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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Seán Sherlock: Pat "the Cope" Gallagher was a great man for the passports.

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I rise on behalf of the Labour Party to support the amendment. Reference has been made to the former Deputy and former Leas-Cheann Comhairle, Pat the Cope Gallagher, who holds the respect of every single person in this House, both past and present. He spoke with passion in respect of Statutory Instrument 89 of 2019. He argued that natural justice must be allowed to occur and that common...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I refer again to recruitment and retention. The former Deputy Pat Rabbitte is now chair of Tusla. He came before the committee some weeks ago and the recruitment and retention of social workers was a key area that he wanted to discuss. In parallel with the IFCA, he also raised bridging education that would upskill social care staff. If people have identified this as an issue that has been...

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (17 Oct 2018)

Seán Sherlock: ...gave evidence the tribunal accepted what was said. The class includes Deputy Frances Fitzgerald but also Deputies Micheál Martin, John McGuinness, John Deasy, Mick Wallace, Clare Daly, the former Deputy, Pat Rabbitte, and my party leader, Deputy Brendan Howlin. The report contains a final chapter of recommendations. We need to return to them and consider them in detail, perhaps in...

Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2018)

Seán Sherlock: ...am, and if so I stand to be corrected in due course but I will make my few points. The Internet content governance advisory group, ICGAG, report was set up at the behest of the former Minister, Pat Rabbitte, and it contains a set of recommendations that have not yet been adopted. I strongly believe we now have legislation before us that can be subject to amendment but that allows for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Seán Sherlock: .... The Irish position is unambiguous. It depends on who is in government at a particular point in time. We will not be presumptuous. I want to talk about prudential supervision. Do Mr. Pat Lardner or Mr. Marc Coleman know how many new authorisations have been granted by the Central Bank across financial services in the past six or 12 months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Current Developments in Northern Ireland: Discussion on Fresh Start Agreement (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Sherlock: ...my generation as there is on those who go before us to ensure that the legacy issues are not forgotten. We need to continue to press the British Government on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, the Pat Finucane case and the relatives groups. In the context of to the issue of disclosure and national security, we need to ensure that some mechanism is found to deal with the outstanding...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (22 Jan 2015)

Seán Sherlock: ...and reconstruction support. An enormous amount has been achieved over the past twelve months. I am pleased that a delegation from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, led by Chairman, Mr Pat Breen, T.D., had the opportunity last November to visit Irish Aid-supported programmes for communities recovering from Typhoon Haiyan in and around Tacloban. The delegation saw...

Northern Ireland and the Stormont House Agreement: Statements (20 Jan 2015)

Seán Sherlock: ...reform. That must be understood for the historical record of the House and the purposes of clarity in reply to some of the points raised by Members opposite. While the case of the late Pat Finucane did not come within the scope of the Stormont House Agreement, the position of the Irish Government on this important point has not changed. A commitment to having a public inquiry on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (18 Dec 2014)

Seán Sherlock: ...who are rebuilding their lives and livelihoods. An enormous amount has been achieved over the past twelve months. I am pleased that a delegation from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, led by Chairman Pat Breen, T.D., had the opportunity last month to visit Irish Aid-supported programmes for communities recovering from Typhoon Haiyan in and around Tacloban. The...

Topical Issue Debate: Broadcast Advertising Standards Regulation (8 May 2014)

Seán Sherlock: ...where advertisements for shows on sister stations were broadcast. I listen to RTE radio and this practice can sometimes seem contradictory. I also noted the comments made by the Minister, Deputy Pat Rabbitte. However, the reply I have just read clearly indicates that there are guidelines which apply within RTE in whether it accepts advertisements from other broadcasters. The station...

Topical Issue Debate: Broadcast Advertising Standards Regulation (8 May 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte. RTE is an independent national public service broadcaster, the remit and obligations of which are set out in the Broadcasting Act 2009. Section 114(1) of the Act states the principal objects and associated powers of RTE, while section 98 provides that it shall be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Forthcoming Competitiveness Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister of State (2 Oct 2012)

Seán Sherlock: With the permission of the Chair, I will call on my officials, Mr. Tommy Murray and Mr. Pat Kelly, on some of the technical issues. I was not aware of the sunset clause to which Senator Quinn referred, but I will defer to Mr. Murray to answer that specific question. The issues relating to food are in the health silos but we have a prioritisation action group which is a research...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Forthcoming Competitiveness Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister of State (2 Oct 2012)

Seán Sherlock: ...in Luxembourg on 10 and 11 October. I will also briefly apprise the joint committee of my Department's priorities for the EU Presidency in 2013. I am accompanied by Mr. Tommy Murray and Mr. Pat Kelly from my Department and Mr. Tim Cullinane from the Department of Education and Skills. I will begin by dealing with the outcome of the previous Council in May. It was a two day meeting...

Information Technology (12 Jul 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, has specific responsibility for this area. I do not know whether the Deputy has engaged with him on this matter, but I suggest he does so because he would get a definitive answer on what we are doing with regard to broadband. For the purposes of addressing the issue of the potential of cloud computing, I...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (6 Dec 2011)

Seán Sherlock: ...2 below. Table 2: SFI Board Members' Remuneration 2010 Board Members Amount Paid in 2010 Sean Ahearne €13,463 Tom Boland €0 Dr. Rita Colwell €12,600 Bernie Cullinane €13,463 Prof. Patrick Fottrell (Chairman) €21,600 Prof. Frank Gannon €11,722 Peter MacDonagh €12,600 Dr. Martina Newell McGloughlin €12,600 Dr. James Mountjoy €12,600 Martin Shanagher €0 John...

Hospital Services (1 Jul 2010)

Seán Sherlock: ...modelling system ranging from 1 to 4, depending on the category of hospital, and which will put Mallow into the No. 2 category. The document states that this hospital will not have an ICU so the patients and doctors need to be made aware that the resources are not in place to provide the full spectrum of an acute hospital resuscitation, that is, intubation, ventilation and resuscitation,...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Protection of Debtors) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the publication of this Private Members' Bill and I congratulate Deputy Flanagan on the work he has done on it. It is worthy of support. Deputy Pat Rabbitte summed up the basis of the Bill last night when he stated that this is a growth industry for the times in which we live. People find themselves indebted for whatever reason and in some cases they are extremely vulnerable,...

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the publication of the Bill. I acknowledge the work of Deputy Pat Rabbitte in introducing the Garda Síochána (Powers of Surveillance) Bill, which I believe is the forerunner to the legislation before the House today. I also acknowledge the very helpful document published by the Oireachtas Library and Research service, which was an invaluable source for me, in particular, in...

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2008)

Seán Sherlock: ...Although the alcohol advisory group made recommendations with regard to closing times, not all of its recommendations are necessarily contained in the Bill, from what I have read. I repeat Deputy Pat Rabbitte's point that the sale of alcohol Bill must deal with the cultural aspects of alcohol consumption in this country by modifying closing times and the right to be able to purchase...