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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences (10 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 1037. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a felling licence will be issued for a person (details supplied). [13415/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Chairman. I thank Mr. Black and his colleagues for attending before the committee today. I want to start with the situation of Ulster Bank, which is a key lender in the SME food sector. In my analysis, it has been seen as the key bank to go to for small to medium-sized food companies seeking to access lending for productive purposes. I want to get a sense from Mr. Black as to,...

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: Is my perception right and is my research solid in saying that there is a strong relationship between food companies and Ulster Bank in particular? I accept that there are strong relationships with other banks. Ulster Bank is, however, the go-to bank for certain entities in the food sector. I refer, for example, to small, mainly family-run start-ups or, perhaps, high potential start-up...

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I understand that the agriculture fund set up by the SBCI was oversubscribed. Is it the view of the SBCI that there is potential for a new funding facility in that sector? Again, this is a vital sector. It is export-driven and faces the headwinds of Covid-19. Obviously, Brexit still hangs above many companies and producers like the sword of Damocles. Is it the intention of the SBCI to...

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: Can Mr. Black talk me through the strategic review for the period 2020 to 2025? He referred to new SME funding for the energy retrofit sector. How advanced is that conversation at present? When does Mr. Black see the SBCI moving into that sector for productive lending? How does he propose that those moneys will be disbursed? Reference was made to the credit unions. To what extent does...

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: Mr. Black mentioned the Department. Obviously, the SBCI is in discussions with the parent Department. Detail is important for people like us in the committee. Is that money proposed to be divested through the SBCI's on-lending partners? What are the entities through which Mr. Black is talking about divesting moneys?

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I will move very briefly on to the issue of pay. Are pay rates for employees set by the NTMA?

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: They are performance-related pay rates.

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: Why were performance-related payments made in 2019, for instance, when SBCI had a loss that year of €408,000?

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: If I may please Mr. Black, as I have limited time, I am not being facetious in any way but I want to understand the dynamic or the metrics Mr. Black uses when determining pay rates. Respectfully, I fail to see the link between quantitative easing and the setting of pay scales.

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: There was some mention in the review relating to the abatement and pulling back of SBCI. I would read that language as withdrawing. Is the bank's existence justified at the present time?

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I appreciate the Chair for letting me back in. I have an example of an SME that is operating in the tourism, leisure and outdoor sector. The owner made approaches to Close Brothers and KBCI in respect of SBCI funding. When he contacted KBCI, he was informed that it was using the SBCI future growth loan scheme fund, but it was, and I quote from the email, "only offering loans to businesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to substitute for Deputy Duncan Smith. I come from the town of Mallow, which is one of those towns that the Minister has described in terms of developing their potential and radiating their services outward. I am a regular rail user. Currently, 90% of my travel is by rail between Mallow and Dublin. I am an onward user of the Leap card, which is like a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister and I will get on at Mallow, travel to Midleton and have a wee dram in Midleton distillery to celebrate that when it happens.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: What about the M20?

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Broadband Plan (4 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 272. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she last engaged with the national broadband plan; and if she is satisfied with the current roll-out in rural areas. [12474/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (3 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies that will enter the food works programme in 2021. [11695/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (3 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies that have participated in the food works programme since inception; and the number of the companies and alumni still trading and are solvent. [11696/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (3 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies and-or persons that have participated in business innovation centre, BIC, programmes across all regional centres for each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and the cost of the BIC programme to the Exchequer. [11697/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Grant Payments (3 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount provided in grants to a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [11698/21]