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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I have a final question. Perhaps it is for Mr. Gallagher as well. What activity is going on in Brussels with DG CLIMA in terms of allowing Ireland derogations around our carbon sequestration? Will we have potential in terms of the targets and the initiatives discussed this morning to describe our sequestration activity and hopefully secure mitigation?

Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I understand that. I am highlighting the fact that things have been changed. I believe a year or a year and a half was given to implement the change, but the understanding is that services will have to migrate to Dungarvan. I ask the Minister of State to examine that.

Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Minister of State for clarifying that, because I had not heard that. People have told me the position has not been clarified for them. I ask the Minister of State and Minister for Education to re-examine the number of SEN and SNA positions. It is a significant problem across the board. Schools in Waterford are suffering because they are not getting additional SNAs. They...

Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I am happy to join colleagues in supporting this Bill regarding autism. I know the Minister of State is very proactive in this area. We know that boys are three times more likely to suffer from autism than girls. In Ireland today more than 14,000 students have an autism diagnosis. That is one in 65 nationally, so the condition is quite prevalent. It is also a lifelong condition, as has...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (20 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Ireland has remained an outlier to date in adopting legislation (details supplied); the reason the Revenue Commissioners and customs and excise departments have signalled an inability to adopt rebates or new pricing controls for a period of years if such an order should be passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51462/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (20 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a Departmental analysis of the possible cost in taxes foregone in implementing EU Structures Directive 2020/1151 in relation to excise rebates to small scale producers of cider and other fermented beverages; if his Department can also provide an analysis in overall market terms of the value of taxes presently derived from this sector; and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: My question relates to the package of aviation supports announced of €126 million in total in grant assistance. I compare that to the withdrawal of stopgap funding of €375,000 to Waterford Regional Airport per year. There is a stunning absence of detail on this massive state aid to the sector. I have brought this up before. How is the Oireachtas expected to discharge our...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: Make the commitment. We want to see the commitment.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: We are speaking about the hospital, not the North Quays.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: The Taoiseach has spectacularly failed to answer the question I asked. What I take from that is that his hard answer is "No" and that he will leave office in December 2022, in 14 months, without that promise to the people of the south east being kept. Other promises in the programme for Government are being kept, despite the incredible challenges of Covid but if the Taoiseach's promise on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: What about 24-7 services?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: As a historian, long before he became our Taoiseach, the Taoiseach must have thought about what his enduring legacy might be. I used to think the oft-quoted Fianna Fáil reflection on Government as "senior hurling" was about political competition, the training and effort taken, the resilience and gumption required and the skill of our national sport, not that our Cabinet members tog out...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the National Student Accommodation Strategy given that the last progress report was in the third quarter of 2019 and further noting the significant hardship the class of 2022 has experienced in finding sufficient and adequate places to live; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49585/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I congratulate the Minister and his wife on the new addition to their family. My question relates to the National Student Accommodation Strategy and its status, given that the last report was in the third quarter of 2019. Why has this accommodation strategy died? If it is not dead, it has certainly been let wither on the vine. We had an action plan. Why has it been dropped? Looking at...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: Affordability will certainly be a problem if there is not supply. I have looked at the report and there was no additional student accommodation for Waterford in it. The reason that WIT was one of the premier institutes of technology in the country was because it was able to borrow until the technological university was brought to the Committee of Public Accounts and had its feet held to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: As I said to the Minister, the key here is access to borrowing. The Minister says that he wants to do it through the technological university. We had the capability until the Department removed it from us. WIT was progressive. It was the first institute of technology in the country to provide its own student accommodation. That capability has been removed. We are waiting for the present...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Science Foundation Ireland (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes he is proposing to the allocation of research funding though Science Foundation Ireland in view of the fact that significant new money was awarded in 2020 despite existing and previous grant approved research projects being bypassed nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49587/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to prioritise investment in the research areas of agriculture, forestry and horticulture which will be significant components of future carbon mitigation activity in the climate plan in the programme of a new TUSE; his views on whether these objectives go far enough to meeting obligations (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a commitment will be given to provide the necessary capital expenditure required to ensure the expansion of the existing WIT footprint to enable a seamless move to a technical university status in Waterford; his views on whether this expansion will be sufficient to cater for the increased demand; the expected measures to be taken to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new proposed construction commencement date for two new PPP science buildings in the Waterford and Carlow campuses; if a commitment will be given to a de facto authorised commencement order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49590/21]