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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if details on capital commitments, by county and region will be given during the framing process of budget 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21803/23]

European Year of Skills: Statements (10 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: The focus of the European Year of Skills is lifelong learning. There is an old adage that education will set you free. That applies depending on where someone lives in the world today. It may ring true but what is indisputable is that onward education and learning deliver opportunities in terms of employment potential and the remuneration one can command. The Department's report has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I wish to cover five areas and ask the Minister respond if he can. The first area relates to the TBESS scheme. The last time the Minister was at this committee we outlined to him the difficulties regarding the scheme and that it seemed to favour larger SMEs which could appoint specialists to make the submissions for them. What learning have we taken from that because we may have to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: The duty of care Bill. We were promised that by 2 May. Also relating to that we have seen in the last week that judicial guidelines are not being properly adhered to. There was an award in the courts last week of €145,000 for the dislocation of an elbow. This is just off the charts in terms of where the book of quantum lies. What can we do to look at that? The number of people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I ask the Minister to briefly address the question on the Western Development Commission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: EUROSTAT GDP tells a different story.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Is that a “No”?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: A number are offering loyalty spends, where if people spend €50, they get a €10 voucher. That is discriminatory against people who do not have transport because they cannot take €50 worth of food with them. Single-person households cannot avail of that because they are probably not spending in that area. If they can afford to give a €10 discount on a €50...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: To clarify a remark, I said €1.7 billion of imports. It is imports and exports.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I want to return to the issue of food pricing. With the Ukraine crisis last year, input costs for fuel, feed and fertiliser rose massively for primary producers, particularly in our agricultural sector. Most of those costs have not gone down to any degree. Dairy farmers are putting out a lot more slurry this year than they were last year when they were using more nitrogen. That is because...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (10 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on community alert schemes in Waterford, following his visit there (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22004/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (9 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the initiatives his Department is considering in terms of tax measures to stimulate access to investment capital given that access to start-up and scaling finance is now the biggest challenge facing the micro and SME communities, as shown in recent surveys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21804/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (9 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: What tax measures might the Department be considering in the next budget to stimulate access to finance for the micro, small and medium enterprise sector?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (9 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: The Minister and I interacted in this Chamber some weeks ago. Will he confirm, further to that discussion, that the tax breaks he might give to the private rented sector in the budget will be backdated to January of this year, as was requested among measures from the Regional Group? Access to finance is a huge problem currently in the SME and micro-business space. It is very hard to get...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (9 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I will suggest a couple of measures, one of which is a tax warehousing scheme again this year. I believe a lot of companies are still trading from the subsidies that came through during Covid. They will have a difficult time later in the year. Beyond that, could the Minister consider putting tax credits on utilities rather than looking for a windfall tax that gets to everybody? It would...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Industry (9 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the legal assessment of economic models has been completed with respect to a report (details supplied) into insurance reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21387/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Industry (9 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm when an independent report (details supplied) into insurance reform will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21388/23]

Transport Support Schemes for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I am glad again to get the opportunity again to speak to the Minister on the issues in the disability sector and to follow up on the motion the Regional Group Members have brought to him, which he referred to earlier. The motion is about the access to public and private transport for people with disabilities and their carers. It is based, as the Minister highlighted, on the UNCRPD, which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (4 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason persons who are in the State on student visas are allowed to work on a casual or part-time basis, but are not allowed to become self-employed and work on a casual or part-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20829/23]