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Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: Does Ms O'Connor consider them to be working?

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: Is Ms O'Connor aware that parents are coming to Members of the Oireachtas saying they feel like they are now going through another process of incessant form-filling and that the services are moving further and further away from them? Again, it is almost Kafkaesque that they are in this vortex of constant form-filling. They feel extremely frustrated. Can Ms O'Connor sympathise and empathise...

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: Absolutely. I am not a specialist in this field so I rely on the information being imparted to me by the HSE. Would person-to-person intervention not have been the starting point anyway as opposed to sending people into an assessment process that some families describe as nightmarish? I am going to leave it at that because I have three minutes left in my slot. I ask our guests to have...

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: The Mental Health Commission is clear in its definition. It states an approved centre is intended "to provide in-patient treatment to people suffering from mental illness. The MHC maintains a register of all approved centres." The chief executive stated the HSE is going to move to close the Owenacurra Centre. Will Mr. Reid reconsider that position? I am not convinced, and I imagine I...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (10 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of accounts that will be closed by banks exiting the Irish market in 2022; the breakdown by age and gender of those account holders; and his views on whether the banking sector will take on those accounts. [13710/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (10 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) in County Cork is not entitled to the fuel allowance. [13611/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (10 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 333. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a plan to compile an accessibility audit of playgrounds currently operated by local authorities in terms of accessibility for all users; and if there is a fund to make those playgrounds that fail such an audit more accessible. [13675/22]

Rising Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. Just today, I spoke to a 94-year-old man who, with his wife, is in receipt of an occupational pension. They do not pass the means test for the fuel allowance. Last week, I spoke with a couple of retirement age who have a combined working life of 84 years between them, and they do not fulfil the criteria for the fuel allowance. The common...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 18. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend the eligibility criteria for the fuel allowance to take those with occupational pensions into account. [14856/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Regulatory Bodies (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has made any contact with the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities in respect of a moratorium on disconnections. [14857/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 54. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to amend the back to education scheme payments to take into account time spent on the pandemic unemployment payment. [14859/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of the contracts with all third-party operators that engage on behalf of her Department in 2021 and to date in 2022; and the schemes that they operate on behalf of the Department in tabular form. [14860/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid by her Department in 2021 and to date in 2022 under the heading of medical equipment; and the breakdown by county of such payments. [14858/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: European Union (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if discussions are being held at European Union level to ensure security of supply of steel products from third countries in which no sanctions apply but for which tariffs apply. [15008/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received documents from the successful tender bidder on a project (details supplied). [14730/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is in receipt of a living alone allowance will have the allowance protected if they take in refugees under the Irish Red Cross scheme proposed by Government for refugees from the Ukrainian conflict. [14214/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a State pension (non-contributory) claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [14804/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the engagements she has had on the tender for local employment services. [8701/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 881. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) is waiting 10 months for a wheelchair; and if he will address matters raised in correspondence. [14184/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 1082. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a date for surgery. [15007/22]