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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I appreciate that. Two hours of screen time seems almost nostalgic by today's standards, which is ironic. If they are to report in November, which is only a few months away, and if that is not included in the study, it would be very useful for us to know, perhaps through Sport Ireland or one of the other stakeholders, whether the use of technology is being mapped onto those types of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I appreciate that. If some clear examples of those projects could be outlined to the committee, it would help us in drafting our report. Perhaps Dr. May could outline in that submission how this could be replicated across a number of different areas. We need practical examples like that to help us in our work. I am grateful for that. safefood is a North-South body. What is the budget of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: It is less than €1 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I do not quite understand the expression Dr. Foley-Nolan used at the outset to the effect that we almost see the situation as "inevitable and insoluble". I cannot think like that, and we cannot think like that as a committee. I have to be optimistic about what we can achieve and keep driving on and pursuing this issue. I do not see it as being necessarily inevitable and insoluble. Can Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: A parent is a parent. I am working on the assumption that most parents have common sense. I am not talking about educational attainment, what socio-economic group they are in or anything like that. Is Dr. McGloin saying to me that Irish parents are expressing concerns about what constitutes proper screen time? Are we at that level of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Change is needed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Could Dr. McGloin send us a note on that? That is practical and would be helpful.

Childcare Support Bill 2017: From the Seanad (Resumed) (26 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I congratulate the Minister because this is a major legislative foray for her. I congratulate her and her officials because they have done a stellar job in bringing forward this legislation. To quote from the Minister's own speech on this legislation, it will replace "all existing targeted child care subvention schemes with a single, streamlined scheme that will provide the framework for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when construction will commence; and if all issues regarding the purchase of the site are now completed. [27617/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the growing need for a new secondary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if his Department concluded a review of the educational needs of the population in the area and its future needs. [27618/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to open an Educate Together post-primary school in east County Cork. [27661/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Cork; and when construction will commence. [27789/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (26 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to announce application deadlines for the 2018 sports capital fund. [27454/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (26 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 484. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for a new sports capital programme; the amount that will be available; and if there will be changes in the programme. [27619/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Payments (26 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive a social welfare payment. [27620/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (21 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a new call for election monitors will be issued. [27316/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Accommodation (20 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the Minister of State's response. I acknowledge there are limitations. He is not telling me what I want to hear in respect of the particular case. It would be useful for the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, to know that in his own county of Kilkenny there are nine such premises. I asked the question lately of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. I asked him what...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Accommodation (20 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I need clarification on the numbers that have been furnished to me. I have asked the question. I do not always get a straight answer when I table a question in this House on matters relating to the OPW. The commissioners could be described as semi-autonomous. The issue is that the matter has gone up the line through An Garda Síochána and has come back down the line. There...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Accommodation (20 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: This is a very simple issue. I have been in contact with a member of An Garda Síochána who would be very happy, should the opportunity arise, to take up an offer of official accommodation in Buttevant, County Cork. He is a person of impeccable character, as are his family. I have been going around the houses on this issue with the Minister for Justice and Equality and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Before Tusla came here today, did it engage the services of a public relations firm or consultancy to assist it in the preparation of a question-and-answer session?