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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (12 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 658. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of whole-time equivalent persons assigned to wildlife management within the district veterinary office in Waterford tasked to manage all aspects of the TB eradication scheme, in particular the management of wild badger numbers; the changes plus or minus within that recruitment resource number over the past five years;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (12 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 659. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the veterinary resources that are made available by his Department to the managing of the TB eradication scheme which manages badger monitoring, vaccination and culling operations to inhibit the spread of the disease; if these are resourced personnel Department employees or in the service outsourced; the level of badger culling...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Science Foundation Ireland (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes he is proposing to the allocation of research funding though Science Foundation Ireland in view of the fact that significant new money was awarded in 2020 despite existing and previous grant approved research projects being bypassed nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49587/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to prioritise investment in the research areas of agriculture, forestry and horticulture which will be significant components of future carbon mitigation activity in the climate plan in the programme of a new TUSE; his views on whether these objectives go far enough to meeting obligations (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a commitment will be given to provide the necessary capital expenditure required to ensure the expansion of the existing WIT footprint to enable a seamless move to a technical university status in Waterford; his views on whether this expansion will be sufficient to cater for the increased demand; the expected measures to be taken to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new proposed construction commencement date for two new PPP science buildings in the Waterford and Carlow campuses; if a commitment will be given to a de facto authorised commencement order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49590/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the threshold of repair funding he is proposing to sanction for repair works at WIT given that previous repair applications of up to a total €20 million were requested to deal with building refurbishment on teaching and laboratory buildings some of which are close to 40 years old (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Development Plan (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a commitment will be given that funding and development for the WIT campus at Waterford will proceed regardless of other developmental issues that may arise in the other campus areas of Carlow and Wexford with respect to the revised National Development Plan which stipulates expansion of the WIT campus area; and if he will make a statement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Chairman and the Department officials this morning. I will ask some questions which will touch on a couple of areas. First, I ask about phone scam marketing and I am thinking particularly of those who target children on ready-to-go mobiles. I have had family experience of this where my daughter clicked on a promotion and basically ended signing up to a subscription service that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: My other two questions are as follows. Where our witnesses mentioned that member states have the ability to recommend further enforcement of sanctions, has the Department itself made recommendations in this respect? On the provisions of the Bill, are the officials present aware of or supporting any discussions with the Department of Justice in respect to resourcing the Garda National...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: That has been helpful. I thank Ms McNamara.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: As a historian, long before he became our Taoiseach, the Taoiseach must have thought about what his enduring legacy might be. I used to think the oft-quoted Fianna Fáil reflection on Government as "senior hurling" was about political competition, the training and effort taken, the resilience and gumption required and the skill of our national sport, not that our Cabinet members tog out...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: The Taoiseach has spectacularly failed to answer the question I asked. What I take from that is that his hard answer is "No" and that he will leave office in December 2022, in 14 months, without that promise to the people of the south east being kept. Other promises in the programme for Government are being kept, despite the incredible challenges of Covid but if the Taoiseach's promise on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: What about 24-7 services?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: Make the commitment. We want to see the commitment.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: We are speaking about the hospital, not the North Quays.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: My question relates to the package of aviation supports announced of €126 million in total in grant assistance. I compare that to the withdrawal of stopgap funding of €375,000 to Waterford Regional Airport per year. There is a stunning absence of detail on this massive state aid to the sector. I have brought this up before. How is the Oireachtas expected to discharge our...

Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I am happy to join colleagues in supporting this Bill regarding autism. I know the Minister of State is very proactive in this area. We know that boys are three times more likely to suffer from autism than girls. In Ireland today more than 14,000 students have an autism diagnosis. That is one in 65 nationally, so the condition is quite prevalent. It is also a lifelong condition, as has...

Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I understand that. I am highlighting the fact that things have been changed. I believe a year or a year and a half was given to implement the change, but the understanding is that services will have to migrate to Dungarvan. I ask the Minister of State to examine that.

Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Minister of State for clarifying that, because I had not heard that. People have told me the position has not been clarified for them. I ask the Minister of State and Minister for Education to re-examine the number of SEN and SNA positions. It is a significant problem across the board. Schools in Waterford are suffering because they are not getting additional SNAs. They...