Results 61-80 of 1,444 for cork speaker:Seán Sherlock

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I support the motion. I will talk specifically about Mallow General Hospital, which is categorised as a level 2 hospital, but in our minds in north Cork, we think it is somewhere between level 2 and level 3 in terms of what it delivers for the people of the region that I represent. In 2007, we in Mallow underwent quite a difficult process, prior to people like myself ever being in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (17 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for her response because it is the first time we have a real metric and set of figures in respect of north Cork, which is to be welcomed. I appreciate and acknowledge that a new special school will be allocated for Carrigtwohill. I am not striving for perfection here but I have a slight worry. We seem to accept the fact that children have to travel long...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (17 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...Department of Heath, Deputy Butler, to respond to my query in respect of what I perceive to be the lack of special school places, and school places for children with additional needs in the north Cork area specifically. I raise this issue on the basis of the fact that parents have been in contact with me to say there is no certainty for their children in the north Cork area. I refer to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will resolve an issue affecting CPD for guidance counsellors in Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22131/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (9 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 612. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a date for an urgent ophthalmology appointment. [21422/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (9 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 614. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a reimbursement of funds under the HSE's EU cross- border directive. [21463/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Apr 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct the NTA to extend the deadline of the current public consultation for BusConnects in Cork to ensure traffic data and modelling is published to allow submissions to be informed of same. [20094/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget line and parameters to secure a second bus depot in Cork city, in tabular form. [17255/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of costs incurred to date for the BusConnects Cork public consultations, by vendor and staff costs, in tabular form. [17091/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a business case has been presented on the light rail proposal for Cork; and the cost of that project to date, in tabular form. [17093/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 1627. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork who was referred in 2018 will have a date for cataract surgery assigned to him. [17544/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (30 Mar 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...that fact that more and more providers now are not able to provide services because there is a recruitment of staff issue? I am aware of one situation in my own neck of the woods in north Cork. One provider contacted me to say she simply cannot hire additional staff and that then has a knock-on effect. The effect is reduced ECCE hours as a consequence of that. We also note the fact...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 Mar 2023)

Seán Sherlock: On the way out of Dublin for the day, the Minister should come down to Cork and we will show him.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Sherlock: As we say in Cork, the Minister is being a bit cagey about it, like. He could come up with a little bit more.

Education and the School Building Programme: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I support our motion. I wish to raise a matter that relates to Dublin Central. The Chair might ask why a Corkman is doing so, but I have been asked by Senator Sherlock to raise the issue of Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square. When will the sod turning for the school take place? As I understand the situation, it was to take place around Easter. The school has been in...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (28 Mar 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...educational needs supports in integrated settings in mainstream primary and post-primary schools in Carlow. Deputy Seán Sherlock - To discuss the lack of additional needs education units and supports in north Cork. Deputy Gary Gannon - To discuss the construction of a new school building for Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire, Parnell Square, Dublin 1. Deputy Matt Carthy - To discuss the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...reasons the Minister has just spoken about in regard to families that have additional needs and where there is the necessity to travel further for access to those services. In a county the size of Cork, a person could travel quite a distance to get access to services, as well as outside of the county. Therefore I ask the Minister to ensure that the allowances are such that they are not...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Youth Work and Integrated Care and Education: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Sherlock: It is not just in Dublin; it is everywhere. I am from Cork and we have the same challenges there that exist here. It is the same thing. Looking at the system, when the child, person or young person presents in, say, a judicial scenario, there is a guardian ad litem. I do not see why there could not be some sort of a similar model where the child has an advocate when interfacing. I do not...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Sherlock: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct the NTA to introduce self-beep ticketing on Cork buses as part of BusConnects; and the estimated cost of same, in tabular form. [12750/23]