Results 9,001-9,020 of 13,254 for speaker:Seán Sherlock

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Asylum Seekers (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 631. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department is on track to commence a formal vulnerability assessment system for asylum seekers in December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36969/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 649. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department is on track to build staffing and ICT capacity to clear the existing backlog of international protection applications in order to commence the transition to the new planned asylum system here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36970/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 747. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is hiring speech and language therapists. [36454/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 751. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which consultants (details supplied) have been employed by the HSE for the purposes of providing consultancy services in response to Covid-19; and the cost of same. [36464/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 752. To ask the Minister for Health the number of virtual otolaryngology appointments that have been made; and the number that have not been completed since the start of public health restrictions by hospital area. [36468/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 836. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation which has arisen in which doctors are not being reimbursed by the HSE for providing abortion services to migrants, international students and others resident here but who do not possess a PPSN; his plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36971/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 837. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has a referral policy for cases in which a doctor refuses to provide reproductive health services to patients due to conscientious objection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36972/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 898. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the commitment in the programme for Government to phase out fur farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36826/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 915. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if Tallow, County Waterford, is being considered for inclusion in CLÁR. [36358/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Chair. I appreciate him facilitating me and I will be brief. The rate of afforestation in the county of Cork has gone from a high of 14% per annum down to somewhere around 4%. I would like to hear from Coillte, perhaps not now but in writing, how it will address that massive decline. Munster is seeing a collapse in planting, relative to other parts of the country. I would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: I appreciate the opportunity to make an intervention. I welcome the Minister of State and her statement. I concur with other speakers on the lack of reference to the Mackinnon report. However, I acknowledge the Minister of State has held up the report and recommended we all read it. I have read it, and it makes interesting findings and recommendations. The report states that in 2019...

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the Tánaiste's statement to the effect that the Government will not oppose the Bill on Second Stage. That is a welcome move. We welcome the fact that the national remote working strategy group will meet today. That is important. What we want to do with this Bill is ensure we enshrine the right to switch off in law while at the same time recognising that flexibilities need...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a PPS number. [37222/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 171. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgeons practising throughout the hospital and private healthcare system here. [37219/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 178. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 15 October 2020, if he will publish each plan in respect of each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37253/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 179. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 15 October 2020, the amount of extra funding that has been allocated to CHO4; if he will provide a breakdown for north Cork, north Lee, south Lee, west Cork, Kerry in tabular form; the staffing required to implement the plan; if moneys have been spent for that allocation; if so, the way that money has been spent...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 180. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 15 October 2020, the amount of extra funding that has been allocated to CHO1; if he will provide a breakdown for Donegal, Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan, and Cavan/Monaghan in tabular form; the staffing required to implement the plan; if moneys have been spent for that allocation; if so, the way that money has been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 181. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 15 October 2020, the amount of extra funding that has been allocated to CHO2; if he will provide a breakdown for Galway, Roscommon, and Mayo in tabular form; the staffing required to implement the plan; if moneys have been spent for that allocation; if so, the way that money has been spent and the areas that it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 182. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 15 October 2020, the amount of extra funding that has been allocated to CHO3; if he will provide a breakdown for Clare, Limerick, and north Tipperary/east Limerick in tabular form; the staffing required to implement the plan; if moneys have been spent for that allocation; if so, the way that money has been spent...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 183. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 15 October 2020, the amount of extra funding that has been allocated to CHO5; if he will provide a breakdown for south Tipperary, Carlow/Kilkenny, Waterford, and Wexford in tabular form; the staffing required to implement the plan; if moneys have been spent for that allocation; if so, the way that money has been...