Results 41-60 of 2,462 for at speaker:Seán Sherlock

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Seán Sherlock: At the outset, as I always do, I acknowledge what I perceive to be a whole ministerial activity that by its nature deals with vulnerable people or people who need the State to intervene on their behalf, whether it is the early years with sector, disabilities, or those people who find themselves in temporary accommodation or who are from other countries. We in my party have always tried to...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Seán Sherlock: To be helpful to the Minister, the sector understands that and we in this committee understand that. I could be very helpful to the Minister. The context is understood. We are looking for clarification on whether the Minister is going to offer something to the sector now either by way of financial supports to meet the cost or in allowing for a greater amount of time for the sector to...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Seán Sherlock: Forgive me. My thinking was always aligned to the CHOs. When we are looking for information through parliamentary questions in relation to waiting lists, typically we get the CHO-based statistics. It seems to me that there is a geographical disparity. Some teams are up and running and under way. I am thinking of two geographical locations. Why should there be a difference, for instance,...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I have no doubt that the Minister has been made aware of events in Parnell Square as we speak. Our thoughts and prayers are with people there. We hope for a positive outcome for everybody involved. I would like to continue the theme started by my colleague about communications. I want to raise a very specific case where somebody was in receipt of a carer's allowance on behalf of her...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I will stay on the accounting issue because that is the issue of the day for the hundreds of providers that have contacted us. It was raised as an issue last week. I thank Dr. Brooks and Ms Fleming for engaging with me last Friday morning. I appreciate that. I also thank the Secretary General who took my call last week as well. I will quote from a synopsis of the issue that I asked one...

Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I wish to raise a very practical case with the Minister of State. I spoke to my colleague, Senator Wall, this morning and he informed me he is aware of at least four home care workers in the south Kildare area who are coming up to retirement age. The families who are being cared for contacted him to say there has been a dramatic reduction in the number of hours they are receiving. In this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (7 Nov 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure double-decker services for a route at peak times (details supplied). [47417/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (7 Nov 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a bus shelter will be installed at a location (details supplied). [48352/23]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I am delighted to be here today because this has been really informative. It is really educational for us because while we all have an understanding of the sector and the challenges that it faces, what we have been allowed to do today through this hearing is to delve a little bit deeper and further our understanding. I came into this place in 2007 and I am kind of on my way out. I would...

Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Oct 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...opportunity to speak on this Bill, which, if passed, will provide for making three payments of €150 to ease the energy bills burden on hard-pressed households. While we will support this legislation on the basis of the adage that something is better than nothing, it bears repeating that this Government's approach to the cost of living is not effective. Rather than target...

Funding for Persons with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2023)

Seán Sherlock: We absolutely support the motion. I will start by quoting a document I received from Rehab in response to budget 2024. The words probably encapsulate the feeling of every similar organisation, including St. Joseph's Foundation in my area and Enable Ireland. These organisations speak of their frustration and the lack of certainty that pertains to their funding and that of their sector....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting (17 Oct 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the cutting of seaweed at a location (details supplied) requires a licence. [44906/23]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023.
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary). (4 Oct 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I do not need figures. Is there a system by which the Minister can project or anticipate the demand for services under subhead E4? Is there a internal mechanism or group that deals with that question? As I said, I do not want a figure - if one is available -I just want an understanding of the challenges the Department faces under the subhead E4 in terms of projections. There is...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Sherlock: .... We support it and acknowledge the work of Deputy Funchion on this issue. While doing so, it is important, on this issue, in my humble view, to adopt a less partisan approach, if I may put it that way, because we are dealing with children. If we can deal with the issue of children and access to childcare in a more collegiate fashion, dare I say it, then we should. I acknowledge the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions answered on 20 September 2023 (details supplied), at what time/date in the year the applicant will receive confirmation that they are an approved participant in BISS; if this will act as a deterrent for new entrants to farming engaging in the afforestation scheme; and if he will make a statement...

Labour Exploitation and Trafficking (Audit of Supply Chains) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: What we want to try to achieve in bringing forward this Bill is the end of exploitation, particularly the exploitation of children, where we know it is happening and where there is strong evidence of its existence, and to put on companies or corporate entities a responsibility to ensure their supply chains are such that they are procured or attained ethically. This is why the legislation is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 751 and 752 of 20 September 2023, to explain the difference in the grant rates detailed in the COFORD report: "Economic Activity and Employment levels in the Irish forestry Sector", and the rates set out in the report "The Economics of Afforestation and management in Ireland", specifically...

Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and she will be aware that I am deputising for Deputies Bacik and Duncan Smith on this one. I will speak to amendment No. 28. An overhaul of the National Monuments Acts, 1930-2014, has been in development for more than a decade and represents an opportunity for a truly visionary and clear piece of legislation. The Bill is welcome insofar as it goes some...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has discussed the urgent need for those over 70 years of age to be allowed, if they desire, to drive school buses once again, given the crisis with school transport at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41399/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus shelter will be placed at a stop (details supplied). [40838/23]