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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (31 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a working family payment application will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [28109/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (31 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 623. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment with a consultant in order to be assessed for a torn cartilage at the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork given the severity of their case and the length of time they have been waiting. [27221/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Flexible Work Practices (31 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 746. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a proposed hub in Fermoy, County Cork (details supplied). [27926/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (31 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 794. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his plans to provide locum cover for rural based general practitioners, specifically within the HSE South CHO4 catchment, to cover for unavoidable absences; if he is developing a plan to establish a national locum register or regional register of available general practitioners as has been developed to cover absent teachers; and if he will...

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the bona fides of the Minister in bringing forward these amendments as a genuine attempt to deal with the issues therein. On the issue of persons who are seeking to reduce their waste, especially people who have particular needs, for instance, with incontinence, in 2017 there was a Government decision on the need to introduce a waste waiver in that regard. We have not seen this...

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I too welcome this amendment. It sets out a very clear strategy. I will speak very briefly about electronic equipment. The Minister will be aware of the "right to repair" movement, which is gathering a head of steam globally. This applies to all of us and our personal consumption, particularly of electronic goods and white goods such as smartphones. The concept of built-in obsolescence...

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 24: In page 22, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “Requirements in relation to diagnosis, maintenance and repair of electronic equipment 16. (1) In relation to digital electronic equipment sold in the State, a manufacturer shall make available, for the purposes of diagnosis, maintenance or repair of the equipment— (a) to independent...

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: What is the status of amendment No. 25? Is it not in good order?

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome this debate and I welcome the engagement of the Minister. Although I am coming to the Bill at a late stage, I appreciate that the Minister has sought to engage seriously with the deliberations that took place on Committee Stage and reflected them on this Stage. The issue I wish to repeat is built-in obsolescence, particularly in electronic goods. If the Minister takes away one...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish the schematics and plans for a project (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28716/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is in receipt of a timeline for construction of a project (details supplied). [28717/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is in receipt of a timeline for construction of a project (details supplied). [28718/22]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Committee Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 22: In page 31, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: “Rights in relation to diagnosis, maintenance and repair of electronic equipment 26. (1) In relation to digital electronic equipment sold in the State, a manufacturer shall make available, for the purposes of diagnosis, maintenance or repair of the equipment— (a) to independent repair...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Committee Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I sometimes feel – I would have been accused of this in the past as a Minister of State – that we are perhaps hiding behind EU rules. However, I think there is an opportunity within the amendment not to fall foul of EU rules, because we are merely giving an additional right to the consumer to have that which they have purchased in good faith to be repaired. The amendment...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Committee Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 107: In page 103, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(4) (a) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, where a trader supplies a service to subscribers, it is an unfair term of the contract under which the service is provided if the trader, in relation to provision of the same or substantially the same service, charges consumers who...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Committee Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: And I see where the Minister of State is going.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Committee Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 142: In page 135, after line 37, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 66 of Act of 2007 (consumer complaints) 158. The Consumer Protection Act 2007 is amended by the insertion of the following after section 66: “Part 4B SUBSCRIBER COMPLAINTS HANDLINGInterpretation and application of Part 66C.(1) In this Part— ...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Committee Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: The justification for the amendment is the lived experience of consumers who take out contracts, with broadband providers in particular. Often, the consumer purchases a broadband product, such as fibre to the home or a copper line, that is advertised as providing 1 GB but it provides less than that and there are dropouts and blackouts in the service provision. The consumer might pay...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Committee Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I will withdraw the amendment but I might come back to it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Committee Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for his response. He has left the door ajar for me on this. On that basis, I will withdraw the amendment with a view to resubmission on Report Stage, pending further discussion, as offered by the Minister of State.