Results 10,361-10,380 of 13,254 for speaker:Seán Sherlock
- Topical Issue Debate: Student Grant Scheme Payments (6 Nov 2012)
Seán Sherlock: No amount of rhetorical flourish, rhetoric or nonsense from a Fianna Fáil Deputy will change the fact that SUSI has the administrative responsibility for the area.
- Topical Issue Debate: Student Grant Scheme Payments (6 Nov 2012)
Seán Sherlock: There was broad political support for the idea of having one centralised system because of the lag times, which were even later within the 66 local authorities heretofore. In the first year of the roll-out of the new system, one always gets glitches-----
- Topical Issue Debate: Student Grant Scheme Payments (6 Nov 2012)
Seán Sherlock: -----but the main point is that students eligible for grants will be paid. There is no question about it. The Department brought in the USI as a stakeholder in the process to act as a moderator on www.boards.ie to engage with students through the process.
- Topical Issue Debate: Student Grant Scheme Payments (6 Nov 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I take the points made by the Deputies that 27,000 applications are outstanding and should be expedited. An additional 20 staff members are processing the documentation received from students, and extra staff have also been assigned to SUSI head office to work on continually improving the processes and speeding up processing times. I ask for common sense to deal with this calmly and...
- Statutory Sick Pay: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: What is the Deputy insinuating?
- Statutory Sick Pay: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: It is good grub too. I have tasted it.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: Is that George Lee, the former Member?
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: Is it working in the Six Counties?
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: The Deputy's party is presiding over austerity in the Six Counties.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: Perhaps the House might debate what Sinn Féin is doing there. Is it not in government in the Six Counties?
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: It is pursuing partitionist policies.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: Sinn Féin has separate economic policies for the Twenty-six Counties and the Six Counties.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: He should table a Private Members' motion on his party's economic policies.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: The Deputy is speaking out of both sides of his mouth.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I am much closer to people than the Deputy believes.
- Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (17 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn. I thank the Deputy for raising it as it provides me with an opportunity to clarify the position on the application for additional accommodation received from Millstreet Convent national school, County Cork. It is a co-educational primary school catering for boys and girls from...
- Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (17 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I note the Deputy's concerns in this regard and the points he has made on the school's developing school status. I reiterate that the Department will be in contact with the school when the demographic analysis in the area has been completed. If, through the good offices of the Deputy, the board of management was to contact me directly, I would be happy to engage with the school, subject to...
- Topical Issue Debate: Credit Availability (17 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I thank Deputy Butler for raising this issue. As a Government, we have moved decisively to restructure the banking system and ensure that it provides credit to the economy every year. We are also acting to fill gaps where specific market failures exist. The Deputy will be aware that the Department has introduced two targeted initiatives to support an additional flow of credit for small...
- Topical Issue Debate: Credit Availability (17 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: It is hard not to agree with the points made by the Deputy in relation the banking sector. A distinction must be made between businesses seeking to restructure loans in order to survive and retain their viability and loans generated for new business. I refer the Deputy to the Action Plan for Jobs 2012 and the third progress report which states that the Department of Finance published the...
- Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2012)
Seán Sherlock: There is new technology now.