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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Planning and Development Management Bill: Discussion (24 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: It is similar to the use it or lose it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Planning and Development Management Bill: Discussion (24 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: Thank you. I call Deputy Gould.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Planning and Development Management Bill: Discussion (24 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: I thank the witnesses. I advise Deputy Gould we are over the two hours allocated therefore I cannot permit further discussion. I am sure the Departments are open to our writing to them if we wish to get clarity on any aspect of the legislation. I thank Mr. Bernard Nolan, Mr. Conor McCabe, Ms Martina Hennessy, Mr. Tom Woolley and Ms Anne-Marie Clancy for giving of their time today and for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the lack of ASD unit spaces for children starting primary school (details supplied); and if this matter can be reviewed urgently as there is now a waiting list of children with diagnosed needs without the required spaces. [37603/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (18 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary school places in Greystones, County Wicklow; and the projections as to potential demand for places in the coming years. [37334/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (18 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a significant shortfall in available school places for both junior infants in primary schools and first year students in secondary schools in Greystones, County Wicklow; and her plans to review the matter. [37351/20]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: I ask members to turn off their mobile phones. This is important as it causes serious problems for the broadcasting, editorial and sound staff. Members are reminded that if they speak from positions that do not have microphones their contributions cannot be included in the Official Report. This applies to the committee rooms. For the purposes of the Official Report I have been requested...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: In order to provide for the smooth running of the meeting, any member acting in substitution for a member of the committee should formally notify the clerk now if they have not already done so. Divisions will be taken as they arise. Members attending this meeting should be aware that, pursuant to Standing Order 106(3), they may move their amendments but cannot participate in voting on those...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: Section 54 is quite complex and in order to facilitate the rotation of ministerial advisers and staff we will set out the amendments in certain orders. That motion was sent to members yesterday. It is just about the order in which we will take the amendments in section 54. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: The briefing after this point assumes that an order of the committee dealing with arrangements for the consideration of amendments Nos. 150 to 172, inclusive, has been made as proposed and without amendment.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 158 and 159 are being taken together. Does the Deputy feel he has covered amendment No. 159?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: We will move to amendment No. 161. Amendments Nos. 161 and 171 may be taken together as they are related.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: Section 57 is postponed pursuant to the previous motion.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: Section 57 has been postponed pursuant to the motion passed earlier on. We will come to the section once a number of other amendments have been dealt with. We can deal with the Deputy's questions at that time. Is that okay?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 160 and 165 are related and will be discussed together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Chairman and apologise for being late. I thank our guests for appearing before the committee and for their submissions. My questions relate to mapping anomalies, civil engineering and the construction of the network, and rights of access across private properties. Other members talked about their constituencies. In my constituency of Wicklow, I have received correspondence...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: It would be helpful if that could be dealt with. I do not know whether it is a common theme that has arisen but it is certainly a theme in Wicklow. There is a great deal of anticipation and excitement about getting broadband, but when people look at the map and see their area is missing from it, there is considerable disappointment. Will that be addressed? Our guests spoke earlier about...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (17 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I acknowledge that Irish Water has been making progress and that it inherited a system that was not invested in for many years because investing in waste water treatment plants, or pipes in the ground, was not headline grabbing. We have neglected a very precious resource and the result of that neglect is that we have been discharging...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (17 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: I draw the attention of the Minister of State to the most recent Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, report on waste water discharges highlighting non-compliance in many waste water treatment plants and their impact on receiving waters. It is a disgrace that in 2020 a total of 35 towns and villages are discharging raw sewage into nearby watercourses. It is equally disappointing that so...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 156. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his Department has provided guidelines to retailers operating under level 5 restrictions as to clothing items that can be sold on compassionate grounds in view of the fact that anecdotal evidence would suggest that some retailers have differing approaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36888/20]