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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the withdrawal of the amendment to allow for a further discussion on this. Three cent to €10 per spin or per game is a significant increase. As legislators, we must consider the exceptions that can be created, no matter what type of figure one puts on the cost per game and the prize money. When legislating for specific figures, no matter what figure one puts in, even if it...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: It will be a busy summer.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: If I may, I would like to seek clarification from the proposers of both amendments. Would the effect of the amendments be such that if my neighbour, who is of pensionable age and likes the odd flutter on a Saturday night, and who might purchase a lottery ticket but also likes to go to the bookies to bet on two or three numbers, be prevented from having that flutter? Would this be the effect...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: In effect, the bookies would no longer be allowed to take bets on the outcome of lottery numbers.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Before Report Stage, could the Minister of State provide statistics on the opportunity cost of the facility to bet on the Lotto numbers in a bookmaker's? Determining the cost is quite difficult, and possibly insurmountable — I do not know. One would have to go into every single bookmaker's shop in the country and seek to measure the revenue arising from bets on the Lotto numbers on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (9 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 352. To ask the Minister for Health if home help services will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [29125/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (9 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 355. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of the FreeStyle Libre device to those with type 1 diabetes; and if the HSE will be instructed to take into account survey results carried out by an organisation (details supplied) as part of the HSE review when making the final decision. [29156/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (9 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date the latest round of sports capital grants will be announced. [29157/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Bike Schemes (9 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the locations that will be confirmed for the expansion of the public bike scheme in Cork city. [29158/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 711. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget and expenditure costs for an organisation (details supplied). [29939/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (9 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 712. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Tusla staff trained in the use of signs of safety since its inception; the number that remain with Tusla; and the number of staff not trained in the practice. [29940/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (9 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 713. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a practice (details supplied) used by Tusla is provided under a licence agreement; and if so, the budget for such an agreement. [29941/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (9 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 714. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of aftercare workers employed by Tusla by location and professional title. [29942/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (9 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 715. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of vacancies for social workers that exist for which funding is available but posts cannot be filled due to difficulties recruiting staff by location. [29943/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (9 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 716. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers employed by Tusla in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019 from recruitment agencies; the cost of using such companies; and the location of such agency staff. [29944/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (9 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 717. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers who left and joined Tusla in 2018, respectively; the number of social workers employed by Tusla; and the number who have left Tusla to date in 2019. [29945/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Guardians Ad Litem (9 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 718. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which the guardian ad litem service is funded. [29946/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications Data (9 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 762. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension, IP, application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29304/19]

Report on the Wards of Court: Motion (4 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I support the report of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality in respect of wards of court. I congratulate the members and the Chairman, Deputy Ó Caoláin, on the job of work they have done in respect of the recommendations they have made. I listened very closely to the Minister's speech. If I was listening to this debate as a relative of a ward of court, I would ask myself...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Given that today is 4 July, it is perhaps apposite that I raise the proposed imposition by the US of tariffs on Irish whiskey exports. We are told by IBEC that this could cost the whiskey industry €400 million in loss of exports. It is vital that this issue is raised by Government with the US Administration. I ask that the Government give a commitment that Irish exports of whiskey...