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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Examination of the Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Seán Sherlock: That dovetails nicely with my next question, which relates to carbon budgeting. This is a feature of the landscape in the United Kingdom. We do not have that system here but we are talking about that system at the moment. It is developing as a concept. There are some signals coming from Government that it might be a way for Government to proceed. I am keen to get a sense or understanding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Examination of the Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Seán Sherlock: That leads me to one of the recommendations of our Citizens' Assembly. It spoke about creating an independent body above Government with legislative teeth that could put manners, as it were, on individual Departments. The idea was that it would take the matter out of the silo-based system that we all understand so well. Is there merit in that argument?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Examination of the Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I apologise because I must leave now but I wish to express my gratitude to Lord Deben and Mr. Stark for their attendance.

Rural Crime: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I, too, welcome the motion and my party supports it. I want to speak briefly on the report on the Future of Policing in Ireland. Inherent in it are some very valuable recommendations, which would very much tally with the methodology set out and the motion that is before us.There are 50 recommendations in the report and I will refer to a few of them. These recommendations are eminently...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates Process (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Departments that will require Supplementary Estimates in 2019; and the reasons for the overrun. [1591/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Data (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of publicly funded tenders since 2007 that have required additional public moneys allocated to them without the tender process having to be restarted; and the amounts that were allocated in tabular form. [1260/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 548. To ask the Minister for Health if full care day service and respite care will be sanctioned for a person (details supplied). [54078/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 896. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status and timeline of completion of the N73 national secondary road realignment. [54128/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 952. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to announce the results of allocations under the sports capital project. [1590/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 997. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress being made on her plans for a nationwide childcare scheme. [1592/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites Data (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 1148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites in a towns (details supplied) that have been levied with the derelict sites levy. [1020/19]

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Apologies have been received from Deputy Dara Murphy and Senator Wilson. The usual proviso applies in respect of mobile phones, etc. I propose that we go into private session to deal with some matters before resuming in public session. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Sherlock: The first petition for consideration is Petition No. P00041/18.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I propose that we forward a copy of the response received from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment to the petitioner and close the petition. Is that agreed? Agreed. The next petition for consideration is Petition No. P00043/18. It is proposed that we forward a copy of the response received from the Department of Health to the petitioner and close the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Sherlock: There is a proposal that we would discuss this further. What we have are the latest responses from the Department of Justice and Equality. The gaming and lotteries (amendment) Bill is still with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. The general scheme of the gambling control Bill gives rise to the intention to establish an independent regulatory authority. There is arguably robust...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Sherlock: There is a suggestion. In the context of the petition, which we have agreed is to remain open, I now propose that we formally write to the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, and ask if he would appear before the committee to discuss some of the responses that have come from the Department of Justice and Equality and take it from there. Is that agreed? Agreed. Moving on to petition No....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Seán Sherlock: We should get that on the BBC.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Seán Sherlock: That is a "Yes".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Somebody once said we should not knock the weather because if it was not for the weather, nine out of ten conversations would never start. The hearings we are having today show a clear obsession with the weather. If one follows that logically, the weather seems to be the mechanism by which one can communicate so much because Irish people are obsessed with it and one can use it as a tool...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Seán Sherlock: The key point on the attribution is that we are all policy-makers around this table and we are of a certain age range. There are those who are much younger than us who are ahead of us. There are also those who are in our age range and maybe older, who are voters. They are consumers. There is the causal link between weather patterns, the effects of climate change and the heating of the...