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

Matt Shanahan: Mr. Clonan will obviously acknowledge that the use of fixed-wing aircraft is a far better solution for top cover than asking two rescue helicopters to co-ordinate.

Appropriation Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Minister for remaining in the House to listen to the debate on the Appropriation Bill. He has highlighted that the purpose of the Bill is to give statutory authority to the amounts voted by the Dáil during the year and provide for the definitive capital carry-over from 2021 to 2022. In aggregate, the Estimates amount to €73.1 billion. The comparable amount in the...

Appropriation Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I will. I would welcome better procurement and better policy and I would love to see better oversight of appropriation.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 568. To ask the Minister for Health the specific health guidance that relates to the European advice note (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61220/21]

Appropriation Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: In my contribution last night I touched on the carryover into 2022 of an unspent €800 million. I also highlighted many issues in Waterford. Although I wanted to keep the observations to a national context I am afraid the announcements overnight force me to do otherwise. The Department of Transport's support package of €108 million to regional aviation bypasses Waterford...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Needed to Support the Economic Recovery Plan: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank our guests for participating and for the information they sent us. We have stepped into an area where on which there is no limit to the discussion that could take place. Members have touched on different areas this morning. In general, we are talking about a worldwide shift in economic and social patterns and activity. Globalisation is impacting on the market and we have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Needed to Support the Economic Recovery Plan: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I will take Dr. Power up on that point. While I am aware of a number of the platforms Dr. Power spoke about, I do not know how successful they have been in terms of trying to intersect the SME community with large FDI buyers. There are many reasons it is difficult. Enterprise Ireland's remit is focused only on export opportunities. The local enterprise offices, LEOs, are doing good work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Registration Office: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank our guests. Like other members of the committee, I welcome the efforts of the office over the past two difficult years. I note the reforms of the ODCE and the separate resourcing, which is a positive arrangement, and the announcement that the co-operatives Bill will come forward in the new year, which is also helpful. The witnesses might expand briefly on the further limited...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Registration Office: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: That is fair enough. Returning to the point made about the legislation not allowing for individual flexibility on the extension of deadlines, is there some provision in the legislation to allow for an appeal in respect of additional fines and penalties, and an extension in that regard, without having to go back to draft new legislation? This is a problem for small businesses and it is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Registration Office: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: Mr. Newham stated that his Department sent eight referrals to the ODCE and he indicated that the number will rise. I am sure he well remembers Celtic tiger times when a large number of companies, especially in the services and construction sectors, were falling over, were reimagined and were back in business within a week or two. We are in similar circumstances with booming construction,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Registration Office: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: It is to be hoped that the SCARP legislation will be enacted early in the new year and will allow small businesses to seek an administration solution without having to go to the High Court or into liquidation. How is the CRO linking in with that legislation? How close is it to the legislation and how aware is that of how the SCARP process will operate? Where it is unsuccessful, when will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Registration Office: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank Mr. Newham.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Matt Shanahan: Just before Christmas, the Department of Transport-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Matt Shanahan: Just before Christmas the Government, through the Department of Transport, published a preliminary pre-qualification questionnaire for the national air-sea rescue service. The tender suggests a reduction of the helicopter bases from four to three and that the applicant companies can propose their own base configurations. This is creating extraordinary unease in the south east in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Jan 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 708. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way two post-primary school students who have moved to Waterford city recently could be left without available school places (details supplied); the way in which these children are to access education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63091/21]

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Shanahan: This legislation is long-awaited and seeks to right significant wrongs. People were let down by people in authority, by religious institutions, by caregivers and, it must be said, by their own family members in some cases. It is to be hoped that this Bill will deliver full access to birth and early life details to people who have been the responsibility of the State in any capacity in order...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the guidelines issued by the Office of Government Procurement to Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2279/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the community health activity presently being resourced on the University Hospital Waterford (UHW) campus; the reason these services cannot be moved away from the hospital campus to other community health service areas, thus making space for additional priority medical need at UHW given the requirement for capital development space at UHW; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 293. To ask the Minister for Health the new patient pathways that have been developed within the health community sector that allow for the decanting of non-urgent care patients from University Hospital Waterford; the planning that is ongoing to deliver such an initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2767/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 294. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an existing capital development of new cath lab at University Hospital Waterford which was to have a 12-bed allocation in support (details supplied); the steps being taken to secure such additional capital space adjacent to the new cath lab given that the cardiac bed allocation is a significant commitment of the Programme...