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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (7 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assessment of needs that took place in 2020, in each health office area in tabular form; and the amount of AON awaiting assessment to date in 2020, in tabular form per county. [28979/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age admitted to adult mental health units for 2019 and to date in 2020, by county in tabular form. [28980/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 233. To ask the Minister for Health when contracts will issue to persons (details supplied); and when they will be remunerated. [29072/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 234. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which and at the cost of consultants (details supplied) who have been employed by the HSE for the purposes of providing consultancy services in response to Covid-19. [29074/20]

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: I express our sadness at the passing of Dr. Martin O'Donnell of Charleville, father of Deputy Kieran O'Donnell, our colleague in the House. Dr. O'Donnell was one of the founders of the Charleville and District Mentally Handicapped Children's Association, which was the forerunner of St. Joseph's Foundation as we know it today. I was particularly heartened to hear the Minister of State...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if routes 51, Galway to Cork, will be maintained on the current route. [28312/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will be allocated an appointment for a driver test. [28318/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of contracting all third-party companies to deal with the leaving certificate grades in tabular form. [28764/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 551. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the small number of unaccompanied minors to be taken in here from the Moria refugee camp following the fire there; and his plans to welcome more minors here. [28416/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Health Services Staff (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 784. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of additional staff or whole-time equivalents who have been sanctioned for the purposes of supporting the forest service and forestry appeals process. [28366/20]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Minister and his officials for being here today. I will start with the issue of departmental responsibilities. I want to get a sense from the Minister as to when the various functions will transfer across. He said that it will happen within the next number of weeks but I ask him to provide certainty on when exactly the transfer will happen and what budget lines will transfer...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: Is a question and answer session with the Minister appropriate for now?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: Okay. That is my first question because the Minister said the transfer will happen in the next number of weeks but before we know it, December will be upon us. We need greater certainty on that matter. The National Disability Authority will be coming under the Minister's ambit but where is the demarcation between children and adults in that? This issue was raised earlier in the context of...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: It is all about resources and money.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: There is a certain narrative about social workers and where they sit in the wider landscape. The recruitment of social workers is a long-standing issue for this committee. The question of whether there are resources to recruit more now arises. Perhaps the Minister can guarantee, in the context of the Estimates process - to hang it on its hook and remain on message - that there will be more...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaelcholáistí Issues (1 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she envisages the Irish-language summer schools in the Gaeltacht proceeding in 2021 as they are a vital resource for rural communities. [24449/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of judicial reviews that have mentioned her or her Department on leaving certificate grading to date. [27781/20]

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: I will not be giving a rendition of "Rivers of Babylon" or treating the House to a treatise on Mesopotamia. I stand here to support the amendment, which is quite logical and practical. We are about being practical this evening in how the forestry appeals service could operate. I will refer briefly to the MacKinnon report, which is the template for many of us now. In wrapping up her...

Child Poverty: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: The Labour Party and I wholeheartedly support this excellent motion and the recommendations therein. The European Court of Auditors recently published a special report, Combating Child Poverty - Better Targeting of Commission Support. Mr. Tony Murphy, the Irish member of the court, was clear in his messaging about the European Union's response to eliminating child poverty. He stated: ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (30 Sep 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is in receipt of a study relating to the N25 Castlemartyr relief road; the expected cost of the project; and his views on whether the project will take eight years from construction. [27593/20]