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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Someone trying to get a certification redone might be waiting three months, during which time that person is out of certification and an employer cannot bring him or her onto a site. It seems that there may need to be more accredited people to do the training. The issue of solar panels, rigging and so forth was mentioned. It is an important area that we need to consider. Ms Byron will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: We are still waiting for the Minister to produce a national hydrogen strategy. It will be an important sector for Ireland, so it would be good to understand the technical safety requirements. I am sure that the HSA will have a large role to play in that. Perhaps it will work closely with the new technological universities to ensure that we have suitably educated people to regulate this space.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of Enterprise Ireland (25 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I welcome Mr. Carey and his team. I congratulate him on his appointment. I have had some engagement with Enterprise Ireland over the years and the previous CEO. I did not know the Chairman but the CEO, Julie Sinnamon, did a great job. To be fair, Enterprise Ireland has a very good leadership team now with Leo Clancy and the others. I wish them all the best. I am on the record a number...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of Enterprise Ireland (25 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Could I just make one final comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of Enterprise Ireland (25 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: One other programme in EI was the larger supportive innovation centres where it was paying for innovation site managers to come in and they were given a salary for a year or two in the hope that an enterprise would become self-sustaining. EI has supported a model like that in Waterford which has been very successful. I ask Mr. Carey to look at that again. I know some of the funding is now...

Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I thank Sinn Féin for the opportunity to debate further the issues in our health service, which at this stage are legion. The planned HSE funding freeze is worrying. I am inclined to agree with my esteemed colleague, Deputy Canney, that the rationale is that Government is trying to put some manners on runaway HSE budgets. Anybody who has spent any time working in or around the...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: The bust following the Celtic tiger era should have taught many of us the importance of budgeting and living within our means. This applies also to the management of our national finances. I said on budget day that I felt I needed to stand up and question the wisdom of breaking the fiscal rules in developing budget 2024, not least when the level of pre-windfall corporation tax means that in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I have written to the Secretary General of the Department of Health three times this year requesting a meeting to discuss the issues affecting University Hospital Waterford, UHW. The Secretary General has proved himself good value for his €292,000 annual salary. He declined to meet me, but responded by saying that he was aware of the issues I wanted to raise. In such circumstances,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (24 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 118. To ask the Taoiseach if he will direct that an organisation (details supplied) be invited to become a participatory member of the Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF); and if so, when an invitation might be forthcoming. [46575/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (24 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 618. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the full service acute hospitals budget allocated at the beginning of 2023 to each of the nine ‘model 4’ hospitals nationally; the indicative and individual forecast overspend being guided by his Department for each of these hospitals up to 31 December 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46683/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (24 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 619. To ask the Minister for Health the financial rewards his Department is planning to give to the budget of University Hospital Waterford in recognition for the five months' additional capacity management this hospital delivered while the emergency department of Wexford Hospital was closed due to fire damage (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46684/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 620. To ask the Minister for Health if any of the hospital group CEOs hold other remunerated positions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46685/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 621. To ask the Minister for Health the oversight mechanism for approving hospital group CEO expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46686/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 622. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms that are in place to administer conflicts of interest for hospital group CEOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46687/23]

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I do not want to come into this Chamber and suggest that our health service provision is a mess, but clearly some things are not working and need to be changed. I acknowledge the many people in the service who are doing extraordinary work. I also commend the ongoing development of our community and primary health sectors. These are fundamental to relieving pressure on our acute hospital...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I convey my support to the people of east Cork and west Waterford who have been impacted by flooding. I thank the rescue services and council workers, particularly in Tallow, Lismore, Dungarvan and Clashmore. The Blackwater Valley will probably flood over the next couple of days. I ask that the Government give a clear signal to the local authorities that necessary funding will be provided....

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...

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...