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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Poverty (24 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: The Minister will be aware that in 2021 the European Commission adopted the European Union child guarantee. The guarantee aims to prevent and combat child poverty and social exclusion in the EU by supporting the 27 member states to make efforts to guarantee access to quality key services for children in need. How does the Minister intend to implement the European child guarantee? What is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Poverty (24 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: I know from conversations I have had with the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien, that they fully understand the implications of this for children of early ages. I refer to issues such as difficulty in education or homelessness which can have lifelong implications. There is also the pressures on families. I refer to the work we on the housing committee do on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Poverty (24 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister. I welcome that the national action plan will be produced shortly. It is my understanding the Minister will then send it to the EU for it to overlook the plan. Obviously, the Minister is fully aware of the implications of Ukrainian residents coming to live in Ireland. There will be many children involved in that so I am delighted to see the Minister and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Official Engagements (24 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: 16. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his engagements while abroad for St Patrick’s Day; the way these engagements were beneficial for the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15370/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Official Engagements (24 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: That is absolutely fine, a Chathaoirligh. I followed the Minister’s extensive engagements across the St. Patrick’s week visits with interest and it seemed a very packed schedule. Can the Minister outline the work that he carried out on behalf of the State and the benefits and experience gained for both himself and the State from such a visit?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Official Engagements (24 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: As we are very short on time to go into this in detail, I believe that 38 meetings over a short period of time is quite an extensive number of engagements. The House in general would benefit from reports and updates back from all Ministers who go on these visits as we will all gain from the experience that he received overseas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their submissions. I read the report some time ago and thought it was excellent. That is why I sought this meeting. I am conscious that we are the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications and that we shadow the Department of Transport. We are entering an era of unprecedented investment into public transport, active transport, public places...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: Gender balance on committees like this is something we must be conscious of, especially when we are in an era of such substantial public investment in public transport. We need to get it right and we know from the past we have not got transport or planning right. We have a good opportunity to do it now. I will go straight to the report. I have a number of questions and will direct them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: Yes. Do Ms Cahill or Dr. Rock have a view on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: Would it be a European norm that outside the capital city 95% of women would consider a car to be a necessity or are we an outlier in that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: Okay. It is an incredible figure. It jumps off the page at me straight away.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: I wonder how we address car dependency and the climate issues associated with a figure like that. I will move on. The research on women and cycling was talked about and I am delighted to see more research coming from this. We have really damaged children's independence in the way we have designed our streets and in that car dependency again. We have also put this huge stressful...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Ms Cahill. I might direct the question to Ms Fox as well in her role as a landscape architect. Let us consider the local authorities. It might sound like I am having a go at engineers here. Engineers are great. They are great at building things and getting the technical compliance and the functionality of something. However, I wonder if we have enough urban designers, transport...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Dr. Rock but I must allow time for Dr. Leva to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: In the international context, unattended stations and driver-only-operated transport systems developed as cost rationalisations by public transport companies to reduces the wages bill. Are they the norm throughout European rail and train systems, railway stations and light-rail systems, or are they starting to reverse that trend because of the benefits of doing so? More people might be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: Have drivers been redeployed to attend stations or what is the trend? Are the stations unattended also? The transport mode is unattended and autonomous and the stations are vacant as well. Is that the trend throughout Europe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Dr. Leva.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: I have a suggestion. I do not know if our witnesses can hear but I refer to the CSO survey and the NTA survey. They are the experts and we should try to engage them to see what others should be included in another survey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: That was Senator Boylan's suggestion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Steven Matthews: Will the Senator give us a synopsis of the book?