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Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: The Labour Party is supporting this Bill and we thank the Minister of State for bringing it forward. It will provide a considerable amount of alleviation for farm families. Who among us has not had a person from a farm family on the telephone telling us about how a loved one is filling out the forms for the nursing home support scheme and expressing deep doubt about the process? Some of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (19 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an extension to a licence for a further 12 months for a person (details supplied) can be reviewed. [26791/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (19 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to medical examinations for a driver licence will receive a response. [26837/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the driver theory test will be reclassified as essential. [26891/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (19 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise on an Irish language exemption for a person (details supplied). [26793/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (19 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [27051/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Industry (20 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I rise to support Aer Lingus workers. The Minister will tell us that the Government has an €80 million aviation plan and that €120 million was given to Aer Lingus by Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF. What are needed now are direct supports for workers to stave off and stop those job losses in Cork and Shannon airports. The Government must start subventing those jobs,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Industry (20 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: Mention was made of the common travel area, transatlantic flights, the digital green certificate, antigen testing, maintaining people in uniforms and protecting jobs. In that context, the base in Cork Airport is closing for three months. When the reopening plan is unveiled, will it enable people who work for Aer Lingus in Cork Airport to be confident that their jobs will be protected and...

Principles of Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." As set out in its Long Title, this is a Bill to make provision for a statement of principles to inform the interpretation and administration of the Social Welfare Acts to provide for a social welfare charter, to impose a duty to promote the take-up of social welfare entitlements, to set out certain rights to information, advocacy and...

Principles of Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: Yes.

Principles of Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: Perhaps I could save some time.

Principles of Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I can save the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien, a little time, if he allows me to intercede at this juncture.

Principles of Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Minister for what is a very considered response to the Bill, which is full of good intentions. I accept the arguments and rebuttal of the Minister.

Principles of Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: It would be a fair guess to say the Minister of State is ad idemwith his senior Minister. He would not be at variance with her views. We are very lucky in this country that we have a very good social protection or social welfare system. It works extremely well for people on a daily basis. I acknowledge that and as a public representative of some years, my day-to-day interactions with...

Principles of Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: The question could be put to determine if the Minister is formally opposing the Bill on Second Stage.

International Travel and Aviation: Statements (25 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I note the submission to the Taoiseach by the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association. Those pilots are outside this building today and we stand in solidarity with them. They refer to four pillars in their correspondence to the Taoiseach: travel within the common travel area of Ireland and the UK; travel within the European Union; travel between Ireland, the EU and the United States of America;...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 2. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which the €5 million fund to support the development of Ireland’s first national network of remote working hubs will work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28176/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I merely wish to ask the Minister the way in which the €5 million fund to support the development of Ireland's first national network of remote working hubs will work, and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I can internalise and understand where the Minister is going regarding the connected hubs fund. If I understand it correctly, she is referring to pre-existing infrastructure. The reason I ask the question is to speak for people in places such as Killavullen and Mitchelstown in north Cork, for example, from where I have received queries and where there are no pre-existing hubs. This...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Minister. What she is clearly articulating to me, so that I can report back to the people who have made representations to me, is that the €5 million connected hub funding does not apply to a person or entity trying to start from scratch and that it is for pre-existing infrastructure. This is what the Minister is clarifying. If this is the case, we will advise...