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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Paying Schools (17 Apr 2013)

Seán Sherlock: .... I do not propose at this stage to anticipate any specific decisions the Government might take in respect of the next budget. It is important to look at the context in which exchequer funding to fee charging schools must be approached. Ireland faces further budgets where a reduction in public expenditure across all areas of public provision, including education, will be necessary....

Topical Issue Debate: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Mar 2013)

Seán Sherlock: ...the review, at which stage its findings can be debated. At post-primary level and in order to promote fairness in funding second level schools, a two point increase in the pupil-teacher ratio in fee-charging second level schools will be introduced in September 2013. There are 55 schools, out of 723 post-primary schools, charging fees, ranging from €2,550 to €10,065 for day...

Topical Issue Debate: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Mar 2013)

Seán Sherlock: ...the review, at which stage its findings can be debated. At post-primary level and in order to promote fairness in funding second level schools, a two point increase in the pupil-teacher ratio in fee-charging second level schools will be introduced in September 2013. There are 55 schools, out of 723 post-primary schools, charging fees, ranging from €2,550 to €10,065 for day...

Topical Issue Debate: Student Grant Scheme Payments (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Sherlock: ...before the end of December, which represents a significant improvement on the previous system in many parts of the country. To date, some 6,528 new students have been awarded maintenance or fees only grants. A maintenance grant has been awarded to 2,190 students, and some 3,729 students are awaiting a maintenance payment. The payment of the student grant is contingent on the supply of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Organization for Nuclear Research (18 Sep 2012)

Seán Sherlock: ...associate membership options may be available involving lesser amounts, the issue remains that a decision about joining CERN must take into consideration the opportunity costs involved, as payment of any fees would mean that less funding is available for our existing research priorities. Should budgetary circumstances change; the matter could be reviewed again but only if there is a...

Written Answers — Research and Development: Research and Development (19 Jul 2012)

Seán Sherlock: ...membership options may be available involving lesser amounts, the issue remains that a decision about joining CERN must take into consideration the opportunity costs involved as payment of any fees would mean that less funding is available for our existing research priorities. Should budgetary circumstances change the matter could be reviewed again but only if there is a compelling...

Seanad: Euroscience Open Forum 2012: Statements (14 Jun 2012)

Seán Sherlock: ..., COST, framework, as well as Elsevier, Teagasc and Dublin City Council. Expenditure of €6 million is being supported by revenue from the Exchequer, sponsorship, exhibition rental, registration fees and support from the European Commission. Euroscience Open Forum, ESOF, Dublin City of Science 2012 has received extensive sponsorship from enterprise. We are fortunate we have been able to...

Written Answers — Patent Applications: Patent Applications (7 Jun 2012)

Seán Sherlock: ...Guide for applicants who wish to file a patent application without using the services of a patent agent. To reduce patenting costs for applicants for Irish 20 year patents, the statutory fee for the search which is required in order to establish novelty and non-obviousness has been reduced from €361 to €200. The report of the IP Implementation Group is due to be published very shortly...

Third Level Fees (19 Jan 2012)

Seán Sherlock: ...any maintenance payment under the student grant scheme. However, those students who meet the qualifying conditions for the special rate of grant will be eligible to have their postgraduate tuition fees paid up to the maximum fee limit under the student grant scheme. In addition, a further limited number of students who would previously have qualified under the standard grant thresholds...

Third Level Fees (19 Jan 2012)

Seán Sherlock: In a full year, 2,000 students on the lowest incomes will meet the qualifying conditions for the special rate of grant and will have their fees paid up to the maximum fee limit allowable under the student grant scheme. Another 4,000 students will receive a fee contribution of €2,000. The new arrangements will apply to two thirds of the postgraduate cohort on the lowest incomes, which is...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (6 Dec 2011)

Seán Sherlock: ...€12,600 Martin Shanagher €0 John Travers €12,600 Dr. Don Thornhill €7,108 Pat Duane €3,219 Total for 2010 €133,575 SFI Board members who are public servants do not receive a fee for board membership. Board fees have subsequently been reduced by a further 5% to €20,520 per annum for the Chairperson and €11,970 per annum for ordinary board members. This adjustment was...

Job Creation (22 Nov 2011)

Seán Sherlock: ...to the pensioners who were outside the gates of Leinster House today, if I interpreted the vox pop correctly, the strong message also extended to the amount of money being taken in administration fees.

Patents (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Oct 2011)

Seán Sherlock: ...arrangements. That is really what we are talking about in this context. The proposed change in the legislation would result in a modest loss of revenue to the Patents Office in terms of fees for translations. In the context of this country becoming a party to the agreement, an applicant must lodge a translation in the office within six months of grant of the patent together with a fee of...

Patents (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Oct 2011)

Seán Sherlock: ...-the-art new technologies, as they are only required to be filed after the patent has been granted. There are other costs associated with the translation requirements such as filing and publication fees to local national offices. Local patent agents often act as intermediaries between the patent proprietor and the national patent offices where the translations are to be filed. These...

Finance Bill 2011: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2011)

Seán Sherlock: ...today. There are 9,530 registered breeders in Ireland, some 15% are overseas investors and 92% own fewer than five mares. There were 416 stallions at stud in 2008, of which 362 stood for a fee of €7,000 or less. We must support the industry but we must also ensure that such support does not militate against the taxpayer. The industry must find more imaginative ways to fund the prize...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (19 Jan 2011)

Seán Sherlock: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way he arrived at the figure of €80, the new fee now applied to passports issued to those aged 65 years, a large percentage of whom count the State pension as their only source of income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2819/11]

Food Harvest 2020 Report: Statements (21 Oct 2010)

Seán Sherlock: ...for the course it has designed for the artisan food sector. Some people cannot access the course because they are on marginal incomes within their own food businesses and they cannot afford the fees. If we are serious about adding value in the sector, it needs to be ensured institutions such as UCC, which provides courses, are not impeded from doing so for want of grant aiding people...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (19 Oct 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money being awarded at present in rental fees and leases to individuals, companies and or commercial entities in Mallow, County Cork; the amount awarded per property, to whom and if rent is being awarded on an unoccupied property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37747/10]

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (30 Sep 2010)

Seán Sherlock: ...European neighbours in order to find solutions to the economic problems that exist. I sat the leaving certificate in 1991. I am of the generation which benefited from the abolition of university fees. Many of the other members of my generation who also benefited in this way travelled the world for a number of years and returned to Ireland when the economic climate appeared brighter....

Fines Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: ...the fine itself. It would be dangerous to allow that type of culture to emerge. Seanad amendment No. 35 is quite vague in this regard, indicating that the Minister may specify the "rates at which fees that may be so deducted shall be calculated". There must be clarity in order to prevent the system being undermined in any way.