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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 461. To ask the Minister for Health if the treatment abroad scheme is in operation with the advent of Covid-19; and if there are any restrictions in place of same. [26573/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: Thank you, Chairman. I hope you are picking me up, load and clear, there.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: First of all, I will start by wishing Niall well. Forgive me, if I refer to you in an informal manner. I am a former Minister of State in that Department and I have worked with you in the past. We have all been tremendously impressed by the leadership that you have given in such challenging times. I note that you said you were retiring, but you are stepping down as Secretary General. We...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I am happy to receive a note after this meeting, if that is possible, in terms of a real-time analysis of where the foreign birth registrations is at present. I will move on. It is significant that today we have a British-Irish intergovernmental meeting here in Dublin. The organisation of that will consume a lot of the resources of the Department. Where are the priorities in respect of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Mr. Burgess. I will move now the Irish Aid programme. A number of conflicts have arisen in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Ethiopia where there is an Irish embassy and aid programmes. I refer to the Gambella and Tigray regions. I am concerned about Irish citizens who are working in those regions. I am concerned on the one hand that there may not be a sufficient deployment of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: That is reassuring. That is the first time that we have heard that. We have read about the conflict in Tigray but it is reassuring that there are clear protocols for the safety of both embassy staff and those working on the ground. I cannot let the opportunity pass to ask about Bóthar and whether there was any financial exposure of Irish Aid or the Department to the recent Bóthar...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I am conscious of what the Chair is saying. I will put the question another way. Has Irish Aid ever funded Bóthar? That is a factual yes-no answer. I want to get a perspective without prejudicing any ongoing case.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I wish to ask about the occupied territories and the disbursement of funding, the latest round of which is about €12.7 million but I am open to correction on that. Is the Department satisfied that this disbursement is going exactly where it needs to go? I know there is a particular emphasis on funding education within the occupied territories. Can Mr. de Búrca or the Secretary...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I wish to thank the people in Ramallah as well for the work they do on behalf of the Irish citizens. They do a great job there.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (29 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance if clarity will be provided in relation to an issue (details supplied). [34278/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will formally accredit the national training programme for special needs assistants in University College Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34570/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the provision of domestic violence emergency rent supplement beyond the end of 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34571/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (29 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an atypical work permit for a person (details supplied). [34279/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 464. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding a lack of neurologists in hospitals in County Cork for those with MS such as a person (details supplied). [27054/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cybersecurity Policy (29 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 528. To ask the Minister for Health if any private cyber security firms have been contracted to his Department or the HSE since 12 May 2021; if so, if a contract has been entered into; and the cost of same to the Exchequer in tabular form. [27260/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (29 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 565. To ask the Minister for Health when a prescription will be given to a child (details supplied). [34038/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (29 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 593. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the EU farm to fork strategy specifically details forestry related measures for potential inclusion in new eco or environmental schemes in the next CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34423/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (29 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 594. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the EU farm to fork strategy details carbon farming and specifically forestry related activities as part of any new eco or environmental scheme in the next CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34424/21]

Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: The Labour Party is supporting the Bill. We wonder why it is being kicked to touch for the period of time that is proposed by the Government, which is unnecessary. There is ample time to deal with all of the sections in the Bill through Committee Stage. Any of the concerns that have been raised by the Government, through the Minister of State, Deputy English, could be dealt with through...