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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I appreciate that. The Bill provides for what Mr. Sunderland describes as an unambiguous legal basis for data sharing between public bodies. Can any of the three witnesses articulate exactly what is meant by that? What are the underpinning conditions for an unambiguous legal basis? I have not yet read the legislation as we have not had sight of it. I am taking that on trust. I presume...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Therefore, the underpinning will be in the statutory instrument, if I understood Mr. Sunderland correctly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Not necessarily.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Mr. Sunderland should correct me if I am wrong.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: When Mr. Sunderland speaks about the statutory instrument, will he articulate in simple language what it means for each public body? To be honest, I am unclear in my mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Where do the Department of Justice and Equality and Mr. Lowry stand on that issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: If I am reading Mr. Carroill's intervention in a particular way, there is perhaps a suggestion that there are already robust legal mechanisms in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: From our perspective as the tribune of the people, we want to ensure - as does Mr. Carroll, I am sure - that the individual consumer, citizen or client will have the protections that are vital and that there will be a strong legal basis underpinning them. It seems, therefore, that there is still a little bit of work to be done in underpinning the robustness of the legislation to protect the...

Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: We do not want the insurance industry to act like a corner-boy in this regard.

Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: We welcome the motion. We will be supporting it. I believe the Minister of State to be genuine in his attempts to deal with this issue. If we had one criticism, it would be that some of the deadlines should be sooner rather than in quarters three and four of this year. I wish to speak briefly to some of the issues inherent in the update of 3 May, as presented by the Minister of State....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (17 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will permit the early termination of a contract with Turas Nua by a person (details supplied) who has secured an internship in a company that will further their employment prospects. [23521/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (16 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is being discriminated against for school transport to their school in view of an agreement being in place following the dissolution of a Church of Ireland school in favour of a community school. [22915/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Projects (16 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated for library construction in local authority areas since May 2016 and to date in 2017; the local authorities and specific geographical areas that received funding; the amount of funding that was allocated; and the funding available in the first quarter of 2017, in tabular form. [22758/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (16 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which an overpayment occurred in the case of a person (details supplied) receiving domiciliary care allowance; and when the overpayment occurred. [22887/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (16 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 327. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is in receipt of a costing from Cork City Council in regard to a further funding request for an event centre in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22916/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 432. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated time envisaged that a person (details supplied) will be fitted with a permanent spinal stimulator since undergoing a trial in July 2016 and whereby funding has been sanctioned. [23079/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hazardous Waste Sites (16 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the clean-up operation at a site (details supplied); and if moneys for the clean-up are ring-fenced as previously guaranteed. [22917/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Licence Fee Collection (16 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 525. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to ensure that the public interest is protected if he plans to hire a private firm to pursue non-payment of television licences; and his views on whether this is not an attempt to circumnavigate the courts system process which is open to persons that do not pay their television licence. [23004/17]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (11 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Before us for consideration is the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 sponsored by Deputy Pearse Doherty. It is a Private Member's Bill that was referred to the select committee by order of the Dáil on 6 October 2016. The joint committee has reported to the Dáil on its detailed scrutiny of the Bill in accordance with Standing Order...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (11 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Subject to the agreement of the committee, if proceedings on Committee Stage are not concluded by 11.15 a.m., it is proposed that the sitting be suspended to facilitate members in attending the exchange of views with Mr. Barnier, chief negotiator of the task force for the preparation and conduct of negotiations with the United Kingdom, and resume at 1.30 p.m. and that we continue until the...