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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if routes 51, Galway to Cork, will be maintained on the current route. [28312/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will be allocated an appointment for a driver test. [28318/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of contracting all third-party companies to deal with the leaving certificate grades in tabular form. [28764/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 551. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the small number of unaccompanied minors to be taken in here from the Moria refugee camp following the fire there; and his plans to welcome more minors here. [28416/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Health Services Staff (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 784. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of additional staff or whole-time equivalents who have been sanctioned for the purposes of supporting the forest service and forestry appeals process. [28366/20]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Minister and his officials for being here today. I will start with the issue of departmental responsibilities. I want to get a sense from the Minister as to when the various functions will transfer across. He said that it will happen within the next number of weeks but I ask him to provide certainty on when exactly the transfer will happen and what budget lines will transfer...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: Is a question and answer session with the Minister appropriate for now?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: Okay. That is my first question because the Minister said the transfer will happen in the next number of weeks but before we know it, December will be upon us. We need greater certainty on that matter. The National Disability Authority will be coming under the Minister's ambit but where is the demarcation between children and adults in that? This issue was raised earlier in the context of...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: It is all about resources and money.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: There is a certain narrative about social workers and where they sit in the wider landscape. The recruitment of social workers is a long-standing issue for this committee. The question of whether there are resources to recruit more now arises. Perhaps the Minister can guarantee, in the context of the Estimates process - to hang it on its hook and remain on message - that there will be more...

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: I seek clarity on a point of order. I thought-----

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: The Deputy is well used to interrupting in this House when needs be. I am asking for clarity.

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: Deputy Boyd Barrett should not shout into the microphone. He should have a little bit of decorum.

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: May I just have a moment of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's time? I thought the order of speakers went from the Government to Sinn Féin and then to the Labour Party. I seek clarification on that.

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: I-----

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: I sought clarification from the Whip's office last night on the ordering of business for Private Members' time and received it at about 9 o'clock. I received an email to the effect that the order went from the Government, back to Sinn Féin and then to the other Opposition parties. That order seems to have been disrupted.

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: I want to speak in favour of the motion and to speak specifically about the cohort of workers who are in receipt of the payment of €300 per week. As we are in a level 3 lockdown, the inevitable consequence is that thousands more people will lose their jobs. The Minister is telling us that approximately 129,500 people are in receipt of the €300 rate and that this represents 60%...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ombudsman for Children (7 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has had regard to concerns raised by the Ombudsman for Children in the area of special needs resources. [28976/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ombudsman for Children (7 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has had regard to concerns raised by the Ombudsman for Children in the area the option for children to opt out of religious teaching. [28977/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ombudsman for Children (7 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has had regard to concerns raised by the Ombudsman for Children in the area of the Ombudsman being able to investigate complaints in a school. [28978/20]