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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cost of Living Issues (7 Mar 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance how long the Government expects to be in a position to maintain some level of cost-of-living supports; to what level he envisages inflation rates would need to be reduced to before these supports will no longer be necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11666/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (7 Mar 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance the strategy and timeline his Department has in relation to reducing Ireland’s national debt given that, according to the Department’s own report on public finances, it currently has one of the highest per capita debt burdens in the world, being noted as €226 billion at the end of quarter 4, 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (7 Mar 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is currently considering measures to reintroduce mortgage interest relief, given the sharp compounded rises in mortgage interest rates that many families are facing at the moment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11669/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (2 Mar 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 291. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the Waterford and Southeast Caredoc service (details supplied) in view of communications regarding delayed access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10649/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Museum Projects (28 Feb 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm which portion of the Natural History Museum is closing for renovations; the length of time it will be closed for; if the exhibits will be moved to another building for public viewing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9558/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (28 Feb 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it is true that a complete shutdown is being proposed for the National Museum of Ireland – Natural History in order to carry out building conservation works; if so, if she will detail the timelines involved; the contingencies being made to possibly keep parts of the museum open while works are ongoing; if a plan is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (28 Feb 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 252. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will confirm which portion of the Natural History Museum is closing for renovations; the length of time it will be closed for; if the exhibits will be moved to another building for public viewing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9559/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to significantly expand and incentivise the construction of student accommodation in Waterford, given the designation of Waterford as a university city and that no additional student accommodation in Waterford was targeted over the eight years of the national student accommodation strategy 2016-24; and if he will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Shanahan: The North Quays project in Waterford is finally happening. It was originally conceived in the 1990s when the then Minister, Martin Cullen, launched a design competition for the north wharf. It is marvellous to see the contractor finally appointed and hard hats and white vans arriving to the site. It took a massive and sustained effort to bring this project to fruition. That effort...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Shanahan: It is great to hear that all these great things are going to be done. I have raised the issue of borrowing and the national student accommodation strategy a number of times, however. Despite WIT and now SETU having a track record as being the only TU in the country delivering student accommodation, it has been roundly hobbled by the Department's national strategy; so much so, in fact, that...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Chair. I welcome the Minister and congratulate him on his new portfolio. I digress for a minute - Deputy Stanton has left the room - regarding the possible development of the old Amgen site in Carrigtwohill. I would say that is still the cardiac pathway for emergency heart attack patients out of University Hospital Waterford. When that site was previously being discussed,...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Shanahan: When we have it achieved, I will not make it anymore.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Shanahan: There is very much a need for representation from the smaller SME sector.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Chair.

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I was reviewing questions and previous statements in the House regarding the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland's recommendation for the introduction of body-worn cameras. Policing organisations around the world have found such devices can help to improve front-line capability with the accurate recording of incidents, expedite analysis, enhance situation awareness and sometimes...

Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Ar mo shon féin agus mo chairde sa Ghrúpa Réigiúnach, cuirim fáilte roimh an Uachtarán. Tá súil againn go mbeidh an t-am a chaitheann sí anseo ina chabhair agus ina ábhar eolais di. Tá súil againn freisin go mbainfidh sí taitneamh as a cuairt go hÉirinn inniu. It is a remarkable feature of our politics that I have the...

Seanad: Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Matt Shanahan: Ar mo shon féin agus mo chairde sa Ghrúpa Réigiúnach, cuirim fáilte roimh an Uachtarán. Tá súil againn go mbeidh an t-am a chaitheann sí anseo ina chabhair agus ina ábhar eolais di. Tá súil againn freisin go mbainfidh sí taitneamh as a cuairt go hÉirinn inniu. It is a remarkable feature of our politics that I have the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Chair and welcome all our guests. I will start with the CLRG. Will Professor Lynch Fannon elaborate on her earlier point about expanding the pool of preferential creditors and how it will reduce the pool of assets to unsecured creditors? That could particularly affect SMEs. Has Ireland a higher representation of SMEs than other European countries? Just about 1 million people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Matt Shanahan: What I took from Professor Lynch Fannon was that if the preferential creditor pool was expanded, there could be other financial institutions that were unsecured creditors and, therefore, this would affect them in advancing funds to companies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Matt Shanahan: What has been the uptake for IT skills? The people to whom I spoke told me that a lack of IT skills was their biggest difficulty. In particular, people coming out of long-term manual labour situations felt they did not have enough IT skills to get on board with things. I would say they were quite nervous about trying to present themselves for IT classes or anything like that. Is there a...