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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: We have to acknowledge that the Minister is giving the House some signal here that if the report makes an adjudication or finding in respect of Bessborough, there will be an action there and she will consult her Cabinet colleagues. I would be grateful if the Minister would reiterate on the record of the House, given her bona fides in respect of Tuam, that the same set of principles will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: To Bessborough?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will publish the report on Oberstown Children's Detention Campus. [7069/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes has not been published. [7073/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 54. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the ongoing engagement she has with an organisation (details supplied) in respect of governance and child protection matters; and if she is in receipt of reports from the organisation. [7068/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 146. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an assessment of need following a complaint raised with the HSE. [7313/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Websites (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on a system (details supplied) relating to the website of her Department. [7314/19]

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: As we have a quorum, we are in public session.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: The first petition for consideration is Petition No. P00047/18. It seeks the organisation of an all-Ireland citizens' assembly to negotiate and agree the basic structure of an independent 32-county Ireland, and to negotiate an all-Ireland referendum on Irish unity. The decision of the committee is to propose to forward a copy of the response from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Deputy Tóbín.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Deputy Mitchell.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Cork.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Deputy Cassells. I invite Senator Buttimer to contribute.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I am not opening up a big debate, Deputy Tóibín. I am telling you now.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: No, not even a small debate, and I will be very clear and succinct. There are other fora to debate the nature and extent-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: That is not the fault of this committee. I suggest that this is not the time for that and there are other more appropriate fora. That is a ruling I am going to make, Deputy, but please do intervene, if you want to - for a short time. We are not doing political football now. I can tell you that now.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: No, but this is your second intervention.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: No, I am making a ruling now.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: No, I am making a ruling now. I am very amenable as a Chairman and the members present will attest to that. I am not opening up a discussion or a political debate on the future of the island. The committee has already made a determination in respect of-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: The committee is about to make a determination, and I am asking the committee now-----