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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jan 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the continued massing of Russian troops on the border of Ukraine is a cause for real concern (details supplied); if his Department and the Government has a role to play as interlocuter or mediator between Russia and European interests; if Ireland’s ambassadorial team has considered adopting such an initiative;...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the House for the forbearance. I congratulate and thank the Government - I should say our Government - for the belated wisdom in amending the Department of Transport's provisional tender questionnaire for the Irish Coast Guard air and sea rescue services. It comes as a great relief to all of us in the south east who rely on this service. It begs the question as to whether a larger...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: What the Taoiseach has referenced there is the ability of people in the south east to get up and go. I absolutely concur with that. The issue I am talking about is an infrastructural piece, which is Waterford Airport. The Taoiseach accused me of developing conspiracy theories. I put it to him that €350,000 in annual stopgap funding has been withdrawn and that the airport was...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: So it is a "No".

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: There is a range of areas that need investment.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: We are not talking about the technological university. I am talking specifically about the airport.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: Yes, across a range of areas. This is a key one.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: All these things are necessary.

Easing of Covid-19 Restrictions: Statements (2 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: Like everyone else in the House, I welcome the public health advice. It now signals, I hope, a transition out of Covid. We will be asking questions about what we have learned. There are a couple of issues I would like to raise in that regard, one of which is the use of antigen testing. We will have to figure out how for 15 months we could not implement a public health measure which has...

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: I welcome this Bill and I wish to congratulate the Minister on bringing it forward, particularly given its long gestation and the many false starts. Higher education is a serious business. It is critical to our economic, social, and cultural progress. When you gather all the sources of public funding flowing into these institutions, it becomes a serious sum. Our methods of oversight and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (2 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the bundle II public-private partnership building programmes promised to Waterford Institute of Technology and Carlow campuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5288/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (2 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to enlarge the Waterford Institute of Technology campus area through land acquisition; the existing land ownership holding presently available to WIT area in acres by combining its assets on the Cork Road and Carraiganore and any other areas in its ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5289/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (2 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget parameters his Department envisages providing for new teaching space at Waterford Institute of Technology; the timeframe under consideration to disburse such funds excluding the long-promised engineering building PPP; the routes available for the college or the new Technological University of the South East to borrow money to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 141. To ask the Minister for Health if section 39 community health workers will be included in the pandemic bonus payments announced for other healthcare workers given the exceptional work services provided by them (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5267/22]

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: The Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill is basically a Government initiative to soften the blow of rising energy prices. However it is framed, it entails a once-off payment of €100 to every domestic electricity supply in the country. It is not being means-tested, as the Minister of State outlined, being too onerous for the Department to consider....

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: Like other speakers, I welcome the performance of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland in particular. I have been engaging with Mr. Martin Shanahan and we are very happy in Waterford about the announcement of the advanced factory. The contract has been signed to build that so that is good news. The Minister highlighted in his presentation that there was an €80 million carryover from...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: I think the reform of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB, was also included in that legislative programme. Could the Minister comment on that? My colleagues in the Regional Group and I met him in last autumn on the issue of buying local. Does the Department have a programme for that initiative and the idea of trying to give public procurement support to indigenous companies?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Minister. I will come in on the next round, if the Chair pleases.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 463. To ask the Minister for Health the reason community health workers, those working in disability areas and section 38/39 workers are being excluded from the proposed bonus payment to frontline healthcare workers as in the case of a person (details supplied); the criteria underpinning this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5730/22]

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: The preamble to the Bill suggests it will give effect to the implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 to empower the competition authorities of the member states to be more effective enforcers and to ensure the proper functioning of the Internal Market, ECN Plus, the European Competitions Network. Essentially it is aligning our...