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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Could you give me ten seconds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: It is just ten seconds. I beg your indulgence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Initially, I asked about the age of consent and the issuing of entering a contract. The new article is not about a child's general capacity to enter into a contract but it is about a child's capacity to consent to the processing of personal data. The Minister has answered that but I want full and final clarification because it speaks to the issue of the digital age of consent being either...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if competitive funding will be made available for initial teacher education in schools of education in HEIs to achieve the objectives of the STEM education policy statement 2017 to 2026. [7904/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 195. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7824/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age awaiting an assessment of need under early intervention in County Cork; the waiting time before assessments will be carried out; and the number of staff needed to ensure that all assessments are carried out. [7889/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Data (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age awaiting a service plan for occupational therapy under early intervention; the length of time they are waiting; and the number of staff required to clear backlogs. [7890/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Data (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff required to clear the entire early intervention backlog in each county; the number of staff required in each county; the estimated cost to hire these staff; and the meetings he has had with the HSE to clear this backlog. [7891/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the boundary between Cork city and county councils; and when new electoral areas in both local authority areas will be considered under a commission. [7919/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Briefing (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times she has received a briefing from her officials on the issue of the Cork event centre since her appointment. [7859/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (14 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects a penetration rate of 100% to be achieved under the national broadband plan. [7342/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (14 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress which has been made by the mobile broadband task force implementation group on the 40 recommendations identified in the final report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7340/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (14 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress which has been made on the creation of an all-Ireland energy market. [7343/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (14 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the interaction he has had with an organisation (details supplied) on the future sustainability of the post office network. [7341/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (14 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he plans to proceed with the national adaptation framework to reduce the negative effects of climate change. [7344/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (14 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the status of the roll-out of the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7263/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: This evidence is mind-blowing. There is so much that is in what the witnesses have said that I am finding it hard to internalise it in live stream, so to speak. It is devastatingly pertinent and, thankfully, there is a language relating to it that is coherent. I thank the witnesses for that because this is what we, as legislators, really need to hear. We are getting down to the nub of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Indeed. That is where I need clarity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I have researched this matter and discovered that under the law of contract in Irish common law which has not been updated or consolidated recently, a minor does not have full capacity to contract. I shall quote the antiquated language used in the law of contract in Irish common law. It states:Where necessaries are sold and delivered to a minor he must pay a reasonable price for them....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: In other words, a digital age of consent of 13 years would put us offside in our own common law system.