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Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I support the Bill and recognise the need for the additional expenditure for the next three years, partly to reflect the increase in numbers here and the attendant costs that go with that. In what is possibly my last intervention in the House before I depart, I am glad to say that I was for a short time a member of the commission. I was grateful for the opportunity to see the inner...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (6 Nov 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 128. To ask the Minister for Health if the free fertility treatment as recently announced can be considered on a case-by-case basis, rather than as one matrix; his plans to do so; if the case of persons (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45319/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 155. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence what help is offered to those returning from overseas service to cope with any trauma, mental health issues or unforeseen experiences that those serving may have had to serve through; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44402/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 156. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans he or his Department have for the Curragh military camp; what investment is being planned for the camp; the timelines for such investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44403/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to allow a path to be opened while ownership discussions take place (details supplied). [44547/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Projects (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will facilitate a briefing of locally elected members of Cork City Council by the Attorney General and senior Department officials on the issues of the project development board regarding the retendering of the Cork event centre; and if he will assign a date for that to happen in person. [44545/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered any assistance for those qualifying for the croí cónaithe grant who cannot manage the upfront building costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44404/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered any assistance for those qualifying for the croí cónaithe grant who cannot manage the upfront building costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44404/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many home loan grants have been awarded by each local authority to those that qualified for the croí cónaithe grant and applied for the home loan grant, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44405/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the diseases of Crohn's and colitis as qualifying conditions for housing adaptation grants provided for by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44407/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Community Development Projects (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the project development board will be established for the retendering of the Cork event centre; and the persons that will be on such a board. [44543/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 664. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the diseases of Crohn’s and colitis as qualifying conditions for disability and invalidity payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44406/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 827. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to have regard to an issue (details supplied). [44238/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 923. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Early Learning Care and School-Age Childcare services inspected in 2023 and 2024, broken down by community or private service, service size, full day care, part time, sessional, school age childcare and county, in tabular form. [44462/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 924. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Early Learning Care and School-Age Childcare services that were found to be non-compliant in 2023 and 2024 in relation to staffing ratios, staff qualifications, Garda vetting and basic needs, broken down by private or community and private service, service size and full day care, part time,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 977. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of providers that have been paid AIM funding for 2024; and the number awaiting payment, by county, in tabular form. [45113/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 1246. To ask the Minister for Health to examine a case involving publicly funded fertility treatment (details supplied). [45116/24]

Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)

Seán Sherlock: In a similar vein to Deputy Connolly, first of all I acknowledge the need for this. I appreciate that we had a briefing on this last week. I am old school in that I hate rushing legislation. We need a little more time on these matters, but we are where we are. I acknowledge the work of Dr. Mark Coen, Dr. Maeve O'Rourke, Dr. Clare McGettrick, Professor James Smith and Professor...

Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I am a little bit at pains to understand the justification with regard to the inpatient hospital treatment insertion within the legislation. However, I am very conscious of the need to have this legislation dispensed with today. On that basis, I will withdraw, but I suspect we will be coming back to that very issue again at some future date. I have no doubt about it. I think we all share...