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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (11 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers on all bus services in Cork city and county for 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date. [30607/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (11 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers on the Cork to Mallow rail route, by month, day, and general time of day. [30608/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the spend for taxis in lieu of school transport, and their category of spend, by county, for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date, in tabular form. [30604/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of seats available in the school transport scheme for September 2024; and the number of seats applied for, by county, in tabular form. [30605/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount a pilot project in an urban setting would cost to run a school transport programme for one school year. [30606/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (10 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 244. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on storage of previously used early years equipment that has been transferred back to Pobal once a child has moved to primary level, by county, in tabular form. [30013/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (9 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 300. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses ineligible for the increased cost of business grant due to the fact they pay rates through their landlord rather than directly to the local authority, by county, in tabular form. [29904/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (9 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how the designation of a politically exposed person was transcribed into Irish law; and whether such a designation applies to a person who ceases to be a public representative. [29431/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Projects (4 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 308. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent following the night-time economy taskforce; the number of night time economy advisers in-situ in each local authority; and if she has received any further report updates on the taskforce’s report since publication. [28996/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current station strength, as of 29 June 2024, of each station in the Cork city and county divisions, in tabular form. [28908/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (4 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 412. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of speech and language therapists employed in each CDNT; and the vacant positions in each CDNT relating to speech and language therapists, in tabular form. [29022/24]

Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (3 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I will start by acknowledging the work of the Minister and the funding she has committed in respect of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, particularly the €6.3 million that was allocated in March, which will have a very significant impact for organisations such as YANA, an organisation I have worked with that covers north and east Cork. The effect of that funding will be to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (3 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: Not a bad start.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (3 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: First, I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Lawless, on his appointment. I am sure his relations in Mitchelstown, Baile an Mhistéalaigh, will be very proud of his elevation.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (3 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I will quote for the record the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, who replied to a Topical Issue on this subject when Deputy Duncan Smith and I raised it 12 months ago: on 9 March 2023, An Post wrote to the Department seeking consent to the second phase of their current pay agreement which provides for a 2% increase in pay from 1 January 2023. In addition to this, on foot of a recent...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (3 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: This is a paraphrasing of the same reply we received 12 months ago, in essence, using NewERA and saying it is kicking the tyres on this 12 months later. Does it take 12 months for NewERA to kick the tyres on such a proposal? The members of the scheme want and are entitled to answers. We want certainty from the Government on whether this will be paid.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (3 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I am happy to clarify. The reply from the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, stated exactly the same thing in 2023.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (3 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: The workers have not been paid.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (3 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: It is an undue delay, to be fair, by any administrative standards.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I support the Bill. It is very good and sensible legislation and I acknowledge the work of Deputies Farrell and Ó Broin, and the Labour Party will certainly support it. I read the Minister of State's speech with interest and was taken by the fact he felt he had to reassure the market regarding the Bill. This is how I interpret his intervention when he stated: The Government is...