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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what review has taken place in terms of the bureaucracy that surrounds access to utilities such as water and wastewater connections; whether the Minister is concerned at the difficulty developers experience in trying to communicate and negotiate with these State utilities; whether he has considered any new initiatives to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government where the development of new housing schemes using modular building methods have already taken place in Munster; the scale and costs associated with homes supplied by this method; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11657/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on his Department's policy regarding the registration through the planning process of short-term letting properties often used as short-term summer accommodation (details supplied); his Department's position with respect to validating registrations of short-term accommodation through the planning...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 1372. To ask the Minister for Health further to a recent Parliamentary Question, the explanation of ‘restricted procedure for works contractor’ protocol (details supplied); what differentiates it from an ‘unrestricted procedure’; the key criteria for making this distinction; the way and the reason it should be implemented in the opinion of his Department or the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 1373. To ask the Minister for Health further to a recent Parliamentary Question, if he will provide an explanation of this framework (details supplied) to include all of its sub-components and what core groupings in his Department have management over this initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12342/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 1495. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 31 January 2024, the reason no electroencephalographic machine is available in University Hospital Waterford; what plans are in place or under discussion to provide such a machine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12948/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (5 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 614. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm how a person who is correctly registered with PHECC, and holds the correct qualifications required to become employed as a paramedic within the Irish National Ambulance Service could have been rejected following four separate applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9944/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (5 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 658. To ask the Minister for Health to detail in tabular form the staff compliment assigned to cardiology services in University Hospital Waterford listing the last six quarters by individual specialty and number of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10108/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (5 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 659. To ask the Minister for Health to detail any retirements or personnel reassigned from the cardiac service in UHW in the past 18 months; if such posts have been replaced; if the hospital has permission during the health recruitment freeze to backfill any vacant positions occurring as a result of retirement or reassignment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10110/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 660. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publishing the Nolan Report considering its genesis began in 2016 (details supplied); the core years analysis which the report bases its findings on; what account of additional population increase and additional cardiac procedures activity at UHW as a result of the second cath lab opening is being considered within the context of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 661. To ask the Minister for Health the date by which the Nolan Report into national cardiac care will be published; if the report will be offered in advance of national publication to stakeholders and political representatives in order that the findings may be independently assessed before being publicly announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10112/24]

EU Talent Pool: Motion (28 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I will not delay the House. I will just make a few observations. If there is an opportunity for Ireland to opt into this process and have some influence on it, then that is what we should do. The Minister of State himself pointed out that we have been issuing 31,000 work permits. I think he will be aware of what I am going to say, but changes in the work permit scheme are coming and these...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht (Atógáil) - Questions on Policy or Legislation (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I have heard the Minister speak many times about his ambitions for South East Technological University but I remind him these cannot be realised without money. As the Minister knows, the president of the institution, Professor Campbell, produced a strategic plan in September that calls for €350 million in capital investment over five years. Along with this, she needs changes to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Operation and Resourcing of Coimisiún na Meán: Digital Services Commissioner (28 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I was just reflecting; if it was 20 years ago, we would not be having this conversation. It is amazing how time has moved on and a whole industry has come about. I wish the gentlemen before us the best of luck with their duties. It is very significant to be appointed to the Digital Services Coordinator. The witness spoke about resourcing. Dr. Evans said there are 100 staff and I think...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Operation and Resourcing of Coimisiún na Meán: Digital Services Commissioner (28 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I presume that would be after a lengthy process, possibly involving cases in the European courts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Operation and Resourcing of Coimisiún na Meán: Digital Services Commissioner (28 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: It is not straightforward. On social media monitoring, does Coimisiún na Meán have any input into the management of algorithms and how they are arrived at? I refer in particular to those that are negatively biased, which it seems they all are, farming out negative bias on social media posts. Is there any way to get at that? The witnesses are trying to point out that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Operation and Resourcing of Coimisiún na Meán: Digital Services Commissioner (28 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: It will be difficult to deal with. A lot of the algorithms themselves are generated by AI. They are not necessarily something that somebody is sitting down to write a programme for. The programme is freewheeling and adapting all the time. It will be difficult. Another issue I point to is deepfakes, which will be a big part of political propaganda in the next six to 12 months. These are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Operation and Resourcing of Coimisiún na Meán: Digital Services Commissioner (28 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: My final question is on the trusted flagger status. We know that will be an independent role, but the witnesses say they have a fast-track lane for approving trusted flaggers, and platforms will have to deal with them. What kind of teeth has the agency in terms of getting those processes up and ensuring platforms are engaging in a timely fashion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Operation and Resourcing of Coimisiún na Meán: Digital Services Commissioner (28 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I have one more question and it relates to Coimisiún na Meán's remit in monitoring for public order, etc. During the Dublin riots, a particular messaging system was used to co-ordinate people to go there. The messages were put up publicly. If people saw some of the communications, it would be easy enough to infer what was taking place. First, if that is going on, how quickly can...