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National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I will begin by examining some of the Minister's speech to the House tonight. This debate is a continuation of the one on the Fianna Fáil Private Members' motion that was before the House last night. If I read the political landscape correctly that the Opposition will support the motion, then I do not see why we could not have a short, sharp review. The Minister's response to that was...

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: If that is the case, and I acknowledge that it was published-----

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: -----what is the legal status of that document? It is clear that it has no real legal status. While the Minister may come in here and say that 121,000 houses have been passed by, I can say that of those 121,000 that are in this plan for 300,000 plan-----

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Well, 121,000 is quoted somewhere among some of the figures-----

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: -----which the Minister has given to us, in the phalanx of information that we have received. It is unusual for a Minister to interrupt a Member of the Opposition when he or she is speaking. It is in some of the correspondence that we received because I could wallpaper this Chamber with the amount of paper I have received on this issue from the Minister in the last 48 hours. His new-found...

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister raised the Fianna Fáil Private Members' motion. Yesterday, I asked about red-line issues. The Minister has published documentation exchanged between himself and Mr. Moat on the red-line issues. We have had no articulation from the Minister as to what those issues were between Eir and the Government. The Minister seeks to be non-partisan on this. As soon as he decided...

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I am sorry. The Minister said "Yes", but the people who live in that enclave of 12 houses are scratching their heads and wondering why, if Eir was so committed to this process, that it passed 12 houses on the same stretch of road. What was that all about? That causes great confusion for many families depending on this scheme. I am hopeful that we can get to a point where the 100%...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport Data (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient transfers that took place between Mallow General Hospital and the other hospitals within the South/South West hospital group each of the years 2015 to 2017, by hospital, in tabular form. [6180/18]

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Committee (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Apologies have been received from Deputies Shane Cassells and Dara Murphy and Senator Collette Kelleher. The usual rules apply regarding mobile telephones. I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: The first petition for consideration is Petition No. P00041/17 on the reinstatement of the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme overage exemption for children with special needs. It is proposed to forward a copy of the response from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to the petitioner and close the petition. Is that agreed? Agreed. The next petition for...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: The proposal is to forward a copy of the response from the Department to the petitioner. In doing so, the committee recognises and respects the petition. Is that agreed? Agreed. The final petition for consideration has been the subject of some public discourse in the past 48 hours. Petition No. P00026/17 from Ms Aideen Darmody seeks the removal of the statue of Prince Albert from the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the members for sharing their views. It is the view of the committee that the statue should remain. From a technical point of view the petition is deemed inadmissible because it is asking us to do something we do not have the power to do. However, it is an interesting one. Deputy Mitchell is right. Sometimes there is an eclectic range of petitions before us and we are respectful...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: To be helpful, perhaps we should establish the ownership in the first instance.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: We have agreed to correspond with the OPW on that. Perhaps we can discuss it when a response is received.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: To respond to Deputy Mitchell's earlier point, I have been going through that gate for ten years. One passes the statue by and does not take much notice of it, to be honest. Like the Deputy, I had to go out the other day to take a look at it to see who it was and so forth. It took me a while to find it. It is quite an imposing structure but it is hidden by the hedge. I would not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee today. We are involved in the process of examining this issue. Very often we hear voices from academia and industry but the most important voices of all are those of the witnesses. What they have done today is to articulate a clear vision of what they want to achieve, and they have done so with such clarity that I want to get copies of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: How would this be done? If I asked Ms Reynolds to design a workshop or programme to educate or help parents would she do it in the school community or in the sporting community? If I gave her €1 million to design a programme for the country, what would be her vision and how would she do it? Would it be done during school time or out of school time? Parents are looking for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Do the other witnesses have a perspective on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I am not a technophobe but I am not a technophile either. Probably like most people, I am somewhere in the middle. One does not necessarily have to fully understand the technology to be able to use it. I am an early adopter of technology but I am probably in the minority. The majority of people do not feel confident about trying to reach in and understand what their children are doing....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Get the programmes up and running, start the learning and replicate them throughout the country.