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Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (31 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 544. To ask the Minister for Health the reason and status for a young person (details supplied) who has yet to receive a date for an ASD assessment despite HSE officials admitting that another assessment is needed for the person. [4163/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (31 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 579. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff-employed in early intervention in County Cork, the expertise and geographical location of each; and the number of private sector contractors required to fill HSE staff shortfalls [4364/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (26 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payments under the green low carbon agri-environment scheme for a person (details supplied). [3629/17]

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: The first petition for consideration is Petition No. P00020/16 from Mr. Desmond Lafferty which is entitled, "Negotiating Norms". The petitioner has engaged on a number of occasions with the Ombudsman and former Ministers of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He is not satisfied with the outcome of this engagement to date and in his new petition is requesting the following: that...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: The proposal is agreed by the members. In discussing the petition, it is clear there are pure market forces driving the cost of driving lessons. One has some sympathy for the plight of the individual driver in this instance because of the cost of the lessons. The committee has articulated a view but is limited in its scope. If the members wish to comment, they are welcome to do so.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: We have agreed a course of action in respect of the petition. The next petition for consideration is petition No. P00029/16 in the name of Mr Oisín Tuohey, entitled "Reduce Maximum Working Week to 40 hours". The petitioner seeks to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 to reduce the maximum average working week for many employees to 40 hours per week. It is currently at 48...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Members are unanimous in their view that there is a role for the committee. There was a legitimate expectation in our interaction with the working group of committee Chairmen that its role would be expanded, that it would not seek to duplicate the work of other committees but would work to complement it. If an issue of public policy arose at this committee, for instance, it was to liaise...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: The key point is that we are not trying to invade the pitches of others, so to speak, but we are trying to complement the work of other committees. We could play a very relevant role in that respect.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: With those wise words, the committee stands adjourned.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Corporate Taxation and Investment and Growth Strategies: Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs (24 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the Commissioner, Mr. Moscovici, to our committee. I will start by making a political point. As a former Member of Parliament and a former Minister, the Commissioner will take a reading from this meeting of the Irish Parliament's Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, and Taoiseach today. The mood thus far is one of a degree of scepticism about this proposal because too...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Corporate Taxation and Investment and Growth Strategies: Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs (24 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Okay, because-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Corporate Taxation and Investment and Growth Strategies: Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs (24 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I have only made one or two points.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Corporate Taxation and Investment and Growth Strategies: Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs (24 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: The Commissioner's answer was quite comprehensive, too.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (24 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 323. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made in the area of the State's human rights record following the report by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights since May 2016. [3127/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation (24 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the revised pay scales for Secretaries General from 1 April 2017 following pay restoration measures under the Lansdowne Road Agreement. [3129/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: CLÁR Programme (24 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 387. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the potential of three phase electric power; if her attention has been further drawn to its potential in assisting the rural economy; and if there is any intention to restore grants for its installation. [3126/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (24 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 429. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans regarding representation by management or clinicians at Mallow General Hospital on the South/South West Hospital Group. [2666/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (24 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the activity levels at Mallow General Hospital and the number of patients that are considered inpatients at the hospital but treated in other hospitals and then returned to Mallow General Hospital for continuing care as inpatients for each of the years 2014 to 2016. [2667/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (24 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 431. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of beds used at Mallow General Hospital. [2668/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (24 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 432. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the definition of acute medical care as it relates to Mallow General Hospital; and whether bypass protocols for Mallow General Hospital are strident, such that more acute medical care could be carried out at the hospital to alleviate pressures in Cork city. [2669/17]