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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (22 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 172. To ask the Minister for Health if health care assistants at a nursing home (details supplied) are eligible for the pandemic payment. [32869/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Protection (22 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 182. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a child (details supplied) will be examined and an effective care plan expedited. [33028/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (22 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reopen the Rural Innovation and Development Fund to include capital projects such as composters under the waste reduction section. [32840/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (22 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider grant funding for waste reduction capital projects. [32842/22]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I am trying to bolt on an amendment here that gives an absolute right because I am fearful, notwithstanding the fact that the director and the staff of the DSS will be beyond reproach, of a systems failure. I ask the Minister to take a look at this before Report Stage and consider providing a more firm underpinning of the relevant person's right to know.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I appreciate the Minister's response. It would be great if it could be teased out before Report Stage. I will withdraw my amendment, with leave to resubmit. If the Minister comes up with a better wording, I will be very happy to accept that on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 28: In page 62, line 4, after "146." to insert "(1)". Those who campaigned for this legislation argued specifically that a comprehensive review clause was necessary to ensure it would remain under ongoing review at regular intervals, given the pace of change in this area globally and advances in practice. This amendment would ensure the legislation is reviewed...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 33: In page 62, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “(2) A review under subsection (1) shall include consultation with, and the active involvement of, persons with disabilities through their representative organisations and shall examine the operation, interpretation and accessibility of this Act and make such recommendations for its reform or the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: Before we move to the amendments, I seek clarity in regard to section 82 in the context of the Juries Act. My understanding is that section 82 amends the First Schedule of the Juries Act by inserting what is clearly, in our interpretation, a mistaken provision that a person is ineligible to serve as a juror if he or she does not, in the opinion of the court, have sufficient mental or...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: Can I speak to that amendment?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: Yes.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 37: "In page 65, line 2, after “subsection (8)” to insert the following: “and, in so doing, to have particular regard to its obligations under Articles 4(3) and 33(3) of the Convention”."

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I will withdraw my amendments with leave to resubmit them. I have an impression that when we legislate, we create obligations on institutions and agencies like IHREC. My concern is that we have another piece of legislation here and the Minister is saying IHREC will have a key role in monitoring the working of that legislation. What we do not have sight of is whether the Decision Support...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 29: In page 62, line 7, after “operation” to insert “and every 5 years thereafter”.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a method outside of recommendations by a SENO that an appeal for special education transport would be heard. [33362/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (23 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 434. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment of needs appointment will be given to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33423/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Maritime Safety (28 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to Marine Notice 38/2022 in respect of French military exercises (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33756/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (28 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new taxi and hackney licences granted in County Cork for each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the total number of licences, taxis and hackneys operating in County Cork by location in tabular form. [33957/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 652. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision will be expedited on a working family payment claim for a person (details supplied). [34212/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (28 Jun 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 688. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Cabinet decision on increasing the amount that a SUSI applicant can earn will apply to applications already in process. [34147/22]