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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: Thank you, Chair. I am grateful to you for your forbearance in allowing me to speak to the amendment. My colleague, Deputy Duncan Smith, received correspondence from you on 2 June where you expressed regret at the fact that amendment No. 97 is not relevant to the provisions of the Bill, could impose a charge on the revenue and must be ruled out of order in accordance with Standing Orders...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: Thank you, Chairman. May I make just one very brief intervention in ten seconds or less?

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: If the Minister of State could respond to me, I would be ever so grateful. The Bill, by its nature, in terms of what it seeks to do, could be argued to impose a charge on the revenue if you take some of those amendments that have been accepted. I refer to the interpretation here. I would love to have seen the advice of the Oireachtas officials in respect of this one. I wish merely to...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: That is a pity. Thank you, Chair.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: One would always accept the ruling of the Chair and one would always be deferential to the Chair. I implore you to ask the Minister of State to respond to the issue of afforestation targets in particular. That would give us a sense, while promulgating this legislation, of where the Minister of State stands in respect of afforestation targets in particular. I think that would be really useful.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: On the inspection regime in respect of HAP and RAS, I have a parliamentary question from Deputy Ó Ríordáin. I will speak specifically about the local authorities of Cork County Council and Cork City Council. It shows that the number of inspections carried out to September 2020 in County Cork was 611 and in the city of Cork was 434. Notwithstanding the public health...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I am conscious of my time. The point I make here is that the witnesses acknowledge that there is an issue with inspections. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a bearing in terms of the number of inspections. I ask that this is prioritised, so that the Department would liaise with the local authorities in order to ensure that the inspection regime is fit for purpose, robust, and properly...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Harbours and Piers (2 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether his Department is responsible for the maintenance and development of the piers and harbours under the control of the coastal local authorities; if not, the Department that is responsible; and the amount his Department has allocated to these local authorities for this purpose in the past two years for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (2 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the pyrite issue in County Mayo and the MICA issue in County Donegal. [30209/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (2 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the operation of the household benefit package scheme for persons with a disability will be examined. [29994/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (2 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount his Department spent on maintenance and development in the six fishery harbour centres (details supplied) maintaining the range of piers, lights and beacons around the coast in accordance with the 1902 ex-congested Districts Board Piers, Lights and Beacons Act; and the amounts disbursed to the local authorities for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (2 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the figures for fish landed into the six fishery harbour centres; and the amount of fish landed into all the local authority harbours in the past two years for which figures are available. [29999/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the second phase of the small business assistance scheme for Covid will open. [29493/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will designate the driver theory test as essential in order that it can open up for applicants. [29550/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an applicant who had a physical driver theory test is able to swap it for an online theory test; and if he will approve the RSA online plan. [29551/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 266. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax that has been waived, exempted and forgone by the Exchequer through residential property tax reliefs inclusive of construction, purchasing, leasing, renting and other related reliefs in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [29548/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 287. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application by Cork County Council in partnership with a club (details supplied). [29135/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 289. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied) in relation to outdoor cinemas. [29195/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 296. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the music entertainment business assistance scheme will open for applications. [29494/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reports (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 297. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the night-time economy taskforce will present its final report. [29495/21]