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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Industry (9 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm when an independent report (details supplied) into insurance reform will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21388/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the German Bundestag along with members of the German-Irish Chamber of Industry and Commerce and we also had significant people there from the wind energy development sector. The main purpose of the visit was to highlight to Germany how Ireland can be a significant contributor to green hydrogen in the coming years. The current German national...

Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I welcome the tenor of the Bill and the principles to which it speaks. The Irish people do not in principle support any type of State investment that is seen to underpin or to profit from the ongoing annexation of Palestine by the state of Israel. We in Ireland know at first hand what colonialism looks like and what partition does to a country and its people. We know what apartheid...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 (11 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform as the new Chair of the Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board, the processes and procedures he hopes to implement that will speak to a fair allocation of national capital monies to individual regions and populations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22059/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there has been any update or review of the national capital tracker to provide greater transparency in terms of projects status, development timelines and associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22057/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Health Service Executive (11 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 38. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what input his Department has in terms of ongoing HSE capital allocations, given the new attention on capital budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22061/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 46. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with respect to the national capital tracker, if his Department plans to provide an annual comparative analysis of annual spend by project and sector with respect to regional population benefit and cumulative capital spend in that region and sector over the previous three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22058/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (11 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the National Development Plan expenditure envisaged by his Department; the road projects that are being considered in terms of upgrading the N24 and N25 roads (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22060/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the departmental capital tracker plan outlining any improvements that have increased visibility on funding timelines and project completions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11589/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if details on capital commitments, by county and region will be given during the framing process of budget 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (10 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on community alert schemes in Waterford, following his visit there (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22004/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: RTÉ reported recently, on the basis of figures provided by my constituency colleague, Deputy Cullinane, that the average waiting time for admission through emergency departments in hospitals has increased and now stands at 11.7 hours. It also stated that children and over-75s are waiting up to 13.3 hours. Stephen McMahon of the Irish Patients Association correctly pointed out that...

Government Commitments on Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Much has been said of offshore wind and ports infrastructure today. I ask, as others are asking, what is our policy for wind development at ports. I too call for Rosslare Europort to be designated one of the wind-marshalling ports in the country. Waterford Port can assist that activity. I highlight, as I have done in the House before, concerns I have regarding the future of proposed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: This discussion is very timely. The difficulty we have is that the speed of technological change is so fast that we are finding it impossible to keep up. It is funny when we talk about people's data privacy. I am on to my kids the whole time about mobile phones. They are a tracking device. They have a person's biometrics, retinal scan and fingerprints. People are uploading all their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I would agree with that. I merely wonder, in terms of one's computer's camera, for instance. Essentially, if we get into this idea of legislation, in financial services, I am sure there will be strong pushback from large financial concerns which say they need a certain amount of data profiling and they must have it, in terms of time spent, activity, accounts monitored or whatever, otherwise...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I would say it probably is the case - I imagine it is in financial services - that a qualitative score, let us say, in terms of people's interaction with technology, is part of an employee review. If it is in terms of business activity, etc., that is not something you will take out or manage easily. The witnesses said that the European Commission is looking at a new AI Bill. Do they know...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: It would be safe to say that 2024 is now 1984. Potentially, that is where we have gone to. That is me done. I thank our guests.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the witnesses again. I have a final question. I think we are all getting to the point where we understand that what is really required here is legislation. If Dr. O'Sullivan has done any work on this, can she outline who should be the final arbiter of deciding what monitoring or surveillance should take place in terms of employees across different work platforms? Where would that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Does Dr. O'Sullivan think any consensus on that would radiate across sectors? It seems to me it will be very hard to come to a blanket position on this because different sectors will have different requirements and will argue for different approaches to monitoring. I am trying to understand how we might look at this if we want to underpin it legislatively. I accept that co-operative...