Results 281-300 of 2,283 for speaker:Matt Shanahan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on Kilkenny railway station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21258/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tourism Industry (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on security at this country's largest tourism sites (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21262/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW's regional architects office located on Catherine Street, Waterford (details supplied) will be given desk space in the nearby Government buildings with a view to releasing the property on Catherine Street to add to other city initiative potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21799/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 271. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that need to be taken to complete a ICOB scheme application given that the MyCoCo programme timed them out and shut down (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21555/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Digital Archiving (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 344. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if digitisation has commenced on the first census of the new Irish State, which will have its centenary in 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21802/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 355. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total printing expenditure per annum over the past five years of all Government-sponsored reviews and reports which were translated into Irish and published, broken down by Department and year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21703/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to make contact with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to a vacant centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21259/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Monuments (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider forming an expert working group for national monuments (details supplied) given all structures recognised after 1888 are not considered as monuments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21800/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Records (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Land Commission records (details supplied) will be digitised and made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21801/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 508. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the outline specifications his Department is using to assess properties, namely, the minimum number of beds, the threshold costs per bed on offer, the ratio of bathrooms to beds, the requirements to mixed or single gender use and the offered duration of contract from inception (details...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 509. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, given that there appears to be a renewed emphasis on the possible suitability of individual housing units to be considered for IPAS accommodation, he will outline what the minimum number of refugee spaces his Department will consider for contract accommodation; the specific considerations his Department is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new positions to be filled as part of a new seven-day service delivery at University Hospital Waterford (details supplied); the stage recruitment is at; the final deadline proposed to achieve the full recruitment number; the target date to begin the seven-day service; if he will confirm that funding has been authorised and released to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 617. To ask the Minister for Health how a new cardiac day ward at University Hospital Waterford is proposed to be delivered (details supplied); where it will be located; where the project plan exists on a capital or estates project list; the stage recruitment is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21661/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (9 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 184. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total printing expenditure per annum over the past five years of all Government-sponsored reviews and reports, broken down by Department and year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20991/24]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I congratulate the Minister of State also on his recent elevation and wish him the best of luck in his position. I will speak on affordable housing and housing in general. We have an affordability issue across the board. There is no doubt we have entered into a very different period in the past five to seven years, particularly post-pandemic, as regards the economic and regulatory...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: Recently, there was recognition in this House of a 43-year-long struggle for social justice. We have another one now, which is the Waterford Crystal factory pensions issue, which has been going on for 32 years. It was visited by "Prime Time" last week, which brought up new information that showed there was understanding between the Irish Pensions Trust and the factory workers, where over...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small Companies Administrative Rescue Process: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: Ms Marray said 11,000 customers have not engaged. She also referred to those customers whose debt is less than €5,000. Was the figure 60,000 or 6,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small Companies Administrative Rescue Process: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the witnesses. I will address the Department first on SCARP. The committee looked for such a process and it is good to see it up and running and obviously rescuing companies. As for the survival rate, it is important that the Department collate data to show how companies are performing on the other side of this process. The Department and Revenue are very close to and understand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small Companies Administrative Rescue Process: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: My point is that it is important the Department has a good handle on that because it generally liaises with the local enterprise offices. If I am coming to a LEO with a business plan and talking to a LEO adviser, it would be helpful if the LEO adviser had some publication or otherwise from the Department, which said it was seeing significant challenges in the sector that were sector wide as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small Companies Administrative Rescue Process: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: They have all availed of the warehouse scheme and have not come to Revenue yet, so it is obvious they are in trouble if they cannot engage on €5,000. The next question is around what do you do. If Revenue puts them out of business, there is a cost, potentially, in employment. There is also the question of understanding. The non-payment of debt is a big problem in the small...