Results 11,521-11,540 of 13,254 for speaker:Seán Sherlock

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (13 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 446. To ask the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [50956/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the farm environmental survey pilot 2022 is completed; if so, if he will provide an update on any findings, including challenges found within the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50854/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 160. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the closure of a nursing home (details supplied) in County Cork and the lack of respite beds. [50405/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Programmes (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 181. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Screening Advisory Committee is expected to present its recommendations for the expansion of population-based screening programmes following its annual call for changes to screening services in November 2021; if he intends to accept NSAC's recommendations; the likely timeframe to implement any expansion of the screening programmes; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Programmes (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 182. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Screening Advisory Committee is expected to make its second annual call for changes to be made to population-based screening programmes in Ireland; if the recommendations from the first annual call launched in November 2021 will be available before the second call is announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50556/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients under the GMS that are registered with a primary healthcare centre (details supplied); the number of GPs registered at this centre; the number of patients per GP; and the average waiting time for an in-person consultation. [50667/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I thank our guests for their submission. It was very well researched. This is the first time I have seen some sort of crystallisation of the issue of vulnerability among that cohort of about 10,000 people, including the 1,274 in the 18-to-24-year-old category. They come to us, as public representatives, and they present in some way, shape or form but we just do not know how to deal with...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I am not sure how much time I have. The Galway example involves placing people in accommodation. What is the real-time experience of somebody who presents to a local authority, for instance, where he or she has to fill out a housing application form and go through this bureaucratic process?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: Is it known by people on the ground that there is a front door they can go through?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I went to college in Galway. I always found the Galway people industrious and when it came to finding solutions to problems, that people came together.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: The mighty Corrib unites them. I am fascinated that they have developed a model where all of the stakeholders are willing partners and they have been able to find accommodation and to have the wraparound supports. How could I get this service going in Cork, for instance, which is where I am from? I could see some challenges in breaking down the silos between all of the constituent partners...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I would like to hear more about UCC.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: Can I presume that Mr. Finnerty would be more than familiar with the model in Galway?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome our guests. I want to speak about foster carers. I received correspondence from a foster carer who is also a social worker. She wrote to me in a private capacity. In her letter she states her worry is that many foster carers will not be able to continue to do what they do and that it will not be affordable for people to consider becoming foster carers, especially as fostering...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: Are copies of this correspondence available?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: Yes, I do.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Mr. Gloster. If I understand him correctly he is saying that as an organisation Tusla advocated through the budgetary process with the Department for an increase in allowances.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: If there were some evidence of this it would assist me, and perhaps the committee, in advocating for those foster carers. If this is the case and we have the proof of it, we can ask where the Department was in its engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. We can ask why we have been left with a situation whereby foster carers feel extremely patronised by the fact the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: It is very much in keeping with the spirit of-----

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: It is about alternative aftercare services for all young adults who require the services.