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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Recreation Policy (26 Sep 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I ask the Minister to outline the present and proposed spending from the recently announced outdoor recreation measures fund in Waterford city and county, and what future projects are under consideration.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Recreation Policy (26 Sep 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I know the Minister has visited Waterford and I have had the pleasure of accompanying her on some of those visits. She rightly pointed out the very significant number of attractions. We are blessed in Waterford with the topography that we have, with lakes, rivers, mountains and the sea right on our doorstep. The measures that the Minister is announcing are very welcome. However, it is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Recreation Policy (26 Sep 2023)

Matt Shanahan: The Minister has done a fair advertising job there in terms of speaking about the amenities that are on offer. There are two that I would like to highlight and they may well be on the Minister's desk already, and those are the development of the blueways, particularly on the River Blackwater - the Minister referenced Cappoquin - and the Waterford estuary. We have great visitor attractions...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 621. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider any initiatives by her Department to support rural and community security and home living, such as disbursements to text alert and home security areas. [41579/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I notice the absence in the Government benches today. I hope that is because the Members are down supporting the farmers and not intimidated into not attending Dáil Éireann today. One of the strongest vestiges of our colonial mentality is our continuing to unthinkingly replicate the policies of other nations as though they somehow have things figured out. We think the Finns...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Matt Shanahan: There is often a disconnect between aspiration and output. I hear what the Minister is saying about trying to stimulate the economic conditions to deliver on planning and, in particular, deliver one-off housing. However, I am not seeing it in my constituency. When I speak to my colleagues, I note there is a lot of difficulty, particularly in the rural areas, in securing planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (21 Sep 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority void housing units for the cities Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford recycled per annum within each 12-month period for the years 2019 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40827/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (21 Sep 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost and average turnaround time of local authority void housing units for the cities Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford per annum within each 12-month period for the years 2019 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40828/23]

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Sep 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Okay, it is based on two constituencies but just the same, it seems like a lot of money to put into an election of this sort. It does beg the question of whether a person who can raise more money is in a better position to be potentially elected than somebody who cannot. That again speaks to the ability of people to do this job. I wonder as well how the division of labour, if you want to...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Sep 2023)

Matt Shanahan: As the Minister of State knows, a plebiscite was held in 2019 in three city areas to decide whether to have a directly elected mayor. Waterford was one of those and I voted in that. I actually voted against the proposal at the time. I could not understand exactly what this person was going to be doing in terms of the way the job was being framed. What I saw in essence was a job in which...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Appeals Commission (20 Sep 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance for a breakdown by the Appeals Commissioner of the total number of determinations arrived at by the Tax Appeals Commission for the years 2020 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39986/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Visa Applications (20 Sep 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 716. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to review a hardship case (details supplied) of a person whose travel plans faced significant disruption because of the sudden decision of the Department of Justice to implement a visa requirement for Bolivian nationals travelling to Ireland, effective 12 September 2023; if she will assess this particular situation and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Sep 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 758. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the afforestation scheme 2023-2027 document, section 6.8, to clarify and detail the percentage of persons who commenced farming in 2023, who are recognised as carrying out a farming activity by his Department, who will qualify as a farmer for farmer rate of premiums under the forestry programme 2023 to 2027, in 2024,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Sep 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 760. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the afforestation scheme 2023-2027 document, specifically section 6.8, is this definition of a farmer confined to the afforestation programme only or does it apply to any other schemes or conditionality across his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39984/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Sep 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 759. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the deer tree shelter, hare and deer fencing schemes are currently available to applicants about to commence afforestation projects who without such supports are at a serious financial disadvantage; if he will agree to providing the deer tree shelter, hare and deer fencing scheme grant retrospectively for applicants who erect...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Yesterday, during Leaders' Questions, I put to the Taoiseach, as I have done before, data obtained from replies to parliamentary questions to demonstrate that the three successive Governments of which he was a part from 2016 to 2020 unfairly distributed public capital spending. Projects in Ministers' constituencies proceed while elsewhere they are stuck in the hell of public procurement. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (12 Jul 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I welcome our guests this morning. I congratulate Mr. Hughes on his appointment. As has been said, I think he and the very strong team around him will manage to give good leadership in the area. I will go through some notes I made and I might ask the witnesses to reflect on a few points at the end. Mr. Hughes has touched on the macro picture. Employment is at full capacity and our exports...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (12 Jul 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Will Mr. Hughes reflect on a few points? The Regional Group has engaged with a number of foreign companies in the modular building space. One of the issues that has been raised is the certification of their products. When engaging with the National Standards Authority of Ireland, NSAI, they are told that the engagement to get their products certified will take anywhere from one to two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (12 Jul 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Perhaps the Department would share those figures with the committee secretariat. I do not have them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (12 Jul 2023)

Matt Shanahan: What I meant was a review by the Department of the payouts to try to understand which claims are not going through the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB, and what the general trend is in regard to those claims. We want to see uniformity of awards in the courts. We do not want to see outlier cases because they upset the whole thing.