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Written Answers — Department of Health: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Jun 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 642. To ask the Minister for Health to list the project expenditure and total annual quantum of capital expenditure with associated and relevant capital project name and reference details under the expenditure heading of acute, community health, mental health and each and any other relevant capital expenditure heading with details thereof on the campus in Cork University Hospital, Galway...

Retained Fire Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I often hear people in this House speak about leadership and heroism in reference to ongoing national stories. Throughout the Covid crisis, we heard daily about the mission of people in our public service to save lives and the sacrifices made and the risks engaged in by public sector health workers. Unlike Covid, the emergency situation that faces our retained firefighters has not abated in...

Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I do not think there are too many people in the House who will be objecting to the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill. It is timely and required without a doubt, in particular some of the measures the Minister of State is proposing to introduce in terms of interacting with under-18s and particularly those who are seeking applications through licences, and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2023)

Matt Shanahan: The Government recently announced the HSE capital infrastructure programme of €1.1 billion in spend. In the programme, the Government has given more than €90 million to each of the five Dublin hospitals, €55 million to Cork, €54 million to Limerick, and €64 million to Galway. To University Hospital Waterford, which is the busiest hospital in the country...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Contracts (13 Jun 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to the new contract with a company (details supplied) for the provision of aviation search-and-rescue services, specifically helicopter 117, if the helicopter’s heavy lifting capacity, operational capacity and time on-scene will remain the same as that of the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter presently in use; and if he will...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2023)

Matt Shanahan: The recent wave of data from the census shows the rude good health of Waterford city with the population thumping forward by 10% in the seven years since the last count. The other cities in our Republic are also advancing, Cork, Galway, Dublin and Limerick by 8%. The radical changes shown in Census 2022 demonstrate that the Ireland 2040 strategy needs a rethink. It is not credible now that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2023)

Matt Shanahan: The reason for looking for the extension to the boundary was to try to get more cohesive strategic planning within the city of Waterford and to give us proper access to develop the north side of the city. That has been a bugbear. I do recognise the greater integration and co-operative agreements between Waterford and Kilkenny local authorities. That is to be welcomed. I still think the...

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Every Member can acknowledge the issue of global climate change. We can all agree it is a seismic challenge to the world order and future generations. While that must be acknowledged, the equitable distribution of responsibility across all countries must also be recognised. In our case, it is across our EU community. The latest census shows that there are 5.1 million people in Ireland....

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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (30 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 724. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department presentations at the nine acute model 4 hospitals in the country for the month of April; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26038/23]

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: This discussion is very timely. The difficulty we have is that the speed of technological change is so fast that we are finding it impossible to keep up. It is funny when we talk about people's data privacy. I am on to my kids the whole time about mobile phones. They are a tracking device. They have a person's biometrics, retinal scan and fingerprints. People are uploading all their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I would agree with that. I merely wonder, in terms of one's computer's camera, for instance. Essentially, if we get into this idea of legislation, in financial services, I am sure there will be strong pushback from large financial concerns which say they need a certain amount of data profiling and they must have it, in terms of time spent, activity, accounts monitored or whatever, otherwise...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I would say it probably is the case - I imagine it is in financial services - that a qualitative score, let us say, in terms of people's interaction with technology, is part of an employee review. If it is in terms of business activity, etc., that is not something you will take out or manage easily. The witnesses said that the European Commission is looking at a new AI Bill. Do they know...