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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023.
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary). (4 Oct 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I do not need figures. Is there a system by which the Minister can project or anticipate the demand for services under subhead E4? Is there a internal mechanism or group that deals with that question? As I said, I do not want a figure - if one is available -I just want an understanding of the challenges the Department faces under the subhead E4 in terms of projections. There is...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the motion. We support it and acknowledge the work of Deputy Funchion on this issue. While doing so, it is important, on this issue, in my humble view, to adopt a less partisan approach, if I may put it that way, because we are dealing with children. If we can deal with the issue of children and access to childcare in a more collegiate fashion, dare I say it, then we should. I...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Sherlock: With the Chair's permission, I will share time with Deputies Nash and Smith. In the few minutes available to me, for which I am grateful, I acknowledge that the issue in Rathcormack and Kildinan has now been sorted. That is in no small part due to the fact that much pressure was brought to bear by Opposition Deputies and also Government backbenchers. I note the presence of Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions answered on 20 September 2023 (details supplied), at what time/date in the year the applicant will receive confirmation that they are an approved participant in BISS; if this will act as a deterrent for new entrants to farming engaging in the afforestation scheme; and if he will make a statement...

Labour Exploitation and Trafficking (Audit of Supply Chains) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: What we want to try to achieve in bringing forward this Bill is the end of exploitation, particularly the exploitation of children, where we know it is happening and where there is strong evidence of its existence, and to put on companies or corporate entities a responsibility to ensure their supply chains are such that they are procured or attained ethically. This is why the legislation is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Breeding (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Irish Draught Horse Studbook; whether the draft rules submitted by HSI have been ratified by him; and if not, when they will be ratified by him. [41935/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 755 of 20 September 2023, and specifically his reply that "although other fence types can be more expensive to erect than stock fences, the financial cap of €880 per hectare still applies when IS436 fences are erected", if he will clarify whether the fencing grant and cap does not cover...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 755 of 20 September 2023, if it is still a pillar of the afforestation scheme that afforestation grants cover the full costs of establishing and maintaining a plantation for the first four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42022/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 755 of 20 September 2023, if it is accurate for his Department to advertise afforestation grants as covering 100% of the full costs to establish and maintain a forest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42023/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 751 and 752 of 20 September 2023, to explain the difference in the grant rates detailed in the COFORD report: "Economic Activity and Employment levels in the Irish forestry Sector", and the rates set out in the report "The Economics of Afforestation and management in Ireland", specifically...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 264. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine appeals lodged by employees of the HSE for the pandemic recognition payment (details supplied). [41950/23]

Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 28: In page 29, lines 29 and 30, to delete “whether situated on, in or under land” and substitute “whether a landscape or situated on, in or under land”.

Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: In his further response, I implore the Minister of State to clarify for me because I did not quite understand his point in respect to how our amendment is confusing. He might just expand on the second part. I did not quite understand the point the Minister of State made in saying that it is provided for in the Planning and Development Act. I ask him to expand further on that to assist my...

Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and she will be aware that I am deputising for Deputies Bacik and Duncan Smith on this one. I will speak to amendment No. 28. An overhaul of the National Monuments Acts, 1930-2014, has been in development for more than a decade and represents an opportunity for a truly visionary and clear piece of legislation. The Bill is welcome insofar as it goes some...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disease Management (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider those suffering from a medical condition (details supplied) for the national fuel allowance, given the need for heat as part of their treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41674/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 127. To ask the Minister for Health if he has any plans to assist those suffering from a medical condition (details supplied); if he will consider providing assistance with the insulation of their houses, given the need for heat as part of their treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41675/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position with an appeal for a school bus in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41396/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position with an appeal for a school bus in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41397/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school bus routes currently not in operation in County Kildare; the reasons for these routes not operating; the expected re-commencement date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41398/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Sep 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has discussed the urgent need for those over 70 years of age to be allowed, if they desire, to drive school buses once again, given the crisis with school transport at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41399/23]