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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the affordable childcare scheme will be launched. [14493/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of times she has met with senior management of Tusla since January 2019; and the subjects of discussion at those meetings. [14490/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 97. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had that person's transport to hospital cut. [14537/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: As is the case in these matters, one is trying to arrive at a common position to seek to find some sort of compromise, for which one seeks to find a majority or a consensus. While we are talking technically about amendments that are on the table to be agreed or voted upon, the Labour Party has two very specific amendments Nos. 26 and 27. On the basis of the agreed text that has now come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: The wording is clear that the Government should, prior to the introduction of any increase in carbon taxation, examine the impacts on low-income families and, on the basis of these findings, introduce specific policy measures to assist those who may not be in a position to immediately transition from fossil fuels, including the potential use of social protection mechanisms such as tax credits...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I would like to be helpful to Deputy Smith. How will the Chairman proceed technically with that amendment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: On a technical point, if Deputy Smith's amendment is as she put to the committee, is she now amending her own amendment that she has tabled?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: My understanding from Deputy Bríd Smith's earlier intervention was that she wants this to be a stand-alone recommendation, and it will presumably be pressed as such. The issue now before us is that the text of the stand-alone amendment that Deputy Bríd Smith has put forward seems to have changed, and subsequently additional wording must be brought forward to reflect the amendment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I do not want to say anything in the absence of the proposer of the amendment except that I have no problem with her putting forward her amendment because she is amending it herself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I made a point about June 2019. We voted on the amendment. Has that been changed to July?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I thought that was agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Who is to say we will vote against the amendment? I say put it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: The Deputy has made the case for her amendment and it is now 6 p.m. on Thursday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I do not want anybody to mischaracterise the role of the advisers in this process. I want to be very clear that they have played an extremely beneficial role. Had it not been for my own, Anja Murray, I would have been at a serious loss in the work the committee has done. I do not want people to have the impression that the advisers were anything less than courteous and professional and that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Energy and Climate Action Plan (27 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress being made in respect of the completion of the national energy and climate plan. [14287/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (27 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that the commitment agreement progress update by a company (details supplied) is accurate. [14226/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (27 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he is undertaking with all local authorities in respect of their climate change adaptation strategies; and the progress being made in respect of such plans. [14227/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (27 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made on the roll-out of the national broadband plan. [14224/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (27 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans in respect of areas that are deemed to have broadband coverage that fall outside the remit of the national broadband plan but are subject to market failure. [14225/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: All committee members are very conscious of the need to ensure that there are mechanisms put in place which reflect the views of the Citizens' Assembly in respect of fuel poverty. While, by and large, there is a recognition of the €80 per tonne by 2030, which was set out by Professor FitzGerald and others, there is also a need for actions built into the recommendations of this...