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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Matt Shanahan: I thank Ms Mangan and Mr. Hegarty for their very comprehensive reports. I am a fan of remote working. It offers a great opportunity, particularly around the regions. Anything that reduces people's commuting time has to be welcomed in promoting a green environment. May I ask a couple of questions? Ms Mangan said her organisation is surveying people on remote working and remote-working...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Matt Shanahan: I have one final question. It was said that the six-month period is potentially a barrier that is causing people to be hoovered up by companies which are offering remote working. Is there a halfway house? I wonder is it fair to ask employers who are taking on new hires to immediately offer them a remote working opportunity if they have not seen them operating within the business and if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Matt Shanahan: I have a couple of observations and a question for Mr. Hegarty. Ms Mangan referenced several times the work of the Western Development Commission in the context of applied research that is feeding into the research of Grow Remote. It is a hobby horse of mine that I have been asking the Government to support the development of a south-eastern development commission but we have not got any...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (26 Apr 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 234. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects that pylons will be erected and wind energy generated in a maritime area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19379/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 1209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of a leaseback (details supplied); the monetary agreement that exists for extending use to the club; the period under agreement for which the club continues to enjoy access to the landholding; the capital plan available or published by Galway and Mayo Institute of Technology that outlines an estimated start date for new construction...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (26 Apr 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 809. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Department’s latest resource plans across the Irish Defence Forces given the crisis in Ukraine and Ireland’s well stated military deficiencies in terms of home Island defence; the actions that have been agreed to in the interim and prior to any delays in awaiting recommendations from pending Defence Forces Commission...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (26 Apr 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 975. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to extend the living alone allowance to persons who are not in receipt of a social welfare payment. [19334/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 1208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the oversight or review bodies that were involved in ascertaining the value of land (details supplied) prior to purchase; the individual activities undertaken by these bodies in terms of cost-benefit analysis, independent land price review and adherence to college strategic funding plans; the degree of variance that existed between these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Land Issues (26 Apr 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 1210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position of land (details supplied) on a mean average price per acre applicable to capital acquisitions in the university and IT sector over the past three years; if he will be extending approvals to other new technological universities to pay up to such a rate for new land acquisitions; if he plans to make transparent reimbursement to...