Results 7,601-7,620 of 13,254 for speaker:Seán Sherlock

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (19 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: We have received apologies from Deputy Dara Murphy and Senator Buttimer. The usual provisos apply regarding the use of mobile phones. I propose we now go into private session to deal with some matters before resuming in public session.

Climate Action Plan to Tackle Climate Breakdown: Statements (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I compliment Deputy Eamon Ryan on the wonderful shirt he is wearing today.

Climate Action Plan to Tackle Climate Breakdown: Statements (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: It is a very tropical issue indeed. In respect of the new plan by the Government, the word "ambitious" is perhaps verbose in the circumstances. It is our view that the plan is less ambitious than the 42 recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action, which were made in March. The risks of failing to act are enormous when we consider future generations. We have 12...

Microbeads (Prohibition) Bill 2019: Second Stage (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I am delighted to wholeheartedly welcome the Bill. I thank the Minister and his officials for bringing it before the House. We have been through quite a process since 2016 in seeking to have this placed firmly on the agenda and I am delighted to be part of a process where we are in agreement with the Government's Bill on the important issue of banning microbeads. I acknowledge Senator...

Microbeads (Prohibition) Bill 2019: Second Stage (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: If I am not mistaken, when the Minister was referring to leave-on products I believe he could have been referring to what might loosely be termed "cosmeceuticals", where there is marketing of a cosmetic that claims to have a medical benefit. I am not sure if that is where he was going with this but there must be clarity on Committee Stage, notwithstanding the points he made about delaying...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Company Takeovers (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: This issue arises from the proposed takeover of GlaxoSmithKline, GSK, in Cork by Thermo Fischer Scientific. It has given rise to concerns on the part of the workers and their representatives, specifically SIPTU which represents the majority of the affected workers. They relate to the interpretation or perceived lack of adherence to the regulations in respect of the transfer of undertakings...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Company Takeovers (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the fact that the Minister clearly and unambiguously stated the law. A Minister who sits at Cabinet has stated, on the record of this House, the law of the land in respect of this issue. I hope that any parties bearing witness to this exchange are mindful of this. However, he also stated, "I currently have no reason to believe that the companies involved will not comply with the...

Community Policing and Rural Crime: Motion (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I record my gratitude to the Chairman, Deputy Ó Caoláin, and the committee for bringing forward a very insightful report and a set of recommendations that I feel are based on common sense, are very pragmatic and should be easily implementable. Arising from those recommendations, I acknowledge the contribution the Police Service of Northern Ireland made to the committee in respect...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions Reform (25 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 712. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlements that will accrue for workers who must retire at 65 years in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and who will not reach 67 years of age in 2021, who are not eligible for a State pension in 2021; and if they will have to sign on for a jobseeker's payment for more than one year. [26549/19]

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I support the motion. I want to focus on one aspect of the issue relating to the submission made by Family Carers Ireland, FCI, in respect of the transport and mobility scheme. The mobility allowance and motorised transport grant was withdrawn in 2013. I quote from a very sensible submission it made, which states:The failure to replace the Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: This has been very interesting so far. I thank the witnesses for their contributions because they have certainly broadened my perspective regarding the issue of cycling and what can be delivered. From listening to the witnesses, one thing strikes me. There seems to be a common denominator based on my interpretation of what they said. If we look at Cambridge, Brussels or Manchester, we can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Mr. Deegan pulls in advocates and the Chris Boardmans of this world because they are influencers - stars, so to speak, to borrow that awful phrase that has been used by Mr. Johnson and his like - to begin to change the mindset and to begin to influence politicians, and then we see it flowing within the system, as it were.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I would love to talk forever but I have only five minutes. Could I hear about the Brussels and Cambridge experience because Cambridge is a university town while Brussels is, arguably, a cosmopolitan university city that is very international? I imagine that it is easier to roll out cycling infrastructure in a place with a lot of students. The witnesses talk about the Cambridge busway and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Can that tool be plugged into any scenario?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: The Netherlands has reached 7%. Are the local authorities driving that or is it the government?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I am the last person standing and many of my questions have been answered so I will not detain the witnesses or the Chairman. I thank the delegation as this has been a very clear-headed and lucid presentation that has gone a long way towards helping my understanding of the matter, and particularly the timelines. It was a very good idea to give us the timelines in respect of the company's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: That is what I cannot understand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: What I cannot reconcile is that there was a de factochange in the process. The tender process was designed to deliver X number but the numbers changed. They were reduced because of the actions of another entity. I would have thought there was a clear justification for all bidders to sit down at that juncture with the Department and say that the process had changed. The terms of the other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: The company has made 42,000 connections to customers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Is there a metric of cost per house?