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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: We need actions to follow the statements that are made here. If there was a clear offer on the part of IBEC, Forest Industries Ireland, FII, or the relevant NGOs to start this process with some sort of summit on the future, that would be a very good result. I would welcome that. The second issue concerns the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, and the multi-annual financial framework. I do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: We will keep our answers brief. Where is CAP at the moment? What is the current position of the negotiations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I refer to the COFORD Council. Can the witnesses disabuse me of my perception that the COFORD Council is nothing but a talking shop and that no real policy interventions arise from it? Can they disabuse me of the perception that if the COFORD Council was working properly we would have increased forestry cover and stakeholders, including the very NGOs that I spoke about previously, would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I will start with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, but I will go around the houses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I would like to hear from Coillte after that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Could I hear from Coillte on that? I know that organisation is a stakeholder.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: In my remaining ten seconds I would like to ask about Coillte's six regional strategic plans. My understanding is that under the climate action plan Coillte is committed to replanting or restocking a total of 34,770 ha between 2016 and 2020. Is that effort on target? Moreover, the witnesses mentioned that 20% of the estate is managed for biodiversity. Will that be extended across that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of building works for a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [52429/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be allowed accommodation to sit their leaving certificate in a separate room due to a medical condition. [52687/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility (17 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if home tuition hours will be extended for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [52914/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (17 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of the representations received from persons involved in private members clubs; the responses he or the Minister of State with Special Responsibility for Equality and Immigration have made to such representations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53235/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (17 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency and non-emergency ambulance call-outs to Great Island, Cobh, County Cork in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the median response times as opposed to the mean average for each year; and if an ambulance will be permanently located on Great Island, Cobh, County Cork. [52566/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 394. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will have their assessment of need carried out. [52910/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport Expenditure (17 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 395. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on patient transport in the past year in the Kildare West Wicklow CHO7 area; if the amount increased; and the criteria used to select patients for transport. [52911/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (17 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 636. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla is now using guidelines of one refuge space per 10,000 persons as opposed to 10,000 women; if a review of refuge spaces in the greater Dublin area is taking place; if so, when the results will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52662/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (17 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 637. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if county boundaries or local authority area boundaries are used for estimating need when using guidelines for refuge spaces per 10,000 persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52663/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (17 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 638. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of refuge spaces available in Dublin city and county by local authority area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52664/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (17 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 677. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive an invalidity benefit. [52596/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Applications (17 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 689. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to arrears on their fuel allowance application. [52909/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications (17 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 690. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a State pension by a person (details supplied). [52912/19]