Results 281-300 of 2,283 for speaker:Matt Shanahan

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: The point I was making was purely on a review of the funding for the service and the activity. It was nothing more than that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. As a Deputy who sits on the Covid-19 committee I am quite happy to meet NPHET, the Department and the officials next week. We will have a far better chance then to see where the trajectory of this disease is going and we will get the opportunity to ask those questions. Furthermore, if it is not working, we will get the chance to hear the follow-up plan which we...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Company Liquidations (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: 117. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his further plans to engage with the liquidators appointed to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25052/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: 393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the leaving certificate class of 2020 are by no means the only leaving certificate students who will be directly affected by loss of class time and alterations and non-completion of their curriculum (details supplied); her further views on whether the incoming sixth class due to take their exams in 2021 will also be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: 419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the weight being borne in school bags by primary and secondary pupils (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24825/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: 494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether it is regretful that the Government has failed to legislate for the areas examined by the Duffy-Cahill report in view of the difficulties being faced by workers of a company (details supplied); her plans to conduct a thorough review of the report; if so, when the review will commence; when legislation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: 775. To ask the Minister for Health when the resumption of normal diabetes reviews in hospitals and primary care settings will take place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25181/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: 830. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an OCG review of a capital approval for a new cath lab in UHW given in September 2018 should now be required (details supplied); the reason it should take four months to review such a proposal; the reason the project could not be fast tracked considering the capital expenditure has been ringfenced for over 12 months; and if he will make a...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Strategic Options for Government Plan to Eliminate Community Transmission (23 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Chair and the witnesses this morning for their candid comments, which are welcome. Dr. Schaffer spoke about the new learnings in nursing homes and how the implementation of new infection protocols and the additional use of PPE were proving very successful. Is that a strategy we can continue to use in the context of nursing homes? Would it give us almost 100% protection against...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Strategic Options for Government Plan to Eliminate Community Transmission (23 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I have a question for all the witnesses. Is the perfect the enemy of the good? We have been speaking about the need for rapid testing and a number of rapid tests are starting to become available. I have given information to NPHET in respect of rapid testing with a basis in antigen testing. There does not seem to be an appetite to implement something where a test could be turned around in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Strategic Options for Government Plan to Eliminate Community Transmission (23 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: Do any of the contributors believe that mandatory mask wearing in all public settings, even on the streets of Dublin, can dampen down the disease for both young and old?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Tests (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: 4. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the trials of proposed pre-flight airport testing and airport protocols before entry here; the stage of the process; the position regarding the overall situation in relation to air travel into and out of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25992/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Tests (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: Our aviation sector is in crisis. I ask the Minister to update the House on the trials of proposed pre-flight airport testing and airport protocols before entry into Ireland, the stage of the process and the position regarding the overall situation in relation to air travel into and out of the country.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Tests (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Minister of State. It is abundantly clear that the aviation sector is in crisis. As has been documented internationally, we have imposed tighter strictures on the level of activity in the sector. We have Brexit coming down the tracks and people will need access to air travel in order to create new connections and to open new markets. I am not sure how widely we have been...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Tests (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I reiterate the importance of the aviation sector to Ireland. As the Minister of State probably is aware, Ireland has the world's largest aircraft leasing centre. In addition, particularly in respect of Ryanair, there is the question regarding services into Cork, Shannon and Knock. Will the Minister of State give an update on Waterford Airport's application for funding under the Department...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: The programme for Government outlines that the Government wishes to establish a national medicines agency to set a fair price for drug reimbursement. I can tell the Minister that that process is not working. I am aware of applications for drug reimbursement which would save the State millions but which are not being approved because headline discounts of up to 50% are required. No...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: Can we expedite it?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the contracts of private bus operators with respect to public service obligation agreements through Bus Éireann; if contracts have been renewed and agreed with operators; if consideration has been given to supporting private operators running private bus services which may have to reduce to 50% capacity; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: 767. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a refusal to be swabbed for Covid-19; the refusal rate at the centre; the legal powers of the HSE to demand that swabs be taken in circumstances in which disease risk is suspected but persons refuse permission; the rates of refusal at other centres nationally; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Shanahan: 972. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by the University Hospital Waterford to provide insulin pump therapy as a treatment option to all eligible adults with type 1 diabetes; the plans of the hospital to provide type 1 diabetes self-management education to adults attending its clinic; if the hospital has included the specialist nursing staff and dieticians required to...