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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting early intervention at the first stage in the Cork area; and the delays facing those children, in tabular form. [43178/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff Scheme (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 504. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a specific allocation of 50% of available capacity 3,000 GWh in the first auction to solar PV will be committed. [43354/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff Scheme (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 505. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that solar PV can deliver 5,000 MWac by 2030. [43355/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Meetings (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 500. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he last met with waste providers; the date and location of the meeting; and the matters discussed. [43176/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 534. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will announce the latest allocations of sports capital funding. [43290/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Administration (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 559. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if parents must have a public services card to avail of the national childcare scheme. [43234/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had on the Cork Events Centre now responsibility has been transferred to his Department. [43175/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2007 to lift the current 12 sq. m restriction on domestic rooftop solar. [43356/19]

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I move: That Dáil Éireann: —notes the Report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment entitled ‘Report on an investigation to examine the National Broadband Plan process thus far and how best to proceed and the best means to roll out rural broadband’, which was laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas on the 27th...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Petition No. P00018/19 relates to rental properties. The decision of the committee is to forward a copy of the response from the Department of Finance to the petitioner. Is that agreed?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: The point is well made. I will move on. The decision is that we will forward a copy of the response from the Department of Finance to the petitioner and close the petition. Is that agreed? Agreed. Petition No. P00023/19 is from Mr. Wayne Hester. He would like to see 30 April designated a public holiday in honour of Riverdance. It is decided that we will forward a copy of the response...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Petition No. P00034/19 is from Ms Tanya O'Neill, who would like to see new labelling on all non-recyclable packaging stating that it is not recyclable. We have agreed that we would forward a copy of the response from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment to the petitioner. We will not quite close the petition yet but will give it further consideration.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: The proposal before us is that we communicate with Repak and perhaps ask it to consider the content of the petition and respond on the work it is doing. To be fair, the response from the Department is comprehensive in answering the issues raised by the petitioner. We are going off on a tangent to the extent that it is not possible to adhere to what is being specifically sought in the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Is there a proposal before us to keep the petition open?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: A report was published by the relevant committee in October 2018. Like every other public representative here, we are all inundated with people contacting us about a range of issues in this area, from assessments to issues concerning bricks and mortar and the provision of capital expenditure. If we look at the issue narrowly through the prism of Clondalkin, I propose that we close the petition.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: There is a wider issue and the solution may be as simple as this committee communicating with the Department and the relevant line committee, as per Standing Orders, asking if there has been any response or update to the 2018 report. It is such a live issue. The numbers are increasing all the time. I propose that we close the petition but write to the Chairman of the Joint Committee on...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: That is agreed. It is deemed that Petition No. P00042/19 is inadmissible, as per Standing Orders, and we will inform the petitioner as to the reasons. Is that agreed? Agreed. I understand Deputy Buckley wants to raise an issue under any other business.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I propose that we discuss the matter in private session, before we adjourn. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I refer Deputy Buckley to the discussion we have just had on the petition we received from the Save Fermoy Weir and Save Our Salmon group. We are in receipt of correspondence from the group rebutting in a comprehensive document the submissions laid before the committee and spoken to by individual stakeholders on 3 July. It is proposed that we note the correspondence from the stakeholders in...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I seek advice on the issue. Amendments in my name and those of Deputies Rabbitte and Funchion have been ruled out of order. They were tabled in good faith. To my mind we have not received a comprehensive justification as to why they have been ruled out of order. I seek permission to hear from the Minister as to that justification.