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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (14 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of deportation orders issued in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, listed by country of origin; the number of deportation orders that were actually enforced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49424/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (14 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current average processing time for international protection applications; of the applications received in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, the percentage which progress to residency permission; the percentage which are refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49425/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (14 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality given that International protection applicants can request permission to enter the labour market if their IP application has not been completed within five months, if she will outline, in tabular form, the percentage of IP applicants that have achieved employment status in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (14 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what steps are being taken by her Department to prevent the destruction of passport documents following embarkation from the country of origin and arrival at border control on Irish shores; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49427/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (14 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of international protection applicants, listed by country of origin, who passed through Irish border control without passport documentation in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49428/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (14 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any plans to improve the immigration controls at Irish ports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49429/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 760, 740, 744, 748, 754, 772, 773, 776 and 778 of 20 September 2023, to detail in a giant chart type format the timelines for the payment of a form 2 grant and first premium at the farmer rate of premium for forestry plantations which pass the form two inspection in each of the months January,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that under the deer tree shelter, hare and deer fencing scheme that Alder is eligible in ADB, the specific sections of the scheme document being 1.6 and 1.7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49323/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (14 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 500. To ask the Minister for Health under the HSE budget allocated to University Hospital Waterford as part of the Herity Protocol to engage 24 wholetime equivalates to UHW cardiac service, this money did not allow for additional equipment or hours to cover weekend CAT Lab emergency access 8 am to 8 pm, if he will confirm that as part of supplementary estimates he is making available such...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Our banking sector is failing those in gambling addiction recovery. I am referencing the failure of the Irish banks, aside from Revolut, to offer gambling blocks to payment cards. This provides people with the option of preventing any and all gambling activity for 24 to 48 hours while they consider and fully contemplate the decision. The protocols are widespread and available in the UK...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I wish the Chairman a good morning and thank the guests. I only have seven minutes so I would like to split my time evenly. I will put three broad questions to each of the representative organisations. First, in terms of the Green Tech Skillnet activity, particularly in terms of wind and solar, I would like to reflect on what my colleague beside me said about questioning 70 wind technician...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I thank Mr. Flynn. I am sorry; I am going to have to cut him short. Perhaps he might just respond with the totality, if he knows it, of the numbers of placements he is envisaging for the current year. He can come back to me in writing. It is just that I have two other questions and I am tight on time. Skillnet stated in its report that it has invested €70 million in industry...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I thank Mr. Stockil very much indeed for the answer. This is a very important point going forward. It is very important to target the private sector, but it is very important that we start getting training done in the public sector. I will go to the SEAI. I thank our guests. In terms of the SEAI's statements and decarbonisation roadmap, it has highlighted the retrofit programmes that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Mr. Meally mentioned public procurement. I am not a fan of the robustness of public procurement because I have seen too much of it that is not robust. Many people are left outside the process because of definitions and standards and they are not interested in tendering. That leaves a very small number of people. There is no real competition. Perhaps that is something we could have a chat...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Does the authority have a role as regards modular panel building? Does it examine the panels? Does it have a role in certifying energy standards in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: My question is for the SEAI. Mr. Meally spoke about the difficulty of building on carbon savings year after year. It is great to go into a building and change the lights, put up curtains and look at the ventilation to get a reduction but what is done next? We all understand it is a difficulty. The nub of my question is the ability of the SEAI to influence public policy. When electricity...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Not to disagree with Mr. Meally but the community development fund is not at all adequate. I will give an example. A large offshore wind farm project of the south coast of Ireland, specifically off the coast of my own county, is being considered at the moment. The investment threshold for that project is probably over €1 billion. The community dividend is payable over 15 years and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Is it just the standards authority?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: That would be helpful.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Matt Shanahan: In the couple of minutes I have, I will point out a couple of areas where the law of unintended consequences has come to bear and maybe the Government can have a look at it. The first is in the area of housing bodies. They have become too top heavy, too administratively onerous. It is causing increased costs and it means that the small and medium-sized builders are avoiding dealing with...