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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I am going to read into the record correspondence I received from the general secretary of the Irish Federation of University Teachers, IFUT. I am sure the Minister will be aware of this correspondence, which is dated 25 January last and which states: Upon examination of the proposed legislation, it is my concern that the existing draft fails to address the pressing trade union concerns...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I will defer to the proposer.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Deputy Farrell. I accept the point the Minister is making, and also his broader point. I am just seeking to understand and clarify that he is saying to us that where the State is funding HEIs there is a clear policy around ensuring progression among postdoctoral students, for instance, can take place. The terms and conditions of postdoctoral students are in the main going to be the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I am happy to withdraw the Labour amendment on the basis of what the Minister has said but seek further clarification on the relationship that will exist between the research council and the board proper. The Minister will have addressed this, possibly on Second Stage and on prelegislative scrutiny stage, and he will forgive me if he is going over old ground on this one. In responding, I...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of incidents recorded by all agencies at certain intersections (details supplied) by type of incident, time of day and month, in tabular form, for the years 2019,2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date. [9645/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (22 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of units deemed to have availed of a deposit return take back exemption, by county and by category of retail, in tabular form. [8479/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (22 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what legislation is used for rental inspections by contractors of local authorities in terms of criteria of ventilation, etc, and if it is based on the year the property is built. [8405/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (22 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if inspectors of local authorities are using ventilation measurement machines when inspecting homes and, if so, the number of ventilation measurement machines being used by each local authority, in tabular form. [8406/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: "Peripheral to Dublin" is what the Taoiseach means.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 392 of 13 February 2024, if the school has been told that the information is with the Department’s technical team and the Department would follow up and revert to the school, and if she will investigate the matter. [8269/24]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I am delighted the comisiún is present today. We had a very good session last week that was really instructive for us as members. This is a natural dovetailing of that. My first question is simple and is about the pronunciation of Coimisiún na Meán. Is it "coimisiún na meán" or "coimisiún na maan"? Does it depend on whether I am from Munster or Connacht?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: So if I say "coimisiún na meán", am I on safe ground?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: Míle buíochas. I will go straight to the issue of effective age verification. To quote directly from Ms Hodnett's statement, the coimisiún is proposing: that platforms introduce effective age verification to ensure that children do not access age-inappropriate content. We are not proposing to specify the techniques that platforms use... How interventionist is the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: That is very reassuring. As a relatively new regulatory body, the coimisiún is giving a lot of time and thought to these issues. I can clearly see that in the submissions to us today. On the effective age verification, do I have it right when I say the thinking within the coimisiún is that it is up to the industry to produce the verification process but if that is not robust...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: That is very reassuring. I speak both as a typical TD representing my constituents and as a parent. There is an onus on parents to step up to the mark here and to police but it is important to have the weight of law behind you as a parent or as any adult who is supervising children. My last question within the time allowed to me is in relation to AI recommender systems. In her opening...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: Ms Hodnett is telling me that this is an iterative process. While there is no hard law or EU law, there may be law coming down the tracks regarding recommender systems? No such law exists to police recommender systems as it stands. Is that the current state of play or am I misreading Ms Hodnett?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I beg the Cathaoirleach's indulgence; this will be my last question. Ms Hodnett states it is a supplementary measure. To me, that means it is an add-on, rather than being core. Is it possible to police recommender systems under Irish or EU law in order to have such systems turned off, rather than on, as the default for any user of a platform, if that makes sense?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in light of the recent Government decision to grant payments of child benefit, she will work with her counterpart, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and consider fast tracking the proposed payment to foster carers. [8074/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications and awards for supplementary welfare under the criteria or reference to, the need for mental health supports, by county, in tabular form. [8075/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual cost of running the forestry division of his Department including outsourced ecology each year since 2010, in tabular form; if he will provide a list of the area of afforestation planted in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7490/24]