the dissolution of a Church of Ireland school in favour of a community school. [22915/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Projects (16 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated for library construction in local authority areas since May 2016 and to date in 2017; the local authorities and specific geographical areas that received funding; the amount of funding that was allocated; and the funding available in the first quarter of 2017, in tabular form. [22758/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (16 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which an overpayment occurred in the case of a person (details supplied) receiving domiciliary care allowance; and when the overpayment occurred. [22887/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (16 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 327. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is in receipt of a costing from Cork City Council in regard to a further funding request for an event centre in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22916/17]