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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I apologise for cutting across Mr. Ryan but Dr. Doody is saying that 50% are seen within four weeks. I have 130 families waiting 18 months. That is based on a reply to a parliamentary question, which was Mr. Ryan's reply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: There is a big gap there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: What is best international practice vis-à-visthe multidisciplinary teams? Is it a flat structure or is it a hierarchical structure whereby the psychiatrist is the head honcho, as it were? Is that best international practice or does it differ in other countries?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I will follow up with Mr. Ryan. We might have a meeting in Cork in respect of services there.

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I am sharing time with Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice. The Labour Party supports the motion. There is nothing injurious to anybody’s interests in this good and broad motion. Anybody with any shred of common sense would support what it seeks to address. Across the party-political spectrum, it is clear the issue of forestry is at the forefront of the political agenda and there are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (1 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance if correspondence by him or to him from all Cabinet Ministers, including the Taoiseach, in respect of policy changes on the collection and ringfencing of carbon tax for the purposes of implementing measures on climate adaptation or mitigation, particularly in the housing and transport sectors, will be provided. [39485/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications Data (1 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the applications made for funding under the sports capital programme for the 2018-2019 funding round in County Cork. [39405/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications Data (1 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the applications made for funding under the sports capital programme for the 2018-2019 funding round for County Dublin. [39407/19]

Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I support the legislation. I submitted a parliamentary question on 13 November 2018 and I will give the reference number for the information of the Minister of State's officials. It was Question No. 277, reference number 46967/18. In it I asked specifically about the number of recorded knife crimes in the country. I subsequently received correspondence from the CSO, specifically from the...

Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I am a constituency colleague of the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, and I accept his response. I do not wish to score a political point on this matter. However, there is an issue in respect of the administration of justice. The Topical Issue matter referred specifically to the new operating structures of An Garda Síochána in Tipperary. It is also a major concern in north...

UN Climate Action Summit: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I want to deal with the issue of financing. If we are to have climate action, there is the climate action fund. The Minister has stated previously that it is the intention of the Government to use the reserves from them National Oil Reserves Agency, NORA, and that if there is any surplus within that reserve, it would be used for the purposes of the actions contained within the climate...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (2 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I do not propose to detain the House at this hour of the night with the three T's or a typical Second Stage speech on everything I know about broadcasting on the island of Ireland. I will endeavour to stick to the legislative proposal before us. I have a question about the proposal for the broadcasting funding scheme to be administered by the BAI to provide a bursary grants scheme for...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (2 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: What about "The Late Late Show"? The Healy-Raes are regulars on that. The Deputy has to thank it too.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (2 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when illness benefit arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [40058/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (2 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be expedited. [40066/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I am delighted to be in the presence of the gentlemen from Tipperary again. One of the committee's first actions was to visit Tipperary and it was a very useful tutorial for us. Speaking for myself, I was largely ignorant of the work that was being done by the Tipperary Energy Agency and we certainly learned a great deal from that visit. I am not sure how long ago that was, but if we are to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: If that is possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: We could then respond and it would be a matter of public record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: How many minutes are left?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: That is fine.