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Companies Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Apr 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 165:In page 451, line 8, to delete "or certificate".

Companies Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Apr 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 166:In page 451, line 25, to delete "licensed bank" and substitute "credit institution".

Companies Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Apr 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 167:In page 456, to delete lines 16 to 19 and substitute the following:"(8) The Circuit Court shall only have jurisdiction to make an order referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b) if the related company is a company that, in respect of the latest financial year of it that has ended prior to the relevant time referred to in subsection (1), fell to be treated as a small...

Companies Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Apr 2014)

Seán Sherlock: In respect of the question posed by Deputy Tóibín as to whether or not we will take any amendments on board, the amendments are put forward and we respond to them. We have taken a clear position on them and believe that the legislative process is such that it produces robust legislation. However, there are some points we can consider for Seanad Stage in the Seanad. We may look at...

Companies Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Apr 2014)

Seán Sherlock: Before I move that amendment, I want to make a note for the record. There was a mix-up on amendment No. 149. I explained the purpose of this amendment to the House believing that we were on amendment No. 149. However, we had, in fact, moved on to amendment No. 150, we were going that quickly. Therefore, I would like to note for the record that the explanation given at amendment No. 150...

Companies Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Apr 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 152:In page 383, lines 23 and 24, to delete all words from and including “after” in line 23 down to and including “creditor,” in line 24 and substitute the following: “after giving notice to the person who, for the time being, stands registered as the person entitled to such charge or to the judgment creditor,”.The purpose of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Patent Law (1 Apr 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I would refer the Deputy to the earlier replies given to Parliamentary Questions 270 and 295 on 4 February last at which point I advised that this issue is under active consideration in my Department. In the replies given at that time, I indicated the intention to bring this matter to the attention of Government within the next few months and that remains my intention. I am fully seized of...

Topical Issue Debate: School Staffing (26 Mar 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. The staffing schedule is the mechanism used for allocating mainstream teaching posts to all schools. It operates in a clear and transparent manner, treating all similar types of schools equally irrespective of location, and on the basis of a general average of one classroom teacher for every 28 pupils with lower thresholds for DEIS band one...

Topical Issue Debate: School Staffing (26 Mar 2014)

Seán Sherlock: The good Clareman that the Deputy is, he hurled the ball very well on that one.

Topical Issue Debate: School Staffing (26 Mar 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I sympathise with the Deputy as I too represent a rural constituency, Cork East, where our schools face similar challenges. The Government has set out criteria which are open to the rigours of an independent appeals review. If an enrolment could be increased in September 2014, there is a mechanism for the school and community to come back in.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (26 Mar 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I accept the point made by the Senator, but I must be frank with the House. Economic history did not start in 2011. In terms of the allocation of resources, we were handed a deck of cards in 2011 and to be fair, with regard to this service, I will defend this Government. It has provided over €90 million in the last three budgets to support a reform programme. In respect of the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (26 Mar 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Senator for raising this matter, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Health. The HSE's 2012 report, entitled National Review of Autism Services Past, Present and Way Forward, and the programme for progressing disability services for children and young people, that is, zero to 18 years of age, set out the overall policy context for the provision of ASD services to...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Health Professions Admission Test Administration (26 Mar 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I acknowledge the points made by the Senator. However, I do not wish to be pedantic but the Senator's question did not speak to costs specifically, rather it spoke to the current operation of the HPAT medical school entrance exam amid recent claims that students who attend a certain revision course had prior knowledge of several of the questions that appeared in the examination. I am happy...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Residential Institutions Issues (26 Mar 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Senator for raising the matter. I take the point he makes about Letterfrack. The building is currently being used as a furniture and craftwork school. I have visited the village of Letterfrack. Sometimes out of misery and turmoil comes something that is creative. The folk memory of people who live in the area of Letterfrack will ensure what happened there will never be...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Health Professions Admission Test Administration (26 Mar 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Senator Burke for raising this Adjournment matter which I am taking on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills. At the outset, we should clarify that the selection criteria and process for admission to medical schools is a matter for the medical schools and universities in line with their statutory autonomy in respect of academic affairs. I genuinely take the...

Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (25 Mar 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 151:In page 381, to delete lines 27 to 41, and in page 382, to delete lines 1 to 10 and substitute the following:“(6) If rules are made under section 126 of the Registration of Title Act 1964 or, as the case may be, section 48 of the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006—(a) replacing a form that is referred to in subsection (4)(a)* or (b), as...

Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (25 Mar 2014)

Seán Sherlock: To be helpful, my intention was to suggest we should look into it.

Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (25 Mar 2014)

Seán Sherlock: On the face of it, the amendment makes sense, but in the age of cloud computing and remote servers it would place an imposition on businesses because the amount of physical storage facilities they would have to make available could be restrictive if located in city centre locations, for example. Many small offices are located in city centre locations where space is at a premium and would be...

Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (25 Mar 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 90:In page 278, lines 18 and 19, to delete all words from and including “assets,” in line 18 down to and including “loss—” in line 19 and substitute the following:“assets, liabilities and financial position, as at the end of the financial year, and profit or loss, for the financial year—”.This is a helpful...

Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (25 Mar 2014)

Seán Sherlock: It is a "true and fair value."