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Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (18 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: ...there is a report, for instance, laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas, to give us transparency about the exact cost of the service. We have no oversight of that. We know exactly what Tusla is spending on legal fees. Tusla and the Minister, I am sure, would have no problem in breaking down those costs. Some efforts have been made by the Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: ...of those services. A child may have access to certain services but Tusla may intervene and decide to seek a direction from a court in that regard. Such court hearings would involve solicitors' fees having to be paid by both sides. I am seeking to determine whether Tusla is going to court on a case-by-case basis to determine the continuity of services such as the occupational therapy and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Seán Sherlock: ...might be. Therein lies an opportunity. I am conscious that we cannot put too much of an onus on RTÉ. The organisation has such a wide remit and only collects so much from the broadcasting fee. It would be easy for us to say RTÉ needs to do more. I note there is an audience council report from 2014 - I do not know whether there has been one subsequently - which showed...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Consultancy Contracts Data (12 Dec 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on outside consultancy fees to date for advices since the initial announcement of the national broadband plan. [52401/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee Collection (10 Oct 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason there is a 15% evasion rate in relation to the television licence fee. [41227/18]

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: ...The petitioner proposes that consolidating statutory instruments would be publicly beneficial as it would make laws more accessible and transparent to all and could result in the reduction of legal fees. It is proposed that the committee would close the petition, forward a copy of the responses from the Office of the Attorney General and the Law Reform Commission to the petitioner and...

Credit Union Sector Report: Motion (8 Mar 2018)

Seán Sherlock: ...banking sector. The cost of regulation is crushing and it is eroding credit union surpluses. The only people winning out in all of this are the so-called "expert consultants" who charge inflated fees to credit unions. Recent Central Bank speeches have focused on diminishing returns on assets, which is a small wonder given the range of penal regulatory charges, direct and indirect, the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Data (5 Dec 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of outsourcing the collection of admission fees at Garnish Island, County Cork, to a private company; the savings this makes for the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51910/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Fee Refund Scheme (18 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a teacher fee refund for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44227/17]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Sherlock: ...is that the Minister is empowering the deputy commissioner to appoint an investigation officer that shall be appointed for such period as the deputy commissioner may determine, shall be paid such fees and expenses as the deputy commissioner may, with the consent of the Minister, from time to time determine, may resign at any time, shall hold office on such other terms and conditions as the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)

Seán Sherlock: ...because they are voluntary and non-paid. All credit unions have gone through the rigours in recent months. Some of them have spent hundreds of thousands of euro from members' money on consultancy fees to meet the needs and requirements of the Central Bank and the Department of Finance. They are not seeing light at the end of the tunnel. They need to see that happening. That is why I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)

Seán Sherlock: ...from that point to having tiered regulation under way at this stage in the first quarter of 2017. Many credit unions have done the necessary hard graft and paid thousands of euro in consultancy fees to go through the process. The hub and spoke model was developed in which the bigger entities took on the smaller ones. We have a lot of work to do to ensure there will be a proper...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)

Seán Sherlock: ...unions went through a very difficult restructuring process. The hub and spoke model was developed and it is probably an iterative and ongoing process. They spent thousands of euro on consultant fees. Would Ms McKiernan agree that many credit unions have come through that process?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 11 - Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I take the point the Minister makes. Ultimately, it is the Minister's Department that will sign the cheque, or through which the cheque will come, regarding the fees structure and the entirety of the costs. Lest there be any ambiguity about my position on this, let me state that the right to have one's rights vindicated and be represented legally is absolutely sacrosanct, and I think we...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (8 Mar 2017)

Seán Sherlock: ...the Minister for Health the process for parents of children in receipt of domiciliary care allowance to receive medical cards; and if this introduction will extend to waivers for State examination fees for this academic year [12275/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Licence Fee Collection (6 Dec 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure that the television licence fee is collected in full; and the discussions he has had with RTE regarding the provision of the licence fee. [38569/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Licence Fee (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 1704. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that all householders with a television set are paying the licence fee; if not, the steps he is taking to ensure that the fee is being collected to the maximum potential; the amount of money foregone to the Exchequer from non-payment; and the cost of pursuing non-payment. [26234/16]

Au Pair Placement Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2016)

Seán Sherlock: ...Rights Centre Ireland showed an age profile for au pairs that does not match the popular perception. It showed that 37% had no contract at all and 40% a verbal contract only. Some 20% had paid a fee to get the job, 38% were expected to work more than originally agreed, 31% had been asked to work when they were sick, 58% were paid €120 or less per week, one in ten did not have her...

Friendly Societies and Industrial and Provident Societies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2014)

Seán Sherlock: ...reduction in the administrative burden placed on it and the flexibility offered by the revised arrangements for annual returns. I believe that this Bill, coupled with the very significant reduction in fees charged by the Registrar of Friendly Societies - which was introduced in 2012, the UN International Year of Cooperatives - will assist the development of the co-operative model as a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Third Level Courses Availability (8 Jul 2014)

Seán Sherlock: It is important to state that All Hallows is a private college and is not in receipt of core grant funding. However, the Department provides grants in lieu of tuition fee funding to the college in respect of three approved undergraduate courses. This funding amounted to over €430,000 for the 2013-2014 academic year in respect of the 119 eligible students who attended courses for the...