Results 5,981-6,000 of 13,254 for speaker:Seán Sherlock
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: I am not opening up a big debate, Deputy Tóibín. I am telling you now.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: No, not even a small debate, and I will be very clear and succinct. There are other fora to debate the nature and extent-----
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: That is not the fault of this committee. I suggest that this is not the time for that and there are other more appropriate fora. That is a ruling I am going to make, Deputy, but please do intervene, if you want to - for a short time. We are not doing political football now. I can tell you that now.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: No, but this is your second intervention.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: No, I am making a ruling now.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: No, I am making a ruling now. I am very amenable as a Chairman and the members present will attest to that. I am not opening up a discussion or a political debate on the future of the island. The committee has already made a determination in respect of-----
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: The committee is about to make a determination, and I am asking the committee now-----
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: I do not want to be rude either. I am making a ruling now.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: I am not giving the Deputy any more oxygen. I am asking the Deputy to obey the Chair.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: I propose that we forward a copy of the response from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to the petitioner and close the petition. Before I ask for agreement on that, I want to state that the petition was deemed to be premature on the basis that the petition clearly said, "The Irish people must decide on their own future instead of awaiting a Border poll from a nation that has...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: I thank the Senator. Is that agreed? Agreed. The final petition for consideration is petition No. P00049/2018 which is from Mr. Mark O'Hagan. I propose that we deem the petition inadmissible in accordance with Standing Order 111C(1)(d). Is that agreed? Agreed. I thank members for their attendance.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Health Information and Quality Authority (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: I thank the representatives for their attendance. The motivation for asking them to appear was to gain an understanding of the dynamics within and between HIQA and Tusla. I am trying to understand the dynamic that exists in terms of the regulation of social workers. CORU is the regulatory body for registration and so on. However, I do not have an understanding of the dynamic that exists...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Health Information and Quality Authority (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: I wish to be sure that I understand correctly. The statutory investigation shone a light on the processes. The standard operating procedures and protocols were offered up to HIQA and it could determine from that how the overall organisation was operating.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Health Information and Quality Authority (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: Is adherence a systematic issue within Tusla?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Health Information and Quality Authority (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: HIQA interacts with the Department on that group. What is the current rate of progress on those issues?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Health Information and Quality Authority (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: The natural instinct of committee members is to empathise with social care workers and social workers. Our limited interaction with them through our constituency offices indicates that caseload is a significant factor for them. If there is a finite number of social workers and social care workers and the rate of attrition is high, one can reasonably extrapolate that the number of cases each...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Health Information and Quality Authority (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: To give some of the context, we all understand very well how HIQA operates. We know, for instance, what it does in tertiary hospitals in measuring bed spaces and processes within acute hospital settings. However, should it be so strident within social care settings in human contact between a social worker and the client and his or her family? As stated, I know that it is not possible to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Health Information and Quality Authority (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: I appreciate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Health Information and Quality Authority (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: I thank Ms Dunnion for that answer. I have one final question. I want to understand the dynamic in the relationship between HIQA and the institutes of higher education. HIQA has made specific recommendations on the need for more graduates, etc. Does it have a statutory role in determining that dynamic? Does it have influence in leaning on Tusla and the Department to be able to suggest...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Health Information and Quality Authority (13 Feb 2019)
Seán Sherlock: That is fair enough.