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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Equality Issues (3 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 134. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will publish legislation to introduce socioeconomic status as a grounds for discrimination as set out in the Programme for Government. [40780/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Food Poverty (3 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 114. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has read the report by an organisation (details supplied) that 100,000 children in Ireland are going to bed hungry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40779/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (3 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 127. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare facilities that had to apply for planning permission due to Covid-19; the number of applications approved and refused, respectively by county in tabular form. [40781/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (3 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 140. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early childhood education and care facilities that have indicated that they will exit the sector since they were closed in March 2020. [40778/20]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional steps he will take to protect the 12,000 jobs under threat in the forestry sector; and the assurances he will give that the deployment of additional resources is sufficient to deal with the current backlog of forestry-related applications. [41874/20]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: What improvements have taken place regarding licence applications since the legislation was enacted in October? I welcome the fact that the Minister of State has appointed Jo O'Hara to oversee the Mackinnon report and advise the Minister. The industry and anybody who is a stakeholder will welcome that appointment. However, one would have to look at that appointment in a medium to long-term...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: Notwithstanding the fact the Minister of State stated there are 16 full-time equivalents now appointed as ecologists and ten new forestry inspectors, what hope can the she give to my constituent, who is probably typical of constituents throughout the country? That person has been waiting more than 900 days for a licence and has been told that, if that person was to expend a considerable...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: Are the 16 full-time equivalents on permanent contracts? The Minister of State mentioned that she intended to recruit more ecologists. Will they be employed on a full-time equivalent basis? Will there be a permanent staff as opposed to external staff who are brought in on a contractual basis? Will the Minister of State give assurances that all staff hired will be on a full-time equivalent...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the online auction for mart sales is working to full capacity. [41619/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports available for facilities in which avian flu has been confirmed here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41623/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on Brexit as it relates to his Department; and if he is satisfied that exports of food are sufficiently planned to the UK and the EU. [41620/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings he has held with farmers’ organisations in the context of Brexit during December 2020. [41622/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with the Taoiseach and Minister for Foreign Affairs during the week of 30 November 2020, on the impact of a no-deal Brexit on all island trade. [41621/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance when an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork will recommence in respect of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concessions scheme 1994. [41335/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 509 of 17 November 2020, if she had discretion to intervene in a manner such that no student would be put at a disadvantage given that the school year has started and given that there is precedent in circumstances in which a school bus service was provided by a private provider in the north Cork area due...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the witnesses. It has been compelling evidence that has dovetailed very much with the evidence of the ombudsman last week. The AOTI submission states: The new SOP does not facilitate the diagnosis of, for example Autistic Spectrum Disorder or Intellectual Disability and will no longer be provided as a part of the AON protocol. Instead children will be identified as ‘health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: I would like Mr. Smyth's perspective on this, if I may, because he is a front-line professional.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: I do not want to put words into anybody's mouth but my assessment of this, for what it is worth, is that with the SOP, some €7.8 million will be spent by the various community health organisations, and there will be any number of PTAs through the SOP model, but it will not deliver services, in essence, for children. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: It is retrospective.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: It is now the case that the ombudsman has objectively critiqued this model, as have three compelling witnesses. There is an evidence base, based on any rational , independent or objective assessments, to suggest that the policy is completely wrong and needs to be reviewed, reversed, rescinded and reshaped into a new policy, taking into account voices such as those of the three compelling...