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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I note what the Minister said in respect of amendment No. 8. In that context, I am happy to withdraw amendments Nos. 7 and 11. If I understand what he said correctly, the purpose of amendment No. 8 is to seek to draw down as much funding from entities like the ERC, through Horizon and so on. That is laudable. I would have thought that would be obvious anyway, but I think the Minister may...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 11: In page 10, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “(2) In the performance of its functions the Agency shall— (a) accord due recognition and equal respect to research and innovation in all fields of activity and disciplines in the higher education and research system and the research and innovation system, and (b) ensure...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: On amendment No. 16, I note that the Minister in his correspondence to me specifically references the need to ensure that individuals who are on the board will have governance experience. The current travails of RTÉ makes that all the more important. I welcome that. The amendment is similar to Deputy Farrell's amendment in that we merely want to ensure that there are people who are...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I have only just received the correspondence but I am internalising it. Before we move on, I note for the record, from the Minister's correspondence to me, that the policy intention which was detailed in the PAS booklet is that there would be a range of voices on the board to speak for enterprise, STEM, the humanities and social sciences, researchers of all career stages, future planning and...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: Members will forgive my blinding ignorance here, but what is the status of the RIA and how it would be dealt with in this amendment? Could it be inculcated into this Bill technically anyway?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: Right. Okay.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I am going to read into the record correspondence I received from the general secretary of the Irish Federation of University Teachers, IFUT. I am sure the Minister will be aware of this correspondence, which is dated 25 January last and which states: Upon examination of the proposed legislation, it is my concern that the existing draft fails to address the pressing trade union concerns...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I will defer to the proposer.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Deputy Farrell. I accept the point the Minister is making, and also his broader point. I am just seeking to understand and clarify that he is saying to us that where the State is funding HEIs there is a clear policy around ensuring progression among postdoctoral students, for instance, can take place. The terms and conditions of postdoctoral students are in the main going to be the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I am happy to withdraw the Labour amendment on the basis of what the Minister has said but seek further clarification on the relationship that will exist between the research council and the board proper. The Minister will have addressed this, possibly on Second Stage and on prelegislative scrutiny stage, and he will forgive me if he is going over old ground on this one. In responding, I...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of incidents recorded by all agencies at certain intersections (details supplied) by type of incident, time of day and month, in tabular form, for the years 2019,2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date. [9645/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (22 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of units deemed to have availed of a deposit return take back exemption, by county and by category of retail, in tabular form. [8479/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (22 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what legislation is used for rental inspections by contractors of local authorities in terms of criteria of ventilation, etc, and if it is based on the year the property is built. [8405/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (22 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if inspectors of local authorities are using ventilation measurement machines when inspecting homes and, if so, the number of ventilation measurement machines being used by each local authority, in tabular form. [8406/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: "Peripheral to Dublin" is what the Taoiseach means.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 392 of 13 February 2024, if the school has been told that the information is with the Department’s technical team and the Department would follow up and revert to the school, and if she will investigate the matter. [8269/24]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I am delighted the comisiún is present today. We had a very good session last week that was really instructive for us as members. This is a natural dovetailing of that. My first question is simple and is about the pronunciation of Coimisiún na Meán. Is it "coimisiún na meán" or "coimisiún na maan"? Does it depend on whether I am from Munster or Connacht?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: So if I say "coimisiún na meán", am I on safe ground?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: Míle buíochas. I will go straight to the issue of effective age verification. To quote directly from Ms Hodnett's statement, the coimisiún is proposing: that platforms introduce effective age verification to ensure that children do not access age-inappropriate content. We are not proposing to specify the techniques that platforms use... How interventionist is the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: That is very reassuring. As a relatively new regulatory body, the coimisiún is giving a lot of time and thought to these issues. I can clearly see that in the submissions to us today. On the effective age verification, do I have it right when I say the thinking within the coimisiún is that it is up to the industry to produce the verification process but if that is not robust...