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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (18 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 589. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to publish the outcome of the review of the national childcare scheme which is currently underway; if he will publish the outcome of the review in its entirety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25627/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (18 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 673. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will permit a person (details supplied) to re-enter the State to attend work. [26380/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (18 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when her Department will resume processing entry visa applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26381/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (18 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 675. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when her Department plans to resume the processing of certain priority and emergency visa applications for chefs or food workers in addition to the limited exemptions currently in place for transit workers, journalists and medical workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26382/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (18 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 676. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a rise in occurrences of antisocial behaviour in Portobello Harbour, Dublin (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26383/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 695. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the forestry licensing crisis given that project woodland will not have any immediate impact on the current situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25602/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Chairman. I am in Leinster House. I join others in welcoming the Minister to the committee. I will read briefly from the Minister's opening statement: Careful attention is being paid in drafting to the specific relationship between the coroner and the agency to make sure that investigative obligations which currently lie with the coronial service are not undermined. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I do understand this. I apologise for cutting across the Minister but my time is limited. I have noted this and I have internalised what the Minister has said in respect of this point. If he is saying that we cannot have a cross-jurisdictional regime and there has to be consistency in respect of the coronial process, or a system of investigation, I put it to the Minister that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I ask the Chair to forgive me if I am over time. I do not know how much latitude I have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: What makes me uncomfortable is the issue of what the Minister described as "manifestly inappropriate" and the criteria that are to be set down in the first instance by the agency to determine what is or is not manifestly inappropriate. Even if we take exhumation and investigation, is there a fear that the power of the coroner and the coronial process will be undermined? To refer to what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: Forgive me if I repeat some points that have already been made. If we accept the fact that the powers of the coroner are being disapplied on two out of three sets of criteria, which is what the Minister is saying, but that the power of investigation is not diminished in any way because that is the law of the land, the legitimate question arises about the number of agencies involved....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: Again, I just want to be very clear. I ask the Minister to forgive me, and I know he is not deliberately misinterpreting what I am saying. I am talking about the resourcing of the coronial service, and that is a matter for the Government. I recognise that silos exist in Departments, but the Minister is the line manager, as it were, for the setting up of this agency. Therefore, if there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: Again, I am not asking for the disapplication of the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I am sorry, I apologise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: That is fine, but I want to be clear that I am not asking for the disapplication of GDPR.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: GDPR is sometimes put up as a block to Teachtaí in respect of certain agencies which are subsets of Departments. It is sometimes misapplied, and I do not want that to happen in this case. The Minister is again telling us that the coronial process is being disapplied in two out of three criteria, if I understood him correctly. I may be mishearing the Minister, but he appears now to be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management (19 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I have raised this issue many times. I basically seek the Government to put in place a waiver for families with disabilities or where there are long-term illnesses, for example, where incontinence pads or pull-ups are required in the case of children or young adults, so that the cost of refuse is defrayed or reduced. This would be by virtue of the introduction of a national waiver, which...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management (19 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister of State said there was a Government decision envisaging "the provision of a financial support to persons with lifelong/long-term medical incontinence to help meet the cost of disposal of medical incontinence wear". What he has told us is that they have no intention of doing this. Minister after Minister has been talking around and telling me the same thing for nearly four...

Water and Wastewater Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I believe this is the first time the Acting Chairman, Deputy Kathleen Funchion, has been in the role and I wish her well.

Water and Wastewater Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I am delighted to have the privilege of being the first speaker on her watch. I support the motion. I want to speak specifically about my constituency, which includes north and east Cork. In the first instance, I will speak for Mitchelstown. I have had engagement for quite some time with Cork County Council, Irish Water and local business interests in respect of the need to ensure the...