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- Private Members' Business. Protection of Employees (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (1 May 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I wish to share time with Deputies Doyle, Keaveney, Jim Daly and McNamara.
- Private Members' Business. Protection of Employees (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (1 May 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I am proud to be present today because it is the first anniversary of the announcement by the then president of the Labour Party, Mr. Michael D. Higgins, of his candidacy for the office of President of Ireland. With your permission, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I will quote from his statement of that day: The Labour Party is the oldest party in Ireland and was founded in the year before one of...
- Private Members' Business. Protection of Employees (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (1 May 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I beg the indulgence of my colleagues on this one. If they are amenable to allowing me, I want to address the points in the legislation.
- Private Members' Business. Protection of Employees (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (1 May 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I appreciate that and thank my colleagues. I want to ensure we address the legislation before us. The current legislation also ensures that insolvency payments are paid to employees in respect of unpaid debts, such as wages and holiday pay, from the social insurance fund and protects employees' entitlements in the event of an insolvency. Liquidation, the most common status pertaining to...
- School Enrolments (1 May 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I thank the Deputies for raising this issue. I reiterate my concern at the treatment of this young person which is completely at variance with any republican principle to which we adhere as democrats. The manner in which this young person was treated was also un-Christian. I sympathise with her and agree with the Deputies. I can confirm to the House that the Department and the Minister...
- School Enrolments (1 May 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I thank the Deputies for their considered views on the issue. All education stakeholders throughout the land would look with empathy on this case. There is sense of empathy for the girl given the manner in which she was treated. This example is an aberration in the system. A decision was taken by one school. The system and its stakeholders, by its nature, is empathetic and deals...
- Written Answers — Copyright Infringement: Copyright Infringement (26 Apr 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I wish to point out that the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mr. Richard Bruton, T.D. established the independent Copyright Review Committee on 9th May, 2011 to examine the current Copyright legislative framework to identify any areas of the legislation that might be deemed to create barriers to innovation and to make recommendations to resolve any problems identified. The...
- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (26 Apr 2012)
Seán Sherlock: Cloud computing is a key target sector identified in the Action Plan for Jobs as offering major potential for Ireland, and establishing a Cloud Computing Technology Research Centre is one of the actions contained in the plan aimed at realising this potential. Earlier this month, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD announced details of a â¬1.2million initial...
- Written Answers — Science and Technology Groups: Science and Technology Groups (24 Apr 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I propose to take Questions Nos. 324 and 325 together. The Report of the Research Prioritisation Steering Group was approved by Government on the 21 of February this year to be implemented as a whole of Government Policy goal. The Government agreed to the publication of the report, the future alignment of public investment with the 14 areas of priority identified in the Report, and...
- Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)
Seán Sherlock: Will the Deputy yield for an interjection?
- Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)
Seán Sherlock: Would the Deputy acknowledge that the Commission is comprised of Commissioners who are there by virtue of mandates they received from their respective Governments? If the European Union member states keep electing right wing or centre right governments in the main, then there will be a right wing or neoliberal agenda in terms of how the Commission does its business. Would the Deputy also...
- Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)
Seán Sherlock: The argument is no use if no alternative is proposed.
- Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I spoke through the Chair.
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio (19 Apr 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I thank the Deputy for raising the matter. He says we all agree that savings need to be made. If he agrees with that premise, then it is not enough to suggest that he change the pupil-teacher ratio without providing an alternative to make savings. I thank the Deputy for giving me the opportunity to outline to the House the position on the budgetary measure relating to the staffing of small...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio (19 Apr 2012)
Seán Sherlock: With due respect to the Deputy, if he wanted to speak about a particular school in his constituency, I respectfully suggest he should have put that into wording of the text of the matter. I reiterate that the unallocated deficit in the education budget for 2013 is â¬77 million and it is â¬147 million for 2014. If I understand the Deputy correctly, he said that there is a school in his...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio (19 Apr 2012)
Seán Sherlock: We do not interfere with parental decisions as to where they decide to send their children to school. That would set a dangerous precedent if that is what the Deputy is suggesting.
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio (19 Apr 2012)
Seán Sherlock: If the Deputy is talking about taking pupils out of schools and putting them into other schools, he is setting a dangerous precedent.
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio (19 Apr 2012)
Seán Sherlock: Parental choice as to where one sends one's child to school is paramount. It is important we recognise that within this State.
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio (19 Apr 2012)
Seán Sherlock: There is not much else I can say. I have said it all.
- State Examinations (19 Apr 2012)
Seán Sherlock: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. The State Examinations Commission was established as an independent agency in 2003 to deal with all operational issues relating to State examinations. The Minister does not have a role in the selection criteria for the appointment of superintendents of State examinations. The State Examinations Commission has provided me with the following...