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Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Seán Sherlock: Will he repeat what he said?

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The House is about to hear a lecture in partitionist politics from Sinn Féin.

Financial Resolution No. 9: Income Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Seán Sherlock: We saw him first here.

Financial Resolution No. 9: Income Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Seán Sherlock: What is the yield?

Financial Resolution No. 9: Income Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Seán Sherlock: How many of them are there?

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (28 Nov 2012)

Seán Sherlock: It is the Minister's intention to amend the employment permits legislation in a precise manner to ensure an employer may not benefit from the illegality of the contract of employment where they are found culpable in not ensuring a valid employment permit was in place for the employee concerned. To this end, the Minister will propose the necessary provisions in a new employment permits Bill...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (28 Nov 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I acknowledge Senator Quinn for bringing forward this legislation.

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (28 Nov 2012)

Seán Sherlock: On behalf of the Government I acknowledge the presence of Mr. Younis in the Visitors Gallery. I thank each of the speakers who contributed so passionately to the debate on this Bill. I will outline some of the historical aspects of the Bill. On Friday, 31 August 2012, Mr. Justice Gerard Hogan of the High Court reversed a Labour Court award of ¤92,000 to Mr. Mohammad Younis, a Pakistani...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (28 Nov 2012)

Seán Sherlock: -----and had little discretion but to consider the contract of employment as illegal. The result was that, arguably, the employer benefitted from the illegal contract. The issue raised by the High Court judgment is one which has important policy and legal implications in the area of employment permits and also in terms of employment rights. As Mr. Justice Hogan noted in his judgment, "the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The Deputy is the best proponent of talking down the clock.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies (22 Nov 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The Government decision to abolish the separate Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) is part of the wider reform and efficiency process currently being driven right across the public sector. The abolition of the Office of the CSA is one element of a number of reforms being driven by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. The principal function of the Chief Scientific...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development (13 Nov 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The Seventh EU Framework Programme for Research and Development (FP7), with a budget of over €50 billion for the period 2007 to 2013, is the EU’s main instrument for funding research and development in Europe. The EU Framework Programmes have been an important element in the internationalisation of Irish research, offering Ireland's SMEs, multinationals, and research...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (7 Nov 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The Deputy should have regard to other people.

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (7 Nov 2012)

Seán Sherlock: With all due respect, the Deputy raised an issue and I replied to it. We should stick to our guns on this matter. The issue has been expedited satisfactorily and I know the Deputy will speak highly of the collegiality of his partners in Government when he relates this to the people on the streets of Longford. I sincerely thank him for raising this matter.

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (7 Nov 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue which I am taking on behalf of my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Quinn. The fact the Deputy raised it gives us an opportunity to clarify the current position in regard to the application for additional accommodation at Lanesboro community college, Lanesboro, County Longford. I am aware that enrolment at the school on 30 September 2012 was 176...

Topical Issue Debate: Teaching Qualifications (7 Nov 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, who is travelling on Government business. A number of developments will impact on teachers in VEC schools during the coming school year. First, the commencement of section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001 will prohibit the payment of people employed as teachers in recognised schools unless they are...

Topical Issue Debate: Teaching Qualifications (7 Nov 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I respectfully assure the Deputy that I am working from a prepared script because I want to allow him the time-----

Topical Issue Debate: Teaching Qualifications (7 Nov 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I know, but I want to internalise what we are saying. Given that this is a technical issue, it is important that my reply be carefully scripted. The position is clear. We understand that some people in the mainstream primary, post-primary and post-leaving certificate, PLC, space, such as the gentleman to whom the Deputy referred, have contracts of indefinite duration and are employed in...

Topical Issue Debate: Student Grant Scheme Payments (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I am responding on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, who is travelling to Brussels on Government business. I thank the Deputies for raising this important matter. A new, fully centralised student grant application system was launched on 11 June and is being operated by a central grant awarding authority, the Student Universal Support Ireland, which is known by...

Topical Issue Debate: Student Grant Scheme Payments (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Sherlock: SUSI is awaiting documentation on 21,000 applications. Some 15,000 students have not responded to requests for documentation and a further 6,000 have submitted incomplete documentation. I acknowledge the remaining 27,000 applications are on hand for processing-----