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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: In other words, the law of the land could supersede it if it is put to the test, the age of consent being 13.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: ...there a distinction to be made here between where a transaction takes place or does not take place? Does the law supersede the new legislation, or does the new legislation supersede the law of the land as it relates to contract? I hope that makes sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: ...be fair to say that I was born in the flood but I was certainly baptised in the flood. I live less than 100 paces from the River Blackwater. If I threw a stone from my house, it would pretty much land in the Blackwater. I have first-hand experience of flooding incidences on the Munster Blackwater and I know that the schemes that have been put in place in Mallow and Fermoy demonstrably...

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: ...includes a recommendation for the introduction of socioeconomic status as a discrimination ground. The document refers to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Ireland ratified in 1989. It also refers to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which was also ratified in 1989 but, as of yet, Ireland has not adopted the optional...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Seán Sherlock: ...of the kind that makes people rush deals through. The Government and the Department of Finance have serious questions to answer about that leak. How many millions of euro in potential revenue was lost? How many options for land were signed on Monday and Tuesday in advance of the financial resolution? What revenue has the State lost out on? Other serious questions regarding stamp...

Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: ...transparency, we welcome the progress. I seek clarification on the exact position at present. Bearing in mind the review, the Minister of State will correct me if I am wrong on Insurance Ireland's updating of its website. My understanding from the report of 3 May is that Insurance Ireland has actually updated the website. Again, I want clarification on that. On recommendation No. 8...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Sherlock: ..., who may be a solicitor, a commissioner for oaths or an auctioneer. Where a local development plan is being made, and if that person has a declarable interest in selling or ownership of that land, is there anything in this new section that strengthens the declaration or the necessity to declare an interest? Is it as is? I am trying to understand the ad hocdeclaration which the Minister...

Northern Ireland: Statements (29 Mar 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Today marks a frustrating day for Northern Ireland. The majority of people there voted against Brexit, and at lunchtime today a letter from Theresa May will be presented to Donald Tusk as the UK activates Article 50 to begin the process of leaving the EU. We face the prospect of a hard Border with at least some, possibly major, changes to trade on our island, and even larger disruption to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister is considering the idea that somebody could build on their own land, subject to planning, if it is at a higher level.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Assets (11 Oct 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of land which is owned by the county and city councils in Cork; the amount of land in acres owned by the Cork local authorities in each municipal district in the county and city; the amount of land owned by the Cork local authorities in the county and city that is zoned for industrial and residential...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 342. To ask the Minister for Finance the potential cost to the Exchequer on extending income tax relief on land leases to family members in budget 2017 subject to strict criteria regarding farm transfer. [26238/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Biofuel Obligation Scheme (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Sherlock: ...binding target, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources is currently considering whether the biofuel obligation should increase from the current rate of 6% per volume. In Ireland, 59% of the biofuels placed on the market in 2014 derived from waste material such as used cooking oil and tallow. Production of biofuels from these materials poses no risk of indirect...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (17 Nov 2015)

Seán Sherlock: Ireland has had a long-standing engagement with Ethiopia, one of our seven Key Partner Countries in sub-Saharan African. This year alone we have provided over €26 million through our bilateral aid programme to address poverty, vulnerability and hunger in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is currently experiencing one of the worst droughts in almost 30 years, as highlighted by the report from the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Site Acquisitions (1 Oct 2015)

Seán Sherlock: ...to provide a permanent location for the school. A potential site was identified and following on from a favourable assessment of the site's suitability, the Department opened negotiations with the landowner. Despite the best efforts of the Department and a significant investment of time in the negotiations, these ultimately proved unsuccessful. Officials from the Department have since...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Customs Bill 2014: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Sherlock: ...requirement on the Minister for Finance to make regulations as to how controls of vessels and aircraft are to be applied to foreign military naval craft and foreign military aircraft, respectively, which land in the State. At present section 6 does not contain provisions relating to the control of either vessels or aircraft arriving into or departing from the State. Therefore, the two...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Customs Bill 2014: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Sherlock: ...are appropriate ways of doing so. The Government is not in a position to accept these two amendments because, as I have stated, this is a customs Bill. Permission for foreign military aircraft to land at Irish airports is subject to policy conditions, including that the aircraft carry no arms, ammunition or explosives, do not engage in intelligence gathering and that the flights in...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Customs Bill 2014: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 9:In page 13, line 19, to delete "immediately". Amendment No. 9 provides that the master of a vessel entering the State is required to berth the vessel, land the goods and disembark the passengers at an approved place within the customs port. Amendment No. 11 makes a corresponding technical change to section 10 which deals, inter alia, with the obligations of the pilot...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Customs Bill 2014: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Sherlock: ...;, or on board a conveyance that has been boarded under section 27,”. The amendment provides for the power to carry out a search of a person who is at or in the vicinity of a port or airport, the coast, the land frontier or any premises or land being searched under a search warrant. This power is a necessary control provision to combat smuggling.

An Bille um an gCearthrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Síocháin agus Neodracht) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Peace and Neutrality) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Mar 2015)

Seán Sherlock: ...enjoys widespread public support. The Government's commitment was publicly re-confirmed in the major statement of foreign policy priorities that it published in January, entitled "The Global Island: Ireland's Foreign Policy for a Changing World". The statement sets out a comprehensive series of policy priorities concerning Ireland's future in a rapidly changing world, including securing...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (10 Mar 2015)

Seán Sherlock: ...-Governmental Organisations. Over the two years, Irish Aid provided €1.6 million in funding to Trócaire to support its work to increase the capacities of marginalised households, particularly women, to secure land rights, food security and increased income in southern Odisha. €1.2 million was provided to Goal to support its work in health, livelihoods and child...