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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regional Development (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the statistical measures and controls used across Government Departments to ensure balanced regional development, and that the four largest cities outside Dublin grow at the twice the rate of the capital. [4968/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 472. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking regarding the provision of a dedicated diabetes care unit at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4962/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 475. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to ensure that the HSE has the necessary funding to recruit and support the minimum number of staff, at University Hospital Waterford, required to manage the diabetes unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4971/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: Last week the Taoiseach indicated he is keen to invest in Waterford Airport. Of course, we have been here before. Few will forget the €25 million of Government money approved by the last Fine Gael-Green Party coalition in 2007 for the runway extension in the airport. This promise turned to dust in the last days of the Celtic tiger. There is once again strong optimism in the...

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: ...to take eight minutes but I will lay out some points. First, I pay tribute to Deputy Kenny. He has been the foremost voice in the Chamber since his arrival here in looking for a revised drug strategy from the Government. I would not question in anyway his bona fides, which stand large and tall, regarding his concern for those who have fallen into addiction and the need for them to...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: One of the Minister's predecessors, Michael Noonan, put that position in play very effectively, as did Enda Kenny. I do not see why we could not have that architecture in place when it was good enough for the western region, which is a disadvantaged region, and when we are one of the poorest performing regions in the country at the moment. I fail to see why that would be a problem and why...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I do not mean to be adversarial, but I will point out two pieces of data. First, the recent CSO figures show that the discretionary spend in the south east is 40% behind the east coast. I think that would equate to a difference. The level of job creation might be good, and the quality of the jobs is good. Second, and the Minister has said this himself, is the need for the university. I...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Chair, and I thank the Minister and the officials for attending. I am under a little bit of pressure as I will be speaking in the House shortly. I thank the officials for coming here. I did not realise that there were so many - eight officials. It is very impressive. On that point, the Minister has covered a huge brief here today. I would welcome at some point engaging with...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (31 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the DAA is contemplating spending over €250 million on a tunnel at Dublin Airport for a handful of vehicles per hour; if so, if this project has received approval through the public spending code; and what public money including EIB borrowing has been made available to DAA since 2020. [4353/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (31 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail a timeline and schedule of pre-procurement and procurement activities, including any costs defrayed in respect of the three PPP projects contemplated at SETU Waterford since 2005. [4357/24]

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: ...speaks frequently in this House on the issues of equity and fairness and the fair distribution of Exchequer funding to support all citizens and residents of our country. Regarding the issue of migration, I might refer people to the health sector, which I know well and frequently reference. I would challenge anyone who is blind to the participation and invaluable contribution that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: Can the Taoiseach update the House on the proposed Waterford orbital bridge? It is to be located downstream of the city in the vicinity of May Park, Ardkeen and University Hospital Waterford, UHW. As he will doubtless not have forgotten, the region has been waiting for more than a decade to advance this last vital piece of the outer ring road of the city. A number of regional priorities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I thank our guests for their presence here this morning. I have owned and operated a private business for many years, and I have to say that when I sit here and listen to some of the commentary, I wonder if I am living in the same country as other people. Whether anybody has acknowledged it here or not, we currently have full employment. In large part, workers have far more access and more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: Mr. Reidy obviously did not take account of that restaurateur and the point he is making. He is going out of business because his business can no longer compete. I do not know where Mr. Reidy thinks these jobs are going to be taken up at a higher level. There will not be employers there to provide that type of employment.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: The Taoiseach did not actually correct the record in respect of what I highlighted to him. I am glad that he seeks support for University Hospital Waterford, as do I. Since the two cath labs opened - they are operating 60 hours a week - the hospital is emulating the same service activity as the Cork centre, which has five cath labs and 168 hours scheduled. This is despite the fact the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: People in Waterford and the south east know that the Taoiseach and the Government have forgotten them. In the election of 2011, 2016 and 2020, voters from across the south east who had been left to stew in their anger turned away from the traditional parties of government. Parliamentary responses I copied to the Taoiseach's office in recent weeks show that University Hospital Waterford, the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I gather a new national student accommodation strategy is being developed as we speak. The 2016 policy targeted no new student accommodation in Waterford, despite the issue of a university in Waterford appearing in the 2011, 2016 and 2020 programmes for Government. To reiterate: none, nada, nothing. I cannot resist the cheap shot that this is one of the few targets in housing the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (18 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his Department's planned allocations to capital developments at South East Technological University over the next 12 months and beyond (details supplied). [46934/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to come in. I congratulate Mr. Gorman. I met him at the National Ploughing Championships. Well done on your success. I say the same to the other officers. I take an interest in a number of areas in forestry. Even though I am from Waterford, where we do not have the same volume of forestry as other counties, it is very important for the climate and we...