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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Sep 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 1821.To ask the Minister for Health the total complement of orthodontic dentists in the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35190/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Sep 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 1822.To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant orthodontic dental positions in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35191/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Sep 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 1826.To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthodontic dental positions open and being recruited.[35207/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (9 Sep 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 1827.To ask the Minister for Health the number of juvenile patients on the orthodontic dental waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35208/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Sep 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 1921.To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the lack of a dedicated/funded physiotherapy or occupational therapy post to acute stroke in University Hospital Waterford (UHW) (details supplied); the additional resourcing that is available to the UHW stroke unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35885/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment Blackspots: Discussion (25 Sep 2024)

Matt Shanahan: My apologies, I had to step out but I got the opening statements and some of the discussions. I thank the representatives and their respective groupings for the important work they are doing. It is an interesting conversation in terms of where Ireland is at present and the changing demographics in the country. It has been highlighted in the two reports I have read and in the opening...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment Blackspots: Discussion (25 Sep 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I want to make a point that has probably been made a number of times already. The welfare trap and the reliance on welfare is now juxtaposed with the cost of employment. The entry-level costs of employment for an employer taking on somebody, regardless of what role the person is in, means that person has to return value to the employer. That is going to be difficult with people who have a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (23 Jul 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 1744.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that parents should take in order to apply for a refund of private assessment fees paid, to avoid the long HSE assessment waiting lists to have their child assessed for special needs. [31053/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (18 Sep 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport is his Department is aware of the advertising of possible fast-track Irish licence applications (details supplied); if his Department is aware of the website and any of the claims that it makes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36297/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 706. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1921 of 9 September 2024, if the response will be reviewed given the matters raised were not fully addressed (details supplied) in relation to stroke-service resourcing at University Hospital Waterford; his position in terms of proposed future additional clinical and capital funding; and if he will make a statement on...

Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2024)

Matt Shanahan: First, I commend Cáit Nic Amhlaoibh, our Regional Group parliamentary assistant, for her help. The Regional Group previously brought forward a motion on these issues in February. We continue to press for the rights of family carers and for carers to be formally and properly recognised for the value, contribution and intrinsic good they offer our State. Would the Minister of State...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Sep 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy O’Gorman, on becoming leader of the Green Party. Approximately a fortnight ago, on Damien Tiernan’s show on Waterford Local Radio FM, the Minister pleaded ignorance on the status of the Waterford Airport business case but promised to look into it. The Green Party considers politics to be an honourable profession, but the people of Waterford...

Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Sep 2024)

Matt Shanahan: The next slot is the Government's and I ask the Minister of State would she prevail to allow Deputy Durkan contribute for a few minutes.

Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Sep 2024)

Matt Shanahan: The Deputy has five minutes.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (26 Sep 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Gary Gannon - To discuss the potential Summerhill primary care centre. Deputy Neasa Hourigan - To discuss expanded access to Naloxone medication. Deputy Claire Kerrane - To discuss falling Garda numbers in Roscommon and Galway....

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Budget Statement 2025 (1 Oct 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I support what Deputy Berry said about the Mitchell scholars. The unprecedented €10.5 billion budget announcement reflects a heady mix of previous decision-making bearing fruit, good fortune, but also the pain and discipline of the austerity years. The measures announced offer a reprieve from the merciless grip of inflation, rising prices and the diminishing purchasing power...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (1 Oct 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine the scheduled Bus Éireann service from Waterford to Rosslare Ferry, which is scheduled to arrive at Rosslare Port five minutes after the Ferry sails, without offering any opportunity for passengers to present 30 minutes prior to departure, as required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38789/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)

Matt Shanahan: In 2020, the people of Waterford placed their trust me, many driven by a single issue, namely, the undelivered promise of 24-7 cardiac care in University Hospital Waterford. This is a critical service and a matter of life and death for the 600,000 people in the south east who rely on University Hospital Waterford. We have seen the tragic consequences of this unmet need through stories like...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)

Matt Shanahan: Yesterday, the Government announced a budget of €10.1 billion and yet in the south east at this time, we can only treat heart-attack patients in a cath lab for 60 hours per week. I remind the Taoiseach that Katie Hannon's RTÉ report showed that only 3% of heart-attack patients were getting out of the region when the Waterford lab was closed. That report was from five years ago...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (2 Oct 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the technical financial analysis in full detail that has delayed a Department review of the Waterford airport business case, with the understanding that private equity commitment is provided for over half the project cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39392/24]