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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I think the institute has a platform and a voice that perhaps a lot of people in the research community do not have. The next issue I will touch on is the circular economy. Deputy Bruton might speak to this as it is a particular favourite of his. It appears that it will have to be a very big area and you imagine that there will be a lot of aptitude there for people to get involved from the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (10 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps she and her Department are taking to pressure insurance companies to pass on savings, following the publication of an article (details supplied) outlining how the implementation of judicial guidelines has caused a slump in the number of personal injury cases being taken to the courts; if she will consider supporting a windfall tax gain on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (10 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 482. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a HSE tender (details supplied); if he will give a guarantee that the Waterford surgical hub will be nominated first to be constructed and awarded the highest priority, given the high level of surgical activity at University Hospital, Waterford and in its subsidiary unit in Kilcrene, County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: On Sunday, 8 October, two days before the budget, a HSE tender issued to build a new €18 million medical clinical school on the grounds of CUH. The tender close-out date is just four weeks. I can find no reference to this development in the records of the House.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: It is a new clinical medical school at CUH. I cannot see where the project was presented to the Dáil and where it was debated, scrutinised or approved by the House. University College Cork, UCC, informed us through the Irish Examinerthat the development is for "anticipated" needs, not pressing or present needs. South East Technological University, SETU, is awaiting the outcomes of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Two days before the budget.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: This is on the campus of CUH.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: No. I am criticising the fact that there is nothing comparable in Waterford.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Will the Taoiseach expand on the basis of benefiting University Hospital Waterford?

Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Strategically, the land of Palestine has had a tumultuous history. It is the recognised birthplace for both Judaism and Christianity but in the past 1,000 years it has been home to Christians, Jews, Romans and a multitude of warring tribes. It was ruled by the Ottomans for 402 years until 1918 and in 1948 the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution recommending the partition of Palestine...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (17 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the latest costs total under consideration by his Department for the construction of the Dungarvan to Mallow greenway; within these costs outline if he will highlight the variance cost percentages being offered for issues such as construction inflation, environmental impact assessments and planning delays due to judicial...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I thank our guests for attending and for their opening statement which is quite informative. I will preface my remarks by saying that I brought some data into the Dáil last week about CSO findings with respect to the average disposable income available in different regions of the country. The median spend of people in the south-east region - Waterford, which I represent, is a key...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I refer Mr. Courtney to page 95 the Low Pay Commission report. The report states: The Low Pay Commission therefore reiterates its recommendation that this issue be discussed between the relevant representative groups and Government – in particular proposals regarding the details and design of such supports. Mr. Courtney has said that the commission received submissions from small...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I want to discuss the idea of supports. The commission has said that it recommends where wages should fall but it is up to the Government to determine policy. What do our guests think of the funding announced by the Government in terms of a derogation of rates for small businesses? How will that impact on small businesses that do not pay rates? I ask because they would have no credit to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I thank Mr. Courtney for his reply. As I have mentioned, the commission needs to look at regional analyses in terms of the recommendations it gives to the Government. I have highlighted the disparity in disposable spending between the south east and the Border and midlands, versus the east coast. Unfortunately, a lot of the employers, the heavy-hitting policymakers and those who are able...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Please forward any current information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I return for a moment to the idea of a national median wage as opposed to a sectoral median wage. For example, in the pharmaceutical sector, the median wage would be far different to that of a courier company. How will the Low Pay Commission's research in the future reflect that? We have such a strong foreign direct investment component in the economy at present. It is probably skewing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: As I have said at this committee a number of times, I do not think that SME participation is wide enough on that. I would like to see participation by the Irish Small and Medium Employers, ISME, which I think represents a greater number and probably a greater range of very small businesses, particularly microbusinesses. The commission has considered the matter but I am not sure it has...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 223. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the revised capital ceilings under the National Development Plan for his Department given the transfer of specialist disability services to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, in tabular form. [45919/23]