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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: That is fine. I think it would be useful for us-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I appreciate that. Two hours of screen time seems almost nostalgic by today's standards, which is ironic. If they are to report in November, which is only a few months away, and if that is not included in the study, it would be very useful for us to know, perhaps through Sport Ireland or one of the other stakeholders, whether the use of technology is being mapped onto those types of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I appreciate that. If some clear examples of those projects could be outlined to the committee, it would help us in drafting our report. Perhaps Dr. May could outline in that submission how this could be replicated across a number of different areas. We need practical examples like that to help us in our work. I am grateful for that. safefood is a North-South body. What is the budget of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: It is less than €1 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I do not quite understand the expression Dr. Foley-Nolan used at the outset to the effect that we almost see the situation as "inevitable and insoluble". I cannot think like that, and we cannot think like that as a committee. I have to be optimistic about what we can achieve and keep driving on and pursuing this issue. I do not see it as being necessarily inevitable and insoluble. Can Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: A parent is a parent. I am working on the assumption that most parents have common sense. I am not talking about educational attainment, what socio-economic group they are in or anything like that. Is Dr. McGloin saying to me that Irish parents are expressing concerns about what constitutes proper screen time? Are we at that level of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Change is needed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Could Dr. McGloin send us a note on that? That is practical and would be helpful.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Sherlock: It is needed in Ballyhooley.

Establishment of Special Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Sherlock: The Labour Party welcomes the establishment of the select committee. I look forward to being a member of it. I wish to address briefly the potential for carbon capture and storage. I understand a feasibility study is under way in that regard. I ask the Minister to indicate where Ireland stands in regard to the potential for carbon capture and storage. I specifically put that on the...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I also wish to speak in general terms to sections 7 and 8. I will highlight some correspondence that I received about them and outline in particular concerns among beekeepers. In one email, the correspondent, a beekeeper in east Cork, told me that the person's apiaries had decreased in size from an average of 15 in the early 1990s to, at best, nine today. Honey bees are a great indicator...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I appreciate that.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Sherlock: That is a load of rubbish.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Laois who is a registered teacher with conditions can teach. [29313/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps in place to promote teacher well-being; and if such measures will be augmented in view of international concerns regarding the importance of teacher wellbeing to a high quality education service. [29430/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 435. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the carbon capture and storage study has been completed; if his attention has been drawn to the report; and if not, when the study will be completed and published. [29031/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 436. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is engaging with stakeholders in respect of the future of the Kinsale gas field; and if plans have been made in relation to the potential for carbon capture. [29032/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Bike Schemes (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 440. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the meetings he or his officials have had with Cork City Council to discuss the extension of the public bike scheme. [28636/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason long-term tenants with a proven rental record who do not need a council loan to purchase a home and are in a position to partly finance the purchase are being discriminated against in view of the fact they do not fit the eligibility criteria under the tenant purchases incremental scheme. [28694/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the tenant purchase incremental scheme will be reviewed to permit fairness and equal opportunity to all council tenants. [28695/18]