Results 41-60 of 484 for long speaker:Seán Sherlock

Reform of Carer's Allowance Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...the next budget will arguably be a give-away budget. The Minister questioned the sustainability of some of the giveaways and once-off payments that were made, and whether it would have been a better approach to bake in more sustainable, long-term payments for people such as carers who give so much to society. We do not need to rehearse how valuable carers are to society. We know that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...the Chair, I would suggest that if there was an increase in the number of staff, for instance, to be deployed on this effort because it is such a massive opportunity for this island, that would go a long way towards dealing with possibly allowing for a greater throughput of licences and consents to be issued and so on. I respectfully suggest that Government is not deploying enough people...

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I support the motion. The Labour Party has been leading the way regarding what we perceive to be the reduction or diminution in community welfare officer services at the most local level for a long time now. While many people will easily interact with a freephone number and that will capture perhaps a new audience, many vulnerable people living in rural areas will not have the wherewithal...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update under Housing for All to end long-term leasing by local authorities and approved housing bodies through phasing out new entrants and focus on new-build to provide social housing homes. [7118/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update under Housing for All to strengthen the mortgage to rent scheme to ensure it meets the needs of those in long-term mortgage arrears. [7119/23]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: .... I have sympathy for the position in which the Ministers of State find themselves. If I was Sinn Féin I would not be making promises or guaranteeing being able to fix this because it will be a long, slow road. However, the Mental Health Commission's report is very clear in respect of the regulation of CAMHS. This has always been a key point for us. There is an inconsistency in...

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...is the problem that I need to see fixed. We know what the latent effect of people not getting access to basic GP services in the first instance is. It just heaps up a pile of problems for the long term. If there is no access to diagnostics, it just shores up a pile of problems down the line. I need answers to the questions I have in respect of Mitchelstown. The situation is similar in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (6 Dec 2022)

Seán Sherlock: ...announcement of a new hospital in Galway under the National Elective Ambulatory Care Strategy agreed last December by the Government and if such a proposal will include provision for overnight or long stay care. [60907/22]

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I wholeheartedly support Deputy Naughten’s proposed amendment because more of us are interacting with people who are definitively feeling the effects of long Covid. The amendment is a reasonable one in that it seeks to have a report laid before the House on particular measures, especially, as stated in the amendment, in designating long Covid as an occupational illness. We all have...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: ...reports about the creation of hubs within the Department itself on decision-making procedures, dare I say that we naturally become paranoid and suspicious. Paranoia in politics is no bad thing, as long as it is in small micro doses. We all have very good relationships with individual officers right across the system. It is an excellent Department that delivers so much for citizens. The...

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: ...by 1,824 per cent and cannabis by 263 per cent; — drug abuse and its harmful effects, including crimes of violence, intimidation and extortion aimed at addicts, their families and their communities, are no longer urban phenomena and are spread across the State; I represent the constituency of Cork East. I have first-hand experience of witnessing deals taking place within my...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (29 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: ...was supported unanimously by our members and is scheduled to commence at 8.00 a.m. on Tuesday, 13th December. This action results from the decision of the company [Zenith] to dismiss workers with long service on Wednesday, 30th November, while planning to employ contractors on an ongoing basis to do their work. The union, and the workers to their credit, see this as a last resort. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (29 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: ...through the industrial relations architecture, an Opposition Deputy would have at least received a response that expressed sympathy with the workers down there. We do not want workers who have had long careers, have excellent skill sets, are highly competent and are highly trained to be replaced while they go out on strike by contractors who are coming in and ultimately are designed to...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: ...will want something signed by the GP and will phone the GP's practice, then will speak to the gatekeeper, which I do not say in a pejorative way, the secretary or administrator. It can often take a long time for that form to be signed. That creates a follow-on lag time before people can benefit from a payment that they are eligible for anyway. Can we look at the need for people to go...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 123. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has had discussions with his Ministerial colleagues on the impact of long-Covid on children and their ability to engage in society fully. [56900/22]

Science Week: Statements (15 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: ..., INFANT, in Cork. It is such an important entity in terms of perinatal healthcare, making pregnancy safe for women, ensuring the health and future well-being of children and improving the survival and long-term health outcomes for newborn babies. The Minister must forgive me for being parochial again, but if he ever happens to find himself visiting University College Cork and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 984. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical professionals who are certified to fit and remove long-acting reversible contraception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54463/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 985. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical professionals who have been certified to fit and remove long-acting reversible contraception since the introduction of the scheme on 14 September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54464/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 1184. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently being seen in each long-Covid clinic in counties Cork and Dublin. [55250/22]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: .... As public representatives and Deputies who deal with these issues and who advocate on behalf of our constituents who find themselves in these circumstances to get access to the services, we know how long it takes. Deputy Cairns has just outlined this from a rural point of view in particular. I represent a broadly similar type of constituency in that regard. I am hopeful that the...