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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: -----they are in the middle and they pass on the costs to the insured. That is how they operate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: I thank Ms Murdock.

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Matt Shanahan: The principle of garda court presenters means that any member of An Garda Síochána can institute and can conduct prosecutions in a court of summary jurisdiction in the name of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. As Members have already said, the system has been well represented, well established and has been working efficiently. For many within the District Court...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Banking Sector (16 Jun 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that he and his Department are taking to provide further consumer choice to the Irish retail banking sector particularly with the exit of two banks (details supplied) from the domestic market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31004/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Banking Sector (16 Jun 2022)

Matt Shanahan: My question relates to the steps the Minister of State and the Department are taking to provide further consumer choice in the Irish retail banking sector, especially with the exit of the two main banks.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Banking Sector (16 Jun 2022)

Matt Shanahan: As the Minister of State outlined, KBC and Ulster Bank are leaving the Irish market and because of that approximately 900,000 account holders need to find a new home. That process is ongoing, to a degree, but it is causing a lot of anxiety for people. Some of those customers have left the banks they are now going back to, possibly because of disputes over a number of years or when they were...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Banking Sector (16 Jun 2022)

Matt Shanahan: The retail banking sector is very important but what most people are now concerned about is access to finance and access to credit, especially if they are in the construction and manufacturing sectors and, in particular, the agricultural sector at present. There are major headwinds in those areas in terms of where people can go to access finance. That is a big problem. I accept that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Government supports or the lack of suitable supports contributed in any way to the recent delays experienced at Dublin Airport due to staff shortages; if his attention has been drawn to any reason that the DAA did not avail of the Government-funded employment schemes which were expanded during the Covid-19 pandemic; if his...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Jun 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the ownership of the multi-storey car park adjacent to Michael Street, Waterford is with Waterford local authority. [29256/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 Jun 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 1472. To ask the Minister for Health the present status of the University Hospital Waterford ARCHUS report (details supplied); if he will confirm that Waterford service activity will be separately detailed across every service offered in the Waterford report as distinct to having data combined into a group activity report; when he will make such report available to the southeast-based Members...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 Jun 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 1776. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 668 of 31 May 2022, if the national designation for a hospital is not a policy matter and it does not rely on standards, specifications or custom and practice established by his Department; and if it is entirely a service matter that is made by the HSE or by bodies under the remit of same. [30298/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (15 Jun 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 15. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of additional specific income tax rebates for families placing their children in the care of registered providers given that childcare costs are placing significant burdens particularly on young and middle-income families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31033/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Rental Sector (15 Jun 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to combat the exodus of small and accidental landlords from the private rented sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31034/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Jun 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 17. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the extension of the 9% tax rate applying to hospitality sector given the significant headwinds faced by the sector in terms of rising energy costs and the running out of Covid employment supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31035/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (15 Jun 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans that he has in place to support the early childhood care sector given the significant costs that childcare businesses are experiencing and the difficulties in recruitment and retention due to low wages; the way he intends to create additional space in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (15 Jun 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 228. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1825, 1826 and 1827 of 26 April 2022 based on the ambulance data provided the number of patients transferred from each of the hospitals listed whose primary medical transfer requirement was for the treatment for any cardiac issue in tabular form; the data to be segmented per hospital; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (16 Jun 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 17. To ask the Minister for Finance the concerns that he may have regarding recent reports that Ireland’s domestic economy has contracted by 1% quarter-on-quarter in the first three months of the year; the steps that he and his Department are taking to ensure rising inflation does not spiral beyond manageable levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31006/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (16 Jun 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 30. To ask the Minister for Finance the way that he and his Department plan to address the new challenges such as supply chain issues and inflation highlighted in the recently published progress report on the 2021 Economic Recovery Plan which also confirmed that employment levels have exceeded pre-pandemic levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31007/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Jun 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development global tax agreement which Ireland recently signed up to may be in trouble; if he is concerned that policymakers in both parts of the US and parts of Europe are already finding it difficult to comply with the agreement which is expected to be implemented in Ireland in 2023 and could...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Post Office Network (16 Jun 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has been engaged in the licensing and development of further banking services through the post office network utilising its approximately 900 retail outlets given that the network has signalled for a number of years its declining revenue horizon which resulted in the Government recently committing €30 million over three years to...