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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: Apologies, I lost the last part of Ms Coogan’s contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: The last thing I will add is not a question but a statement. I welcome the work the Department has done on this. It is progressive and we should endorse it. Hopefully the Minister will sign it. One issue that arises for smaller contractors going on to sites is how they are being treated by general contractors. This pay floor will obviously mandate that a smaller contractor must offer...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Taoiseach's officials for their behind-the-scenes engagement over continuing recruitment anomalies for our cardiology services at University Hospital Waterford, UHW. Hopefully, there will be no further snafus with building on the Taoiseach's promise to the people of the south east. It is fair to say that we had all better keep a beady eye on the delivery of these future approved...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: Insurance is not working, as the Taoiseach knows. It is becoming unaffordable and unavailable for a significant number of sectors. Many only have recourse to one underwriter and they have to pay whatever is being asked of them. The Taoiseach mentioned PIAB and he knows PIAB claims are being circumvented with the attachment of post traumatic stress to soft tissue injuries. That was never...

Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I note the Comptroller and Auditor General's recent report on the accounts of the public services shows, once again, a worryingly high success rate for social welfare appeals. From approximately 26,000 appeals, some 14,000, or just over 50%, appear to have led to a revised decision. This raises important questions about the fairness, transparency and efficiency of social welfare...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. We are talking about reducing the amount of money paid to insurers by way of risk equalisation on the basis of the criteria of age, gender and level of cover, also known as age-related health credits. We are introducing a new system of high-cost claim credits and reducing the stamp duty payable on all health insurance policies that feed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (7 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 501. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of accident and emergency department attendances at Beaumont, the Mater, St. Vincent's and Tallaght Hospitals per week from 1 September 2021 to date by complete attendances at accident and emergency department and by an ambulance or walk-in, respectively; the daily and weekly patient numbers admitted overnight as in-patients; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (7 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 502. To ask the Minister for Health if international surrogacy will be excluded from the upcoming Assisted Human Reproduction Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59892/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (7 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 503. To ask the Minister for Health when a clear timeline for legislation recognising international surrogacy alongside retrospective declaration of parentage will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59893/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (7 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 504. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) and its community will be invited to participate in future international surrogacy legislation in order to have positive input into the draft legislation to ensure no child is left behind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59894/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (7 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 658. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department is now requiring a habitat map to be prepared by an independent ecologist at the applicant's expense before it will assess afforestation applications; his views on whether this should be completed by a Departmental forestry ecologist at his Department’s expense given that the forestry service has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (7 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 659. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation and felling licences granted in the past twelve months; the details of those licenses granted to any public body such as Coillte or other; the number awarded to private land holders and farmers in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60012/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (7 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 660. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the metric by which forest road licence applications are conjoined with or take account of felling or afforestation licenses pending given neither activity can be undertaken without a forest road licence to access the timber or the planting site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60013/21]

Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Minister of State for his comments and I thank the Government for supporting the motion, which has been crafted from a large body of work by colleagues and me in the Regional Group. It is clear that Ireland is not on track to reach our target of 5,000 MW of offshore wind by the end of 2030. We have significant planning difficulties, as the Minister of State is aware, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the witnesses. I want to direct my questions purely to the Department, if I may please. I want to acknowledge the sacrifice of the crews of Rescue 116 and Rescue 111, which crashed in 1999, as I did in the Dáil last night. Again, I express my sympathies to their families and the family of Caitríona Lucas. The responsibility for the leadership of the air-sea rescue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I will not and that is as far as I am going.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I would appreciate that. I would point out that we have a valuable service in the south-east region. An airport is under threat simply because of the lack of funding. It is breathtaking. As I said last night, the figure of €350,000 that is needed to support our services in Waterford has been rescinded, while the figure of €126 million has been allocated to the rest of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I ask the Chair that in the follow-up discussions Mr. Clonan would come back to this point. It is an extremely important point for air-sea rescue. It started in 2018. I accept that there are difficulties around training. I accept that there are difficulties with Covid-19. However, in light of the Rescue 116 report and what we now know, we cannot afford to be delaying this any longer....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Matt Shanahan: To reiterate, I asked about the development of a policy document similar to the UK Civil Aviation Authority's CAP 999 document. Does the Department or the IAA have something in place? The CAP 999 document is on governance and standard operating procedures for helicopter search and rescue services. I also asked Ms O'Keeffe to set out her personal opinion on the use of a fixed-wing aircraft...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Matt Shanahan: Will Ms O'Keeffe address the question on the fixed-wing aircraft?