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

Seán Sherlock: ...to focus on job creation. I am again seeking comfort from the Minister. I know he gave a lot of comfort on Second Stage to the arts, humanities and social sciences, and the need to ensure the IRC does not feel like the poor relation. When you are enjoining two cultures, one culture should not feel it is subservient to the other and, by extension, that the arts, humanities and social...

Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Seán Sherlock: ...deal with that in his reply. I think there will be agreement in the House that it could be perceived that people in what I call the non-applied areas in the humanities and social sciences may feel a sense of worry about this legislation. I imagine postdoctoral and other researchers in the applied humanities and social sciences will see potential opportunities and the Minister's words...

Funding for Persons with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2023)

Seán Sherlock: We absolutely support the motion. I will start by quoting a document I received from Rehab in response to budget 2024. The words probably encapsulate the feeling of every similar organisation, including St. Joseph's Foundation in my area and Enable Ireland. These organisations speak of their frustration and the lack of certainty that pertains to their funding and that of their sector....

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...dealt with in the scheme, such as the six-month period, the role of pharmaceutical companies and the issues surrounding jurisprudence or litigation in respect of those people who sign up for the scheme. I feel strongly that these are issues that this State will be revisiting again. I make that humble prediction now. I wish to speak on behalf of those people who are now, even though we...

Culling the National Herd: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...that 10%, if we are really serious about restoration of biodiversity in a way that ensures that we can maintain the viability of the farm, that the payment comes inside the farm gate and that people feel they can switch over? They will have to reduce the burden in respect of beef, in particular, but it is a matter of allowing people to transition easily into those schemes and, where some...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...have struggled to keep their houses warm over the past two winter periods. Thankfully, in the summer months, that issue is not quite so acute but the fact remains that consumers are still feeling the pinch on energy bills. I doubt there is a single one of us in this House who has not heard from our constituents on how it is affecting them. They continue to be charged very high prices...

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...provide untold benefit to our communities in their usage. We want people to live in rural Ireland but there is an impediment if people who have lived there intergenerationally or who are new there feel there is a lack of access to the services which are more readily available in larger towns. These include GP services and out-of-hours services and this acts as a blockage to that inward...

Retained Fire Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...Mallow have never gone out on strike and were very, dare I say it, anxious about doing that because they are not the type of people to strike. It is in desperation that they strike, because they feel their pay and conditions are so poor and that there is not enough of them to be able to cover the service they are duty-bound to provide. For the Minister to come in here and say there will...

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...her son. She loves him to bits. It is absolute desperation that forces her to take these steps to air what are very private family matters in the public domain. Such is the desperation these people feel. All I want is for the Ministers, who I know to be sympathetic and empathetic people, to intervene please on behalf of this family. The language in the risk assessment I quoted...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (30 Mar 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I acknowledge the Minister's response. The Labour Party feels strongly that the key to filling vacancies is the issue of pay parity. The lack of this between section 39 organisations and the HSE, for instance, is having a major impact on the ability of these organisations and CDNTs to recruit. Does the Minister acknowledge that the joint statement by Fórsa, the Irish Nurses and...

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

Seán Sherlock: ...Minister tells us he is going to start the process immediately upon the passing of this legislation and that there is a timeline for that process and if he gives us some indication as to when he feels ultimately the rate will be set, that would give a lot of confidence to people. We all welcome the fact that the Minister will devolve to expert opinion and victims' services organisations...

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

Seán Sherlock: ...", maybe let go of other opportunities out of commitment to the work they do as foster parents. It is on this basis that I wish to interrogate further the issues of pension rights and budget 2024. I feel that perhaps not enough was done to argue in this regard. None of this is a personal criticism, let me be very clear about this, but I wonder could more have been done to get that...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...who were resident for that period of time, from birth until six months, to be included in the scheme on the basis of fairness, justice and equity so that the scheme can encompass more people who we all feel on the Opposition benches have the right to be included. I will conclude by reiterating my point about the design of the scheme and the role of the chief deciding officer in support,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...in touch with can get on with their work and get the mapping done, get consents and start putting infrastructure on the water in order that we can meet our energy needs as a matter of urgency. I feel frustrated and that is what I am trying to say to the Minister.

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...supplementary welfare allowance scheme. That scheme is enshrined in legislation for a reason, which is that it would allow for discretion on the part of the local community welfare officer. We feel there is a departmental policy now to try to squeeze that as much as possible. The Minister will say an increase of approximately €17 million has been paid out in additional needs....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...is made by a Department's deciding medical officer, very often it poses questions as to the legitimacy of that decision. Given the weight of the medical evidence that has been submitted, people feel understandably annoyed where their initial applications are turned down and, in many cases, the decisions are overturned on appeal. There are still quite a number that do not reach oral...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...scheme is flawed because we know there are so many who are excluded because of this legislation. We know that quite a number of people will not have access to healthcare. All we are seeking, in what we feel is a very reasonable way, is that the Minister shift a little bit towards the position the Opposition is promulgating. Within the very limited means we have, we want to at least...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...particularly on the Government, then we are in cold times as regards the promulgation of this legislation. I put forward this amendment on Committee Stage because like others, we in the Opposition feel so constrained in seeking to amend legislation. The only tool we have in our toolkit so as to avoid a charge on the Exchequer is to put down these amendments and seek to have them repeated...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...me if a child cannot communicate to a parent. I am a dad of three kids. One thing we all as parents work on assiduously is getting the child to communicate with us because we want to know how the child is feeling. If that service is denied to a parent, that is something we need to work on. Similarly, ophthalmology is another area coming up on my radar in a big way. The number of...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...house from the UK could come in and acquire so much Irish land or have the potential to do so. It will walk away with the premia, let there no doubt about it. The foresters are the people I feel sorry for in all of this, because they will end up being price-takers even though we know they plant all of the forestry in this country at present. Once you start acquiring more land, you start...