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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Protection (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 8. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that safeguarding matters in an organisation (details supplied) are in keeping with appropriate legislation and guidelines. [14491/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Protection (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I wish Mr. Donal Hickey a pleasant retirement and acknowledge he is a gentleman, even though he may be a Ciarraíoch. We will all miss him around the Houses. I wish him well in his retirement.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Protection (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and appreciate his latitude.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Protection (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: There has always been hearty banter between Donal and me, my being a Corkman and his being a Ciarraíoch. It has always been in good jest. What is the status of safeguarding in Scouting Ireland based on the Minister's current understanding?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Protection (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: What exactly is the Minister expecting from Scouting Ireland this week? What report is it? Is it Mr. Elliott's review? I wanted to seek clarification on that very point.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Protection (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: My question does not deal with the van Turnhout recommendations but with-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Protection (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: My questions do not deal with governance but with safeguarding. The Minister came into the House recently and made a very strong statement on overnight trips for scouts. Some of the issues are now being worked through, and we hope we have reached a more positive space with regard to Tusla's interaction with Scouting Ireland. All Members wish for some comfort to be given to the thousands of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she or her officials have met the management or board members of Tusla in respect of the recruitment of a CEO; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14489/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Communications (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which and when she received correspondence that Tusla sent to an organisation (details supplied) on 18 February 2019 in respect of ongoing safeguarding concerns. [14492/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the affordable childcare scheme will be launched. [14493/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of times she has met with senior management of Tusla since January 2019; and the subjects of discussion at those meetings. [14490/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 97. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had that person's transport to hospital cut. [14537/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: As is the case in these matters, one is trying to arrive at a common position to seek to find some sort of compromise, for which one seeks to find a majority or a consensus. While we are talking technically about amendments that are on the table to be agreed or voted upon, the Labour Party has two very specific amendments Nos. 26 and 27. On the basis of the agreed text that has now come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: The wording is clear that the Government should, prior to the introduction of any increase in carbon taxation, examine the impacts on low-income families and, on the basis of these findings, introduce specific policy measures to assist those who may not be in a position to immediately transition from fossil fuels, including the potential use of social protection mechanisms such as tax credits...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I would like to be helpful to Deputy Smith. How will the Chairman proceed technically with that amendment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: On a technical point, if Deputy Smith's amendment is as she put to the committee, is she now amending her own amendment that she has tabled?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: My understanding from Deputy Bríd Smith's earlier intervention was that she wants this to be a stand-alone recommendation, and it will presumably be pressed as such. The issue now before us is that the text of the stand-alone amendment that Deputy Bríd Smith has put forward seems to have changed, and subsequently additional wording must be brought forward to reflect the amendment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I do not want to say anything in the absence of the proposer of the amendment except that I have no problem with her putting forward her amendment because she is amending it herself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I made a point about June 2019. We voted on the amendment. Has that been changed to July?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I thought that was agreed.