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Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I will speak to section 1. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, for coming to the Chamber. I am delighted to welcome Newbridge active retirement. I thank members of the INTO for attending this evening on what is-----

Seanad: Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: We have all bases covered. This has been a long road with regard to this legislation. The Labour Party introduced it in the Seanad in May 2021. We had Committee Stage in January 2022 and I am most grateful, particularly to the Leader of the House, Senator Chambers, and her office for giving Government time to this Bill this evening. We know from listening to the many stories of women...

Seanad: Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I know the Chair has. I am concluding and am just saying thank you.

Seanad: Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: It is fine. I am concluding but it is important that I put my thanks on the record.

Seanad: Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I know.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (28 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: My question relates to Clonturk Community College on the Swords Road in Dublin 9. To give some background, this is a fantastic school which opened in 2016. In the short intervening period it has grown to 920 pupils and by next September, just eight years after opening, it will be a 1,000-pupil school. It is a great credit to the principal, the school staff and the entire school community...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (28 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State. In particular, there are dates in his response that are to be welcomed in terms of the tender process for the design team in Q1 of 2024. My experience with other schools has been that following the appointment of the design team, we do not see fixed dates set down by the Department, or there is a reluctance by the Department to set down fixed dates as to when...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I too want to be associated with the words of sympathy to Tras Honan's family. It was great to have her in our presence last year when we were celebrating the centenary of the Seanad. I extend my sympathies to all her family and friends. Like so many others who live very close to the inner city of Dublin and who know many who attend the school and crèche where the young kids were...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disabilities Assessments (22 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for coming to the Chamber. My question this morning relates to the establishment of the assessment hub in CHO 9 on the north side of Dublin. As the Minister of State is all too aware, when it comes to children with additional needs in this country, the word that appears in almost every single conversation is “wait”. There are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disabilities Assessments (22 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for her comprehensive response, and for her last comment. She hit the nail on the head with regard to the challenges many of us, as public representatives, daily come across. I talked about the lack of joined-up thinking between education and our health system. I am grateful for the detail provided by the Minister of State. One of my outstanding questions...

Seanad: Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I thank Fianna Fáil for bringing forward this important motion. As the Minister of State knows, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment has already published a report on the impact of artificial intelligence within enterprise and workplaces and has issued a set of recommendations. That follows on from a series of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Last Friday, we got word that Ireland is one of three countries the European Commission is referring to the European Court of Justice for failure to implement the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act which was enacted by both the Dáil and Seanad in April of this year. The Labour Party has previously been critical that seven months since the enactment of that Bill, the...

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Consideration of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments (21 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State and all the officials here today. I want to ask first about the transposition of directives. The Minister of State talked about two directives that were due to be transposed this year being outstanding. What is the number for the other overdue directives? I am sorry, I am clumsy in asking the question. What is the total number of overdue directives?

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Consideration of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments (21 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Okay. It was 12 last December and it is seven now, is what you are saying.

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Consideration of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments (21 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: We will not necessarily talk about the committee because I think it is about the statutory instruments in particular. Certainly the ambition to have a zero rate for overdue transpositions would be very welcome. I want to ask about last Friday. The European Commission issued a communication about the directive on work-life balance. That is now 15 months overdue. Can the Minister of State...

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Consideration of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments (21 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I appreciate that.