Results 861-880 of 13,254 for speaker:Seán Sherlock

Culling the National Herd: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I will start with forestry. The Minister referred to the forestry programme. I was listening carefully to him and think he was about to make some statement on the approvals process and the EU Commission process. He may have been interrupted or may have lost the flow and moved on to something else. The forestry programme is non-existent. The programme for Government target is 8,000 ha per...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (28 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I appreciate the fact that the Minister of State, Deputy Kieran O’Donnell, is taking this matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan. I think the answer, with respect to the Minister of State, is inadequate because it does not give a definitive timeline for which those monies will be paid. Ministerial approval is the benchmark here. That is the yardstick. That is the point...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (28 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: With all due respect to the Minister of State, one would expect that if he is to address the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, then the Minister, Deputy Ryan, would respond. I say this with respect to the Minister of State.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (28 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I will be very brief. I appreciate that the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, is not the line Minister and is taking this matter on behalf of others. I have been contacted by former An Post workers who are pensioners who tell me that, in March of this year, the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, the Communications Workers' Union, CWU, An Post and the Government reached agreement on an...

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I support the motion. I am glad we are debating this matter tonight. I read the Minister's speech and listened to him speaking earlier. He spoke about the NTPF and said that any nursing home that "has had a scheduled renegotiation of its deed of agreement this year with the NTPF has seen a significant uplift" and that the uplift has been in the region of 6% to 7% above the baseline price...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: We in the Labour Party welcome this Bill and the fact the Government has come around to the idea of a windfall tax, albeit, it must be said, at the behest of the European Commission. We would like to have seen this measure introduced much earlier. Exorbitant profits have been made by the energy companies over the past number of years in the midst of one of the worst cost-of-living crises in...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: Deputy Paul Murphy is sharing time with Deputy Barry.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received any correspondence on an element of BusConnects, Cork (details supplied); and if he will publish who contacted him. [31033/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is further costings, proposals and schematics available for an element of BusConnects, Cork (details supplied). [31034/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that there is an anticipated shortage of school places in an area (details supplied); and if measures are being taken to provide additional temporary or permanent accommodation. [30492/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that there is an anticipated shortage of school places in an area (details supplied); and if measures are being taken to provide additional temporary or permanent accommodation. [30493/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 333. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement that has been had with Europe in regard to the suitability and longevity of 4G playing pitches, and the components of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30839/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 334. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proposed date for the opening of the next round of sports capital grants; and if projects that were previously funded can reapply in certain sports. [30840/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is her intention to legislate for an automatic enrolment retirement savings scheme in 2023; if so, if the scheme will be open for workers from January 2024; if not, from what proposed date; when the arrangements will be put in place for the scheme; when the legislation will be published; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to take on board the recommendations from the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2022; which recommendations she will be taking on board in the Bill; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 590. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children aged zero to 18 years of age in each CHO, by individual area, awaiting first-time intervention in all areas of early intervention; the number on the public list; the number on the CDNT list in each CHO; and the length of time they are awaiting intervention, by age, in tabular form. [30841/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Records (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 757. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes currently in negotiations on funding issues with the NTPF, by county, in tabular form. [31292/23]

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I want to start with the report on "Morning Ireland" this morning about the Emily case. I refer to Ailbhe Conneely's reporting on RTÉ. The report was clear that the national independent review panel stated that none of the very distressing incidents in that case were followed up in accordance with HSE safeguarding policy. I do not want to go too much into the detail of it, for obvious...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a service (details supplied) is being withdrawn; and if this decision will be reversed. [29225/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Park-and-Ride Facilities (20 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any requests for additional park-and-rides for specific festivals in an area have been received by the National Transport Authority, NTA, (details supplied). [29593/23]