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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: On Monday, through the medium of Twitter, we learned of the Minister for Health's capital plan to spend €1 billion largely in Dublin. It means just one eighth of the funding will be given to the other eight model 4 hospitals, including Waterford. Our Parliament was not consulted in any way in advance. I wonder what democratic parliament on earth would tolerate the spending of such a...

Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Under the European Convention on Human Rights, suspects are entitled to a fair trial within a reasonable timeframe. It was reported in the media many months ago that the Council of Europe was monitoring delays in the prosecution of criminal cases and that the Irish criminal courts were breaching the rights of individuals in such circumstances. Such breaches could require a court remedy by...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Four parliamentary question responses received by me in the past week show the continuing obstruction and failure to provide promised bed capacity at University Hospital Waterford. Even if this Government goes its full term, its promise to deliver 24-7 cardiac care to the south east is envisaged to be broken. Is this because the Government is inept, compromised or corrupt? In 2016, Fianna...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: The Government is compromised and inept at the least. What does this promise mean to the Government?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Three years.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Not a single bed in three years.

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...

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...

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...

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...

European Year of Skills: Statements (10 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: The focus of the European Year of Skills is lifelong learning. There is an old adage that education will set you free. That applies depending on where someone lives in the world today. It may ring true but what is indisputable is that onward education and learning deliver opportunities in terms of employment potential and the remuneration one can command. The Department's report has...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (9 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the initiatives his Department is considering in terms of tax measures to stimulate access to investment capital given that access to start-up and scaling finance is now the biggest challenge facing the micro and SME communities, as shown in recent surveys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21804/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (9 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: What tax measures might the Department be considering in the next budget to stimulate access to finance for the micro, small and medium enterprise sector?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (9 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: The Minister and I interacted in this Chamber some weeks ago. Will he confirm, further to that discussion, that the tax breaks he might give to the private rented sector in the budget will be backdated to January of this year, as was requested among measures from the Regional Group? Access to finance is a huge problem currently in the SME and micro-business space. It is very hard to get...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (9 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I will suggest a couple of measures, one of which is a tax warehousing scheme again this year. I believe a lot of companies are still trading from the subsidies that came through during Covid. They will have a difficult time later in the year. Beyond that, could the Minister consider putting tax credits on utilities rather than looking for a windfall tax that gets to everybody? It would...

Transport Support Schemes for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I am glad again to get the opportunity again to speak to the Minister on the issues in the disability sector and to follow up on the motion the Regional Group Members have brought to him, which he referred to earlier. The motion is about the access to public and private transport for people with disabilities and their carers. It is based, as the Minister highlighted, on the UNCRPD, which...

Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Second Stage (3 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: This is important legislation. It is to be welcomed that we will have a better standard of licensing of workers and tutors. We must be careful of overregulation of the construction sector as well, because it is a difficult enough one to try to recruit and get skilled labour into now. It takes a great deal of time. I am aware of companies in the past couple of years whose workers had to go...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: The Taoiseach has reached back into a couple of previous programmes for Government. The North Quays, as he knows, was included back in 2014, to be fair, and it has taken until 2023 to get that approved.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Beyond that, the PPP for our engineering building in Waterford Institute of Technology was actually granted planning permission in 2008. In 2020, I had the pleasure of coming into the Government here to see that project sidestepped while other PPP projects in Cork and Dublin, to the tune of €330 million, were advanced. This is what I am talking about. The Taoiseach said we are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I am rather sorry to see Deputy John Paul Phelan announce his departure from the House. I wish him and his domestic constituency the very best. I have a good deal of sympathy for his predicament. Like Paudie Coffey, Michael D'Arcy and John Deasy before him, genuine embarrassment was felt to have made electoral promises that simply evaporated at the Cabinet table. For all the blather about...