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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Mr. Thompson might give me a straight answer; he does not have to qualify it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Let me put it in another way. Is it true that Mr. Thompson will know when the next flooding incident will occur on the Munster Blackwater?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: No, I do not mean not after the fact. I refer to Insurance Ireland being serious about increasing coverage from 83% - the figure Mr. Thompson mentioned earlier - as there is still 17% to go. The members of Insurance Ireland cover 95% of the market. Mr. Thompson has told us that he wants to extend and grow the coverage. However, everything he is saying points to there still being many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: What does that mean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Chairman, I want to be very clear here. There is nobody talking about discarding the MOU here. However, all the MOU provides for is an exchange of information. There are no obligations inherent within the MOU. Would Mr. Thompson agree?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: That is all it is about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Consider for instance the UK model, in which there are eight guiding principles. I am not going to articulate what the principles are, but it could be contended that some of them could, in principle, be incorporated into the MOU as well. We would not be distorting competition. This would allow for pricing that reflects risk, which would deal with the excess issue. This would allow...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: No? Is Mr. Thompson absolutely sure about that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: None of Insurance Ireland's members have said to Mr Thompson, definitively, that they are not going to cover flood insurance where demountables have been put in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: This refers to Mr. Thompson's OPW working group. Not all of the 100 members are on the OPW working group.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Thank you.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: School Completion Programme (28 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered the proposed changes in the administration of the school completion programme; if she has engaged in formal consultations with the parties involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50382/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: School Completion Programme (28 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: There are 124 school completion programmes throughout the State, which cover 470 primary schools and 224 post-primary schools. The Minister announced an expansion in budget 2018 for the school completion programme. I want to interrogate further what is the exact figure behind that expansion? I would also ask her why I am receiving correspondence from trade union officials, IMPACT in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: School Completion Programme (28 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: How much extra resources have been applied to the school completion programme in budget 2018? That was not clear from the document we received on budget day. In terms of strengthening the structures and governance, and the Minister spoke about reform, apart from the experts, with whom else is she consulting? Is she formally consulting those people who represent workers, namely, trade...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: School Completion Programme (28 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I appreciate the Minister's answer and she has been frank, to be fair. As soon as a budget line emerges around that expansion of the school completion programme, I ask that she would inform the House of it. I do not want to use the word "suspicious" but how long is a piece of string with respect to the engagement with Tusla? We are waiting for it to come back with some ideas or principles...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme (28 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor works grant will be granted for a school (details supplied). [49923/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme (28 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to grant a minor works grant for schools in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49924/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (28 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 338. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has yet to receive a care plan since August 2016 under the local early years intervention team. [49957/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries (28 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with the implementation group of the boundary between Cork city and county councils; and the position regarding the negotiations between the two local authorities. [49925/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inpsection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Professors Goldson and Hardwick are referenced in the report. How does what they were doing and what HIQA does differ? Their purpose, according to the report, was to evaluate practice and policy in line with international standards and best practice, to identify obstacles or barriers to achieving greater implementation of international standards and best practice and to make recommendations...