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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Centres (13 May 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 1032. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detail of and reason for delays at driver test centres nationally by length of time waiting, age of applicants and centre in tabular form. [4266/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (13 May 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 1033. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received briefings on rail use on the Mallow to Cork line for the past 12 months, including the need to introduce Leap card pricing. [4268/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (13 May 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 1034. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the carriages and travel times available to commuters travelling from train stations in south County Kildare. [4276/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 May 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 1044. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with organisations (details supplied) concerning whether matches and training sessions should be cancelled nationwide. [4510/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (13 May 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 1100. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if statistical information will be provided regarding preschools (details supplied). [4267/20]

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Seán Sherlock: I hope I will be able to come in with a second round of questions.

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Seán Sherlock: My closing questions relate to who the eligible healthcare workers are and the point made by Deputy Anne Rabbitte, which is a vital one, regarding the phasing in of this measure in July. The Minister said, for example, it will be one day per week but that throws up major issues which I think we need answers to now in this House. There needs to be detailed answers to those types of questions...

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Seán Sherlock: The Acting Chairman is very kind. I propose to make a short opening statement and then have a rapid-fire round with the Minister. I, too, welcome the competence of the Minister in respect of the vital role the Department plays in Irish society. I know there are Members present in the House who are part of a tentative Government who would be very sensitive to the needs of children and...

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Seán Sherlock: Our hearts go out to all those who have lost their loved ones and friends throughout this pandemic. It is important that we not become desensitised by the sheer scale of death that we have witnessed in society. I will focus on long-term residential facilities, such as nursing homes. We are very fortunate that we live in a society where care for the elderly is still characterised by...

Coronavirus: Statements (5 Mar 2020)

Seán Sherlock: I wish to express solidarity with Deputy McDonald and her family, and with any families throughout the State and on the island who find themselves under the strain at this time.

Coronavirus: Statements (5 Mar 2020)

Seán Sherlock: Collectively, we in the Dáil must up our game with regard to Covid-19. In the UK, the Prime Minister has announced that workers will be entitled to statutory sick pay if they are self-isolating in cases of coronavirus. The Conservative Government has also modified the entitlement rules such that workers will be paid from day one, not the fourth day. This is not because of their love...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (20 Feb 2020)

Seán Sherlock: I thank sincerely the people of Cork East for giving me a mandate again to serve them in this, the Thirty-third Dáil. I wish to express my gratitude and sense of pride in being here today. I make a very simple request of this Dáil, while we are in a collegiate frame of mind. Two specific issues came up on the doorsteps aside from housing and so on, namely the future of the early...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I am sharing time with Deputy Fitzmaurice. Hopefully somebody will send out a text to tell them he will be up in five minutes.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Every week we are in this Chamber or at a committee talking about climate action. If the Government is to achieve everything that it has set out in the climate action plan, it would be useful if we could nail down the financial package involved. Let us take targets around afforestation or the retrofitting of houses. While I do not wish to be partisan tonight, by any objective analysis,...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: We will need two five-minute slots.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Services (18 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: They are all going to Mallow.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Services (18 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: This is a bit surreal.

Environmental Policy: Motion [Private Members] (18 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I move: “That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: — environmental pollution and degradation are all too often the by-products of our economy; — the European Union has operated the polluter pays principle since 1987, and today this principle is enshrined in Article 191 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; — while overall air quality in...

Environmental Policy: Motion [Private Members] (18 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: The Labour Party is proposing this motion because we wish to talk about public health and the effects of air pollution on it. There are some universal principles that we all appreciate and recognise. We recognise that environmental pollution and degradation are all too often the by-products of our economy. The EU has operated the polluter pays principle since 1987. Today it is enshrined...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (18 Dec 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I appreciate the statement the Minister has made on the average payment of €1,500 per provider. There needs to be greater interrogation of how that scheme is proposed to be rolled out. The question is whether it will give comfort to the provider that I referred to earlier. I do not buy the argument made by the insurance sector that risk profile has increased. If people, providers...