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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Incidence (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of scarlet fever that have presented in 2018 and to date in 2019, by age categories and by each CHO area. [46137/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 381. To ask the Minister for Health if a new motorised wheelchair will be considered for a person (details supplied). [46508/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Staff (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 382. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a position in occupational therapy in Mallow, County Cork. [46509/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 457. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the SEAI will provide grants to apartment owners and of management companies of apartment complexes to apply for electronic vehicle charging points for the complexes. [46510/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [46511/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will see an increase on the invalidity pension for an adult dependant. [46513/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide correspondence in respect of two local authorities on a matter (details supplied). [46599/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new school building and site for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45823/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare [45822/19]

Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: This Bill implements the referendum result by removing statutory references to the offence of blasphemy. The Labour Party supports the Bill. The sentence in paragraph 5 of Article 40.6.1 of the Constitution originally read: "The publication or utterance of blasphemous, seditious, or indecent matter is an offence which shall be punishable in accordance with law." As amended, the sentence...

Early Exit from Peat for Electricity Generation: Statements (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Yes. Just transition is about allaying fears by involving those most directly affected. In Ireland, the areas of energy, transport and agriculture all need to undergo rapid transformative change. Hauliers, peat production workers, builders, mechanics and farmers will all be impacted. The sooner we start to plan for their well-being during this transition, the less social and economic...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to an inconsistent pricing policy in respect of a route (details supplied). [45667/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Provision (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be an expansion of the Cork public bike scheme to the north side of Cork city. [45693/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Provision (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be an expansion of the Cork public bike scheme to the Douglas and Blackrock areas of Cork city. [45694/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in the large sports infrastructure fund. [45736/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a full orbital route plan for the north ring road in Cork city. [45765/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 195. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent on social media platforms in 2019 advertising the national childcare scheme; the platforms they were advertised on; and the spending per platform with demographics targeted. [45695/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Conference of the Parties, COP, 25: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Deputy Jack Chambers for sharing time with me. I will set out a preamble before asking some very specific questions. Very few of us think about climate action in the context of the global north and the global south. My experience as a former Minister of State in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade made me conscious that the actions in the global north have a massive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Conference of the Parties, COP, 25: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I seek to be educated on the Article 6 rules, which are the focus of the suspended COP in Chile. I do not understand the so-called accounting mechanisms and modalities for a new form of international integration of carbon markets and offsetting to ensure carbon markets can support countries in enhancing the ambitions of their stated climate actions. Could somebody please distil that for me...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Conference of the Parties, COP, 25: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Has anybody written a paper in layman's terms, for digestion by those who are not well versed in Article 6, on the very dynamic Professor Sweeney is talking about? It would be useful for this committee to have sight of views and interpretations such as those of Professor Sweeney. I acknowledge what Ms Higgins, Ms Sharkey and Mr. Coghlan, but particularly Mr. Coghlan, are saying about...