Results 901-920 of 9,814 for speaker:Steven Matthews

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan: Department of Transport (23 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Doocey. To go back to earlier comments about rural transport, investment in rural transport is critical and it requires compact growth of these towns so we have the ability to provide viable services. We cannot leave rural Ireland as car dependent and locked into car use. We need to have compact growth in our towns and villages so that rural bus services and linkages to other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan: Department of Transport (23 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Mullaney and I get what he is saying with regard to the 2+1 meaning a reduction of only 5 m. However, depending on the length of the bypass it can be quite expensive. The Transport Infrastructure Ireland document submitted to us recently included the costs of some road projects. Even if we were to reduce the cost of a bypass by 20%, there would be an accumulative saving....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan: Department of Transport (23 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr Spratt. It is encouraging to see greater consideration of transport-oriented development. I see there is progress being made in this area and I acknowledge it.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Environmental Policy (24 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: 41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a potential mechanism that would encourage businesses that operate online under an Irish domain name to indicate the provenance of items for sale, which could assist customers in making informed choices regarding the environmental impact of their purchase due to air miles and to support Irish producers. [10522/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: 393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of students in a college (details supplied); and if she will engage with the course directors and student representatives to alleviate their concerns. [10519/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (24 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: 620. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the extended paid parental leave commitment in Budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10033/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (24 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: 647. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the independent monitoring of direct provision centres that was due to commence in January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10517/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available for the new ASD unit in a school (details supplied) due to open in September 2021; and her views on the need for more ASD units in the wider Greystones area of County Wicklow. [10653/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Steven Matthews: The committee is meeting today to deal with pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the affordable housing Bill 2020. We are joined remotely by the following witnesses from the County and City Management Association, CCMA: Mr. Frank Curran, chair of the housing, building and land use committee; Mr. Eddie Taaffe, programme co-ordinator, housing delivery and co-ordination office, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Steven Matthews: Thank you, Mr. Curran. I invite Mr. Declan Dunne of the Housing Alliance to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Steven Matthews: I am sorry to interrupt, but we must keep opening statements to approximately five minutes each. I ask Mr. Dunne to conclude his opening statement. We will definitely return to the issue of cost rental and the benefits of same with our questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Dunne. We will now move to questions from members. I remind them that, if each member sticks to five minutes for questions and answers, we will get considerable value from this session. There is a great deal of experience in housing delivery present in the form of the local authorities and the Housing Alliance. I also ask members to identify themselves clearly for the Debates...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Steven Matthews: I will bring Mr. Curran in on that question of the serviced sites fund.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Steven Matthews: We might return to that question. We are out of time in this slot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Steven Matthews: Yes, and we will get a response to it, but I have to keep the meeting moving along so every member gets an opportunity to speak. The next speaker is Deputy Duffy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Steven Matthews: Yes, we can hear you, loud and clear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Steven Matthews: The first question was on engagement with the Department to allow AHBs to provide at scale.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Steven Matthews: Section 183 has been dealt with under the Land Development Agency Bill 2021. We are here to discuss the affordable housing Bill so the witnesses may not be in a position to comment on the last question from Senator Boyhan. Would the Senator like to direct his questions to anyone in particular?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Steven Matthews: Senator Moynihan's time is up but I may be able to bring her back in on the second round. Who is the next speaker for Fine Gael?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Steven Matthews: That is fine.