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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: It looks like we are off to races on this proposed legislation. I thank our guests for their submissions. They are beginning to provide some clarity for us. I perceive that a lot of tidying up remains to be done, which is a normal part of the process. That said, these submissions are certainly very helpful as we begin to get into the weeds of the issues into which we need to get. I will...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I will do so in order to be helpful. My next question relates to the early years inspectorate within Tusla. I do not have the wisdom of Solomon on these matters, but I have always had a bit of an issue with the funder of an entity that also provides its own inspectorate. That has been the subject of some public discourse in the past but it seems to me that within this legislation, the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: On that point, is it the intention to set in primary legislation the regulation of all childminders other than nanas and grandads?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: The Department is not going to be sending inspectors into childminders’ homes any time soon is what he is telling me.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I want to return to the issue of unaccompanied minors, which I asked about in my first set of questions. I am really looking for Tusla's response to the submission of the Office of the Ombudsman for Children. It referred to prohibiting the placement of children in unregulated accommodation and establishing a statutory duty on Tusla to ensure there are sufficient appropriate placements...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: It is a deficit and a weakness in the system. It is not a critique of any one agency but it is something that we as a committee might look at further. There was the other question also.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I asked the officials about emergency placements. On the point made by Mr. Wolfe, there are thousands of childminders. I am not trying to couch my language. I note the remarks of Mr. Wolfe in respect of the process and ask him to, please, allay my fears in this regard. If a regulatory regime for childminding is put in place by way of secondary legislation once the proposed Bill is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if owners of ash dieback within SACs or SPAs are excluded from Circular 21/2022 issued by the Forestry Service, which allows for exemption for planning permission from replacing broadleaves with conifers; if so, if he will provide scientific-based evidence for their exclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21308/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 608. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be seen for therapies; and the dates for same. [21390/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (9 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 612. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a date for an urgent ophthalmology appointment. [21422/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (9 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 614. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a reimbursement of funds under the HSE's EU cross- border directive. [21463/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 630. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by the HSE to recruitment companies in each month in each of the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023; the specific areas for which these companies were recruiting in the health service; and the number of staff that were successfully recruited each month for the same period, in tabular form. [21631/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 631. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 7 October 2020, the breakdown of all payments made to each company; and the service they provided since March 2020 to date in 2023, in tabular form. [21633/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (9 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 632. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of each contract entered into by his Department and the agencies under his remit to deal with Covid-19 management and reaction; and the name of the contractor in each case. [21634/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (3 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures undertaken by local authorities in terms of CCTV monitoring of illegal dumping, including dog fouling, since the enactment of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022, in tabular form. [20689/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 359. 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. [20531/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (3 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 467. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reduction in income thresholds for GP-visit cards from 23 April 2023; and if this has been actioned. [20676/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Lottery (27 Apr 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has been notified of An Post’s decision to sell its share in the National Lottery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18000/23]

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

Seán Sherlock: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct the NTA to extend the deadline of the current public consultation for BusConnects in Cork to ensure traffic data and modelling is published to allow submissions to be informed of same. [20094/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cybersecurity Policy (26 Apr 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 158. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has updated all of its computers, laptops, phones, servers and tablets since the cyber-attack; if so, if it has retrieved all of the obsolete items; if it has a comprehensive list of all such items and their current locations; and if they are disposed, if the HSE has proof of disposal. [19626/23]