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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (4 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has held with his counterpart in the United Kingdom since June 2017 on the issue of cross-Border co-operation to ensure all island broadband capability. [41964/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason areas of the national broadband map are blue in areas of the country that denote rivers and forests indicating they are supported by companies yet the houses next to the blue areas are amber and are not supported by broadband such as in Cloyne, County Cork. [41962/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (4 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents since 2007 in which sums of money, confiscated money or evidence in a case were found to be missing, stolen or lost from a Garda station by the amount of missing, stolen or lost money involved, the date it was reported and the Garda station involved. [42113/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Theft (4 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of firearms, ammunition and related items reported stolen or lost in each of the years 2014 to 2016; and the reason these figures were excluded from the 2015 and 2016 annual reviews of the operation of the Firearms Acts. [42114/17]

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (10 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I support the resolution without question. I wish to speak briefly on the issue of smoking cessation and public health policy in that regard, particularly with regard to the cost of nicotine replacement therapies. In his annual consideration of matters relating to the rates of tax on tobacco products, will the Minister give consideration to the cost of nicotine replacement therapies? There...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (10 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the regulations in place for pricing algorithms in the tourism and hospitality sector. [42370/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Arts Funding (10 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions and meetings he has had with the local authority in Cork city regarding extra funding for the event centre; and if other Ministers have discussed it with him. [42371/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (10 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason inconsistent overtime payments are taken into consideration by SUSI when determining applications in view of the fact that these overtime payments are usually achieved by parents of students preparing to send children to third level. [42369/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (10 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the representations she has received from business organisations in regard to the funding of an event centre in Cork city; and when they were received. [42372/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Staff (10 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists that would be needed to clear the waiting lists of children awaiting assessment of needs and long term plans, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form; and the amount it would cost over the next five years. [42368/17]

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: The budget contains no central message other than self-preservation. However, it could not have been otherwise because the Government is afraid to make choices. Beholden to Fianna Fáil, the Government ensured that every sector received a gesture. A former Fianna Fáil Minister for Finance was at the heart of this budget. It was a tribute to Charlie McCreevy in every respect,...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: As for the rainy day fund, once upon a time we had a National Pensions Reserve Fund, which was de facto a rainy day fund, and this became the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund. Now the Government will take €1.5 billion out of that to seed the rainy day fund. Once again this is an exercise in optics. The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund had more than €5 billion on deposit due...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (11 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 174. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding Cork County Council has applied for across all available funding lines within his Department; and the amounts that have been drawn down. [43086/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 100. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a certain product (details supplied) is no longer supplied under the medical card scheme for those that experience extreme pain through arthritis. [43213/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [43207/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Vice Chairman and members of the committee for giving me a hearing today. The Bill is self-explanatory. Microbeads and other microplastics are used in a variety of cosmetic and personal care products such as scrubs, soaps, lotions and toothpastes. They are added to these products to make the product more abrasive or for decoration. The Bill is a follow-on Bill based on a Green...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: There may be a defence by the Government on this to the effect that there are Single Market implications for the introduction of legislation of this nature. I appreciate that the then Minister communicated with Commissioner Vella. I am not sure what the status of that interaction is at present but there is a precedent when the former Minister for Health, Deputy Micheál Martin,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I do not have any specific information about what is happening in other countries throughout the EU. I am basing my legislation very much on policy and principles and am seeking to find a mechanism through the Irish Legislature as to how we can design robust legislation for this issue. I have a very open mind about this. I would be quite happy were the Government to decide to take my...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which the additional financial resources apportioned to Tusla announced in budget 2018 will be deployed. [43904/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (17 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be correctly assessed by his Department's salaries division and not subjected to emergency tax. [43500/17]