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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I ask for a few more seconds. Ms Hurley mentioned Irish investors. Is this a multiplicity of special purpose vehicles? There is the one entity that has already been named, which is a UK investor. Is Ms Hurley saying there are other investors that will join with it or Irish investors who are going to take a piece of the pie as well?

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the motion, which we support. I also acknowledge the bona fides of the Ministers opposite in trying to fix a perennial problem. I read the Minister's speech carefully but feel that there is much more that can be done to increase capacity. The Minister refers to the investment in diagnostics and primary care in particular. It is all well and good to state that the HSE has...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (19 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make carer's allowance a qualifying payment for the fuel allowance. [2659/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants for the fuel allowance in the year 2022 to 2023; and the number approved and disallowed per county, in tabular form. [2660/23]

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Deputy Kelly for sharing time. The Coillte-Gresham House partnership seems wrong on many levels. It is an arrangement which, on the face of it, facilitates the expatriation of millions of euro from Irish taxpayers' pockets into the hands of fund managers and on that basis, let me state that we vehemently oppose this arrangement. The taxpayer will not benefit by one penny from...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: -----and I have the right to speak here through the Chair, the upper limit on how much land will be acquired has not been absolutely and definitely defined. Who knows how much land will be acquired and it will have the effect of displacing farmers from farming activity. It is on that basis that we absolutely oppose it. In other words, this entity is hell-bent on acquiring as much land as...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ----their figures are there. I will finish my speech uninterrupted, if I may, because I have only 25 seconds left. The Government fell asleep at the wheel on this one. They are out the gap on this one but there may be hope for the Government to politically use whatever might and main it can to pull this back from the brink because we do not want a situation where taxpayers' money by way...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: The metrics speak from themselves. The Minister is cutting down more trees than he is planting.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the specific delegated functions that have been transferred to Ministers of State appointed in December 2022, in tabular form; and the date of transfer. [1478/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific delegated functions that have been transferred to Ministers of State appointed in December 2022, in tabular form; and the date of transfer. [1467/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific delegated functions that have been transferred to Ministers of State appointed in December 2022, in tabular form; and the date of transfer. [1468/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of operation on a construction project (details supplied); and the amount spent to date, segmented into each area of spending, in tabular form. [1081/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus users on each individual bus route in Cork city and county in each of the years 2019 to 2022, in tabular form. [1082/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific delegated functions that have been transferred to Ministers of State appointed in December 2022, in tabular form; and the date of transfer. [1480/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 349. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific delegated functions that have been transferred to Ministers of State appointed in December 2022, in tabular form; and the date of transfer. [1469/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Projects (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 401. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of repair works at a site (details supplied); and when it will reopen to the public. [1107/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 402. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors at a site since it opened to the public after the pandemic (details supplied). [1108/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 412. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific delegated functions that have been transferred to Ministers of State appointed in December 2022, in tabular form; and the date of transfer. [1475/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 447. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific delegated functions that have been transferred to Ministers of State appointed in December 2022, in tabular form; and the date of transfer. [1479/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific delegated functions that have been transferred to Ministers of State appointed in December 2022, in tabular form; and the date of transfer. [1473/23]