Results 961-980 of 2,283 for speaker:Matt Shanahan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Matt Shanahan: That is very precise. I now turn to SOLAS. We have been unfortunate in County Waterford that we have experienced high-level redundancies. The first was Waterford Crystal many years ago. We still had issues relating to this coming before the committee last week regarding the wind-up of Waterford Crystal. There is also Debenhams. On the funding and redundancy package that was on offer to...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: It is fair to say that the Northern Ireland protocol is being used for political leverage, specifically by the northern unionists, to seek concessions. It is also being used to stymie the resumption of the Northern Ireland Executive, which is holding up effective governance in the North of Ireland. This is especially noted with regard to the IMF announcement on the UK economy today. The...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: We all agree that the resumption of the Executive is needed to offer hope and better governance and administration of the Northern Ireland budget and economy. What might be on offer in the shared island initiative? When I look at Derry, I see many similarities with my own city of Waterford. That city has suffered from a lack of per capitaresourcing for its university and hospital, which is...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the ongoing discussions regarding possible changes to the Brexit protocol that can assist the movement of goods between the island of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom. [4793/23]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Will the Tánaiste advise regarding the ongoing new revised negotiations around the Brexit protocol in terms of the movement of goods on and off the island in respect of the preservation of the open Border?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 353. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the backlog of paper application passports and timelines to resolving the ongoing application delays in processing same. [4794/23]

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I am happy to take part in this important debate about the future of forestry in Ireland and to examine the rationale of the Government's current policy. Ecology and biology have long been used in the lexicon of forestry language and we can now add a new word, “codology”, because that is the best description of the recent activity announced by Coillte, a State-supported company...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: There has been much talk in the House in recent days of the use of State assets, how Irish interests are being protected and such, and the use of financial investment vehicles to create additional resourcing. At present we are embarking on a multi-billion euro strategy to delivery offshore wind energy and again we will have to utilise foreign investment houses. The Taoiseach may not be able...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (25 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 167. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the capital build programme to deliver a new disability centre in Waterford in conjunction with a charity (details supplied); the timeline for the project; the capital approvals sought and approved to date; the expected timeline to build and deliver the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3457/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: There has been much discussion on the Coillte and Gresham House deal. Many of the issues have been aired already, but I will focus on the policy around it, namely, the policy to favour the State sector over the private sector. In terms of licences achieved, in 2022, Coillte achieved 110% of licences whereas private felling achieved only 80% for private afforestation. In other words, farm...

Public Dental Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: My colleague referenced the word "crisis". Every time we have a debate on healthcare, the word "crisis" crops up. Normally a crisis is seen as something that is short term and refers to some impending or looming danger. The word should not be used to describe a situation that has been in evidence for a number of years. What we are suffering in dentistry is not, in fact, a crisis but a...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Chair and welcome the people who are supporters and those who are medically connected with St. Brigid's. I have come to show my support for a facility which I would not say I know very well, but about which I know quite a bit. As has been alluded to, it was doing an excellent job in Carrick-on-Suir and dealing with a wide hinterland. I am not sure that was well understood by...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Everybody is very supportive. It is important one tries to take account of where health planning is going. Otherwise the group will keep getting shot down. If it is not the facilities, the HSE will come back to it about something else. Getting St. Brigid's back into use and, I hope, getting palliative care back into St. Brigid's properly is the high-end of achievement that should be...

Climate Action Plan 2023: Statements (18 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I am glad to participate in the debate. I took careful note of the opening statement of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and the stretching targets that he highlighted in the climate action plan. I have some questions about certain sectors. I will go through some of them and the Minister of State might reply to me in writing. I will first consider the transport sector and the adoption...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Appeals Commission (18 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 315. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of determinations arrived each year at by the Tax Appeals Commission for the years 2020 to 2022; the detail of the findings arrived at for each case as to whether they found in favour of or against the taxpayer concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63662/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (18 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 570. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 5 July 2022, if he will provide a dated record from each local authority nationwide of the number of product inspections done of concrete block, to include chemical and composition analysis to identify both the aggregate mix and the concentration of cement concentration in blocks...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (18 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a detailed listing from each local authority of the number of site inspections carried out in quarries within each local authority area that are providing aggregate for concrete block production for the past two years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1906/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Communications (18 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 1077. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the communication activities and the form in which his Department engaged in 2022 that specifically targeted Albanian and Georgian nationals to draw their attention to the Irish asylum programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63601/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (18 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 1078. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the protocols that apply to Albanian and Georgian citizens who register for refugee protection in Ireland understanding that no conflicts are presently ongoing in those countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63602/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (18 Jan 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 1079. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new applications for asylum status from Georgian and Albanian migrants in the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63603/22]