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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 432. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated time envisaged that a person (details supplied) will be fitted with a permanent spinal stimulator since undergoing a trial in July 2016 and whereby funding has been sanctioned. [23079/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hazardous Waste Sites (16 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the clean-up operation at a site (details supplied); and if moneys for the clean-up are ring-fenced as previously guaranteed. [22917/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Licence Fee Collection (16 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 525. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to ensure that the public interest is protected if he plans to hire a private firm to pursue non-payment of television licences; and his views on whether this is not an attempt to circumnavigate the courts system process which is open to persons that do not pay their television licence. [23004/17]

Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: We welcome the motion. We will be supporting it. I believe the Minister of State to be genuine in his attempts to deal with this issue. If we had one criticism, it would be that some of the deadlines should be sooner rather than in quarters three and four of this year. I wish to speak briefly to some of the issues inherent in the update of 3 May, as presented by the Minister of State....

Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: We do not want the insurance industry to act like a corner-boy in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (17 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will permit the early termination of a contract with Turas Nua by a person (details supplied) who has secured an internship in a company that will further their employment prospects. [23521/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the individual speakers for their contributions. I wish to question Mr. Sunderland on his submission. If I am reading between the lines correctly, there is a sense that there is a great deal more work to be done on the Bill before the Office of the Data Commissioner is satisfied that it passes muster. Is Mr. Sunderland confident that the issues he flagged are being dealt with at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Is Mr. Sunderland getting traction for that argument?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: It is interesting that Mr. Sunderland has articulated this point. I speak from the research perspective and specifically in the health space to which Mr. Sunderland referred. I am going a little bit off kilter and am not speaking directly to the legislation here, but I am a great believer in the idea that if we are talking about longitudinal studies and anonymising data and so on, there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I appreciate that. The Bill provides for what Mr. Sunderland describes as an unambiguous legal basis for data sharing between public bodies. Can any of the three witnesses articulate exactly what is meant by that? What are the underpinning conditions for an unambiguous legal basis? I have not yet read the legislation as we have not had sight of it. I am taking that on trust. I presume...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Therefore, the underpinning will be in the statutory instrument, if I understood Mr. Sunderland correctly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Not necessarily.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Mr. Sunderland should correct me if I am wrong.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: When Mr. Sunderland speaks about the statutory instrument, will he articulate in simple language what it means for each public body? To be honest, I am unclear in my mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Where do the Department of Justice and Equality and Mr. Lowry stand on that issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: If I am reading Mr. Carroill's intervention in a particular way, there is perhaps a suggestion that there are already robust legal mechanisms in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: From our perspective as the tribune of the people, we want to ensure - as does Mr. Carroll, I am sure - that the individual consumer, citizen or client will have the protections that are vital and that there will be a strong legal basis underpinning them. It seems, therefore, that there is still a little bit of work to be done in underpinning the robustness of the legislation to protect the...

Manchester Arena Bombing: Expressions of Sympathy (23 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: On behalf of the Irish Labour Party, I wish to express our deepest sympathy to those affected by the Manchester attack, which was appalling. It is probably no accident that the attack planned for maximum carnage, targeted young women and girls mostly and occurred in the midst of a general election. It is an attack on our democratic values and, in particular, on the innocence of youth. I...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (23 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's benefit claim by a person (details supplied). [24038/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (23 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a domiciliary care allowance claim by a person (details supplied). [24093/17]