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Seanad: Vacant and Derelict Buildings: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: ...? The schemes the Government is talking about and proposed, which are welcome, need a willing seller. We know that in many instances the reality is much more complicated. In far too many cases the land hoarders, interminable legal disputes, contested wills and forgotten properties have all been tolerated, all because of some mistaken notion that property ownership is sacred in this...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and occupied Palestinian territory: Statements (12 Jul 2023)

Marie Sherlock: ...has been described by the 2017 UN report on the practices towards the Palestinian people by Israel, and the Amnesty International report came to the same conclusions with regard to the relentless land seizures, air strikes, restrictions of movement, unlawful killing and denials of their nationality and citizenship; denials of their very identity. The very reason we are having these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Marie Sherlock: ...not the extent of the outputs - do we need to start thinking about the regulation of AI in the same space as how we regulate, say, biological hazards? Mr. Lupton spoke about the concept of a land registry-type regulation system. Is that where we need to go with regard to how we regulate AI, whereby it needs to be strictly regulated in terms of its generation and use because of its...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...the Minister come to the House sooner rather than later to set out to us very clearly what he intends to do to bring to an end build-to-rent and to set out the timing. In September 2020 a report landed on the Minister's desk on bringing to an end the co-living model that was introduced in 2018 under the former Minister, Eoghan Murphy. It took the Minister until days before Christmas to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...remote work Bill in January. In February, the Minister acknowledged that changes needed to be made. On 6 July, nearly three months ago to the day, the pre-legislative report from the committee landed on the Department’s desk and we still do not have the Bill. A number of clear recommendations came from the committee, particularly with regard to the waiting time before somebody...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...scrutiny that is going to be allowed for in the Dáil and Seanad. We also need to understand that the concerns that will be articulated during that period will be taken into account. In the Ireland of 2022, it is simply unthinkable that a new hospital funded with almost €1 billion of taxpayers' money would involve anything other than full State control. I looked at the draft...

Seanad: Situation in the Middle East: Statements (1 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...towards the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid, came to the same conclusions as the Amnesty International report, namely, that the Palestinian people had been subject to relentless land seizures, air strikes, restrictions on movement, unlawful killing and denials of their nationality and citizenship - denials of their very identity. It is as abhorrent when it happens in Gaza...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: ...terms of accessing funding, which we know local authorities have great difficulty in doing in respect of housing, but there is also the issue of councillors on local authorities controlling their land.That is what this amendment is about and we support Senator Boyhan's amendment also. Senator Martin made an important point. Public land is the people's land and has to be held to a higher...

Seanad: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: ...only the pandemic but also Brexit that is a great challenge. The Labour Party's main objection to the Bill relates to stamp duty changes. I am conscious that the Affordable Housing Bill and the Land Development Agency Bill will be discussed here this evening. I understand the intent behind both, notwithstanding my huge reservations and concerns about the mechanisms employed in both of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: ...discussing concerns over religious ethos and suggesting that some of those concerns may not be well founded. I think the articles missed the point. If we are going to have a new hospital, we need to have it on publicly owned land, publicly operated and with a publicly controlled governance structure, and nothing less will do. For too long we have had systems in this country that are...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (25 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: ...Any of us in this House, whether as councillors, Senators, or, in some cases, former Deputies or Ministers, know that housing issues such as access to housing, substandard housing, mistreatment by landlords, rent increases and evictions are the hardest issues to deal with. Any improvement for tenants has to be welcome. Section 5 of the Bill with regards to amounts legally payable is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Reviews (24 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: ...redundancies. What is the Government currently doing with the employment recommendations in the report? I do not need to tell the Minister of State that five years have elapsed since the report landed into his current Department. Obviously the report was a response to the situation that arose with Clerys at the time. We know that with many other companies going into liquidation, and...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: ...intended as a long-term housing support measure. We need to introduce rent controls on new units because at the moment build-to-rent units are not subject to rent caps. With regard to the purchase of land, because of the tax advantages that institutional investors can avail of in this country they can buy up tracks of land within our cities and develop a poorer quality of housing....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (5 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: ...board what the Minister of State has said about the Department being very responsive in recent years and would point out that in this particular instance, space is not an issue. There is plenty of land on which to develop a school building. I hope the Department will move sooner rather than later in terms of its commitment to deliver a permanent building on that site.