Results 121-140 of 2,216 for speaker:Marie Sherlock

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (2 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a landlord in receipt of HAP from a local authority in respect of a tenant, must inform that local authority when there is a change to the rent or to any other associated costs. [52790/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Dogs (2 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be made available to local authorities for the provision of additional dog wardens in 2026, given the impact that dog fouling has on children, wheelchair users and people who are vision impaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52848/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (2 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 385. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of an application by thalidomide sufferers to a foundation (details supplied); when she expects that the applications will be processed and payments made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52734/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Reports (2 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 394. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to implement the recommendations of the 2024 PLACES report commissioned by her Department on pregnancy loss. [52791/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 396. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how the NCS IT system was able to process applications in respect of school-going age for 41 hours per week. [52806/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 397. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions taken by her Department on foot of the fault in the NCS IT system; the resources allocated to the follow-up inspection; and the number of services inspected as part of this investigation. [52807/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 398. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason parents have to renew their NCS eligibility every eight weeks; and the plans she has to lengthen this period. [52808/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 399. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when exactly early years services will receive the additional supports committed to them on foot of the reduction in the fee cap from 1 September 2025; and if such support will be backdated to 1 September. [52809/25]

Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I do not doubt all the efforts the Tánaiste and Government are making on the European and world stages to use every sinew of influence and diplomacy to stop the slaughter in Gaza, to call out the outrageous expansion of the illegal settlements and to call for the protection of the Irish citizens on the humanitarian mission on the Sumud flotilla, including Sarah Clancy, a constituent, and...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: On the funded positions that are currently vacant, is it Ms Lawlor's view that it the issue is pay or a lack of flexible working hours? What are the issues that our guests believe are the reasons for the posts remaining vacant? I am interested in their perspective on why there are unfilled posts out there.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: That is really helpful. The multidisciplinary team operating in the north-east inner city for the past five years has been a great pilot project, for want of a better description. I am conscious that we are talking about an inclusive education model today and I have not had a chance to read the opening statements, for which I apologise. In terms of that multidisciplinary team, MDT,...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Most of the focus, when we talk about education, is on children aged five years and upwards. What we do not talk about as much as we should are the early years. There is a glaring gap there in terms of the targeting of resources. I would like to hear quickly what the witnesses believe needs to happen for children aged between three and five years in the education system. AIM support is...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I am not a member of this committee but take a very serious interest in the matters being discussed here today. I apologise if the questions I ask have already been answered but I have literally come from a meeting of the health committee. We heard from the Minister for Health today that there is going to be a new special initiative taken to try to work through the waiting lists for speech...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Okay. On insourcing, I thank the officials for setting out the detail today. I hear an ambiguity with regard to the June 2026 deadline. I want to understand a bit more about the impact on the capacity in the system. Mr. Gloster's document refers to an outer risk of 4%. Is he saying there will be 4% less capacity made available to the HSE because of the initiative it has now taken in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I fully support it. I want to ask, though, about the waiting list action plan. A vast amount of money was allocated to the NTPF and a lot less to the HSE. From what I read here, there is going to be much more reliance on traditional overtime or agency staff. Is there going to be a reallocation within the waiting list action plan allocation for this year? A lot of the focus has been on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: That is a great credit to the management there. We are talking about where the waiting lists are now, but I am particularly interested in managing the waiting lists into the future. The Minister has access to the forecast demand. What impact is the delay to the four elective hospitals going to have on waiting list management over the next years? We were supporting the Minister in her...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: To be clear, is there still a commitment to four new elective hospitals or is that changing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I am not disputing that. It is just the cost and availability-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I thank all the officials and the Minister. We could probably spend two days talking about all the issues. I welcome the initiative on physiotherapy, OT and SLT. There is a glaring omission, though, with regard to psychology therapies. At the end of last year, we had nearly 24,000 children waiting, while over 10,000 had been waiting 12 months or longer. Why has psychology not been...