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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (3 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: It is an undue delay, to be fair, by any administrative standards.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I support the Bill. It is very good and sensible legislation and I acknowledge the work of Deputies Farrell and Ó Broin, and the Labour Party will certainly support it. I read the Minister of State's speech with interest and was taken by the fact he felt he had to reassure the market regarding the Bill. This is how I interpret his intervention when he stated: The Government is...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Omudsman for Children Annual Report 2023: Ombudsman for Children (2 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I will start by congratulating the ombudsman and all the staff for the 20 years of service they have given us so far. As a typical constituency-based TD the office has been very helpful to me with the work we do, namely, our advocacy on the ground for the very families and children the witnesses are talking about here. I often feel the office of the Ombudsman for Children is an additional...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Omudsman for Children Annual Report 2023: Ombudsman for Children (2 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: Dr. Muldoon has hit the nail on the head there, because the State is a big funder now. As a result it has serious skin in the game. I have a little difficulty with a situation where we have Tusla or the Department funding all these schemes and then acting as inspector. I appreciate it is imperfect, but at least there is an inspectorate regime and the legislation is being changed as we...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Omudsman for Children Annual Report 2023: Ombudsman for Children (2 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I know the one.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Omudsman for Children Annual Report 2023: Ombudsman for Children (2 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Dr. Muldoon for that. On school transport, I represent a typical urban-rural constituency and my figures may be wrong but we have the 3.7 km and 4.2 km rules as part of this anachronistic geographical construct for school transport. Until such time as that is done away with and there is a universal service we will continue to have these inequalities. Every year without fail every...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Omudsman for Children Annual Report 2023: Ombudsman for Children (2 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: We have the Digital Services Act and Coimisiún na Meán. The pronunciation depends on the part of the country one is from or what a person's dialect is. We have had very good engagement with the commission on online safety and the inherent risks for children. To be fair, the policing powers that are vested in it are significant. Hopefully, they will be used rigorously. Does the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Omudsman for Children Annual Report 2023: Ombudsman for Children (2 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Dr. Muldoon.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Omudsman for Children Annual Report 2023: Ombudsman for Children (2 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: The Cathaoirleach can raise that in Brussels.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (2 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 375. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people in receipt of day services for the years 2018-2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28067/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 450. To ask the Minister for Health his position regarding indicative timelines for a medicine to complete the application/approval process which he committed to in February 2023; if these have been introduced as per his request to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28068/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 451. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no pathfinder programmes, such as the one recently announced for the RSV vaccine, have been implemented for cancer patients in need of newly licenced oncology medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28069/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 452. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no pathfinder programmes, such as the one recently announced for the RSV vaccine, have been implemented for patients with rare diseases and in need of newly licenced orphan treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28070/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 Jun 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 134. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to clarify an issue (details supplied). [27637/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (27 Jun 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is in receipt of correspondence (details supplied); and if he will meet with the organisation involved. [27754/24]

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I take the points made by the Minister. It is the right of every person in this House to put forward amendments and the right of every other person to comment on the quality or otherwise of those amendments. There is a timescale in which to put forward amendments. If people think they can put forward a better amendment than this one, let them do so. While I have the floor, I pay...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 1: In page 9, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(2) The risk referred to in subsection (1) means a risk greater than the risk facing children generally, when being adequately taken care of in a private home.”. Section 11 states: The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 58J: ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (26 Jun 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the communication he has had on a project in County Kildare (details supplied); the number of meetings he has attended in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27384/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (26 Jun 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the new train fares for the Dublin commuting zone to be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27385/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (26 Jun 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a project will commence in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27386/24]