Results 61-80 of 3,250 for speaker:Seán Sherlock in 'Dáil debates'

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I want to make a small contribution. I note the point that the Minister of State makes but he is deriving his percentages on the basis of turnout. I respectfully suggest to the Minister of State that he should be deriving his percentages on the basis of the overall electorate.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Sherlock: Can the Leas Cheann-Comhairle clarify again the status of amendments Nos. 80 to 83, inclusive?

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Sherlock: What about amendment No. 83?

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Leas Cheann-Comhairle.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Sherlock: Will the Minister of State accept a point of order?

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister of State made a point about the possibility of somebody who is an Independent, or maybe not of politics heretofore, being elected. That might emerge to include hurling managers, all-stars, rugby stars or whoever.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Sherlock: That is accepted. It is self-evident and an obvious thing for the Minister of State to say. We understand that point. The application of a d'Hondt system would have buttressed somebody who is an Independent, per the Minister of State's point. He talked about checks and balances but there still has to be a check and balance against a popularly elected mayor. I may have exaggerated the...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Sherlock: Sorry, I know that time is ticking on. How does a member of an advisory group or panel perceive himself or herself in terms of the power he or she has or does not have? If a person is elected mayor tomorrow and appoints me as an advisor to that group, how do I perceive my role? The Minister of State is setting it out in statute here that there is an advisory panel. How does he or she...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Sherlock: In amendment No. 26, we are looking for a strengthening of the language by replacing the word "consideration" with "approval". I note the Minister of State's intervention regarding the two distinct and discrete budget lines here and that is understood. Let me also acknowledge the very personal interest he has taken in shepherding this legislation through the Houses, probably crafting a lot...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 25: In page 22, lines 2 and 3, to delete “twice in each year at intervals of not less than 5, and not more than 7, months,” and substitute “quarterly in each year at intervals of not more than 3 months,”.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 26: In page 22, line 16, to delete “consideration” and substitute “approval”.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 29: In page 23, to delete lines 5 and 6 and substitute the following: “(b) a representative group of members of Limerick City and County Council appointed by the D’Hondt system, and”. This amendment deals with the composition of the Limerick mayoral advisory and implementation committee as contained in section 32 of the Bill. The function of...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I will speak to amendments Nos. 25 and 26. Amendment No. 25 relates to the frequency with which the consultative forum shall meet. In section 30, the Bill provides that a forum be established "known as the Limerick Mayoral and Government Consultative Forum ... to advise the Minister in relation to any matter that affects, or is likely to affect, Limerick or the performance of the functions...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Sherlock: We could argue that the mayor will be spanceled before he or she ever receives a mandate. Let us call a spade a spade. Limerick politics are cut and thrust; they are pugilistic betimes, no more than in any other city in Ireland. The idea that there will be a wonderfully seamless relationship between the director general and the mayor of the city is a bit naive and we are not buying it. A...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment no. 12: In page 15, line 23, to delete “The director general” and substitute “The Mayor in consultation with the director general”. The rationale for this amendment is that on Second Stage, our party leader, Deputy Bacik, quoted from an editorial by our colleague, Limerick City Councillor, Connor Sheehan, who argued that this legislation must...

Private Business - The Royal Hibernian Academy (Amendment of Charter) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Sherlock: Insofar as it is appropriate for me to do so in light of what is before us, I welcome the changes proposed by the RHA, albeit that this is a rather idiosyncratic method of endorsing those changes. Any move by the RHA to broaden its membership to include younger artists must be welcomed. One is hopeful that the new members who will come under its purview will embrace many new forms of art...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2023)

Seán Sherlock: That is your next job.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I have no doubt that the Minister has been made aware of events in Parnell Square as we speak. Our thoughts and prayers are with people there. We hope for a positive outcome for everybody involved. I would like to continue the theme started by my colleague about communications. I want to raise a very specific case where somebody was in receipt of a carer's allowance on behalf of her...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (23 Nov 2023)

Seán Sherlock: Three short supplementary questions are allowed.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (23 Nov 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I apologise sincerely to the House as I miscalculated the timings in order that we could reach the 12 o’clock cut-off.