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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I am loath to interrupt the Taoiseach but we must maintain the speaking times.

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: The Deputy has one minute left.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 70. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has engaged in research in respect of the need to devise a disability-related payment to deal with the effects of long Covid. [24811/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: Has the Minister's Department engaged in research in respect of the need to devise a disability-related payment to deal with the effects of long Covid? I acknowledge the existence of the Covid-19 enhanced illness benefit payment and that it will be in place until the end of June 2022. My reason for raising this is that we seek clarity as to whether there will be continuity of that payment...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Minister for her response. If I interpret her correctly, I can understand her retaining the status quobecause the nature of the illness benefit is clearly defined in terms of what a person must do to meet the criteria. However, what is happening now in this country, and there is robust clinical evidence for this, is that hospitals such as Cork University Hospital, CUH, in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: -----because there will have to be a recognition of long Covid as a qualifying condition.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: The answer to my question is "No"; that is the short answer the Minister is giving. I acknowledge that but I will continue to bang the drum on this. I am worried that there is a statistically significant cohort of persons who ordinarily will go from the enhanced payment to illness benefit, the clock will tick down the two years and then they potentially will fall off the cliff if they are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: It is the medical certification. If the medical certification says long Covid, then that should suffice.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Minister.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Courts Service (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I am delighted to have the opportunity to raise this issue. The people of Youghal are very exercised about the decision of the Courts Service to close a service that is vital to people and to the administration of justice in Youghal, particularly as it relates to the victims of domestic violence. As my colleague, Deputy Stanton, said, this is about ensuring that we do not force women who...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Courts Service (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I respect the Minister of State and the fact she does not have policy responsibility for this area. The response by the Government is not adequate for the purposes of ensuring the administration of justice, as articulated by the concerns outlined by the law officers in Youghal, by the users of the service and by the citizens. We are in a situation where a service is being taken away, even...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Courts Service (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: We have to protect those women and those services.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that has been spent on external public relations contracts by National Broadband Ireland in 2021 and to date in 2022. [24418/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an SNA application by a school (details supplied). [24765/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the call by an organisation (details supplied) to benchmark core social welfare rates to 27.5% of average weekly earnings. [24942/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assurances she can give persons working in local employment services and job clubs across the country that their jobs will be protected by the Government in the context of the tendering process she is pursuing. [24940/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Funding (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can account for a 15% increase in calls to an organisation (details supplied) given that an extra 62,000 persons are seeking its help; and her views on whether the payments from her Department are sufficient to meet the cost of living. [24941/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Central Statistics Office (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the CSO report survey on income and living conditions. [24943/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who applied for a public services card in 2021 and to date in 2022. [24944/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (17 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for medical device support that her Department received from children under the age of 18 years by county in the year 2022 to date, in tabular form. [24945/22]