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Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I welcome that the new regulatory body, MARA, will be set up in Wexford town. It will be a fine location for the regulatory body and key personnel. I would like to make the case for Cork in terms of the servicing of offshore renewable energy. The deepwater port of the lower harbour would be an excellent key national reference point for such servicing....

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: We are very conscious that the EU strategy on offshore renewable energy has key targets and there is a massive opportunity in that. We know we will need 27 GW of offshore wind to meet our zero-carbon targets by 2050. Putting that into perspective, Moneypoint power station generates approximately 850 MW. The opportunity is there in terms of offshore generation. There are questions inherent...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (15 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of any communication with telecommunications companies and network providers to address the increase in scam and fraudulent calls and messages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43913/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (15 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if legal obligations exist to ensure that there are reporting procedures to statutory authorities to ensure attendance at school in circumstances in which a child is of school-going age and does not attend school. [43471/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (15 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a backdated allocation can be awarded to a person (details supplied). [44051/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cybersecurity Policy (15 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of any communication with telecommunications companies and network providers to address the increase in scam and fraudulent calls and messages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43914/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 749. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive support hours and services. [44142/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (16 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 9 September 2021, if there was any type of contract in place of any nature to maintain, operate and monitor the Fermoy north pumping station at the time when the flooding occurred. [44268/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school building project (details supplied) will proceed within the current framework; and if her Department anticipates requests for additional funding to complete the project. [44333/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Service Executive (16 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 295. To ask the Minister for Health the amount each maternity hospital has paid for public relations advice each month since March 2020 to September 2021, in tabular form; the name of the companies; and if they are on a retainer or not. [44328/21]

Residential Tenancies (Tenants' Rights) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the fact that the Government is not opposing this Bill. I note the Government has said there may be some legal issues inherent in the Bill and there may be challenges. Our job here is to promulgate legislation and work through it. If issues arise in the courts thereafter, then so be it, but we are the Legislature. I wish to goodness the Government would not qualify its support...

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: The Library and Research Service, LRS, digest has been very useful for many of us because it has encapsulated many of the concerns that have been brought to our attention. As Members will know, it has issued a paper in response to the Bill. Certainly, many issues were raised in respect of the Bill at pre-legislative scrutiny, PLS, stage, which must be sufficiently addressed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 592. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding requests for services for children under the age of 18 from each CHO for each month from January 2021 to September 2021, in tabular form; and the amount requested for each service per CHO. [44718/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (21 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 597. To ask the Minister for Health the network teams that are in planning stage under the progressing disability services; and the network teams that are in implementation stage in tabular form. [44736/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (22 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 165. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1072 of 28 April 2021, the costs paid to those same companies from March to September 2021. [45279/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I want to ask Mr. Reid if he is aware there is a proposal by the HSE to close the Owenacurra centre in Midleton, County Cork, where 19 residents will be rehoused across a number of other settings throughout the county and possibly beyond.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I have two points. First, we still do not have sight of what the costs of refurbishment would be. Second, it is our understanding that it is proposed to rehouse or rehome some people in institutional settings like St. Stephen's Hospital in Glanmire and also in St. Catherine's, and possibly on the site of St. Finbarr's Hospital in Cork. If it is the case that the HSE is proposing to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (23 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of operations at a site (details supplied); and when he plans to open it for public use. [45841/21]

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: How many beds are registered for respite?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

Seán Sherlock: Would the families of residents who stayed at the centre for short periods have classed that stay as respite or inpatient? I suggest to the witnesses that we have to be very careful about language here because there is an expectation within the community that there is a respite provision. We can use all of the euphemistic language that we like. The HSE's understanding may be that they are...