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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (17 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of positions remaining unfilled by clerical officer, executive officer and higher executive officer level in the Civil Service in County Waterford; if his attention has been drawn to the impediment to the swift filling of these positions in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32555/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I do not doubt the Minister's bona fides in his desire to bring in this legislation and to see just transition in the process. I put it to the Minister, however, that I am not sure he is listening, and especially to the agrisector. I am close to the agrisector and I have heard a lot of the concerns. I can tell the Minister there are a lot of farmers who feel that while something must...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I wish to speak in support of the amendments Deputy Naughten has put forward on behalf of the Regional Group. I have a particular concern around the agricultural sector. There has been discussion in the media in recent months that has tacitly steered towards the identification of the agricultural sector as a big problem in terms of climate. I do not think that is entirely justified. We...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for continuing subvention of the travel agent sector given the extraordinary challenges ongoing (details supplied); the supports that will be offered to a sector suffering a continuing 80% to 90% revenue reduction as a result of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32165/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank our guests. I do not wish to get involved in philosophical arguments about employee rights or enterprise rights. Many people out there, particularly in the private sector, are looking for answers and support from the State. I commend ISME on the work it has done on SCARP, which I think Deputy Bruton has already mentioned, and on insurance reform. I think those measures have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I asked this question of the Tánaiste some time ago on this committee and he said the SME community was captured under the Small Firms Association component of IBEC. Would Mr. McDonnell agree with that? Where does he lie with that comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: Mr. McDonnell made a comment about SCARP in the context of leaseholders, landlords and so on. We had the Minister of State, Deputy English, with us yesterday morning and I asked him this question. I do not want to say he was evasive but he certainly did not give any comfort or say leases and landlord arrangements would come under the remit of SCARP. It sounded as if he was saying legally...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: May I return to a comment that Mr. McDonnell made on upward-only rent reviews? He said there is potentially a constitutional problem with addressing upward-only rents and that he has legal advice — from the Supreme Court, I believe — to that effect. Could he clarify that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank Mr. McDonnell. I look forward to receiving that correspondence. Could I ask Mr. Berney a question on aviation? He has highlighted his thoughts on the reintegration of State airports but there is also a problem regarding airlines. What activity has Congress undertaken to support the air travel protocols that are being used, particularly in the United States, but which we have not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank Mr. Berney.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: Why do we still need public ownership of Shannon development? Should the Western Development Commission still get more than €2 million of public money year after year on the nod, to add to its €72 million investment portfolio? The regional problems those organisations set out to address are fully resolved. One might question if they are now victims of their own success. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Small Company Administrative Rescue Process) Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (15 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Minister of State and his team. I think everybody agrees this is very important legislation. We need to get it over the line as quickly as possible. Will the Minister of State highlight where Revenue debt and, in particular, leases will be considered in terms of prioritising outstanding debt in this process? We will have companies that have already warehoused Revenue debt. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Small Company Administrative Rescue Process) Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (15 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Minister of State and Ms Keane. Deputy Bruton raised the issue of approved liquidators. The Minister of State has highlighted the position on solicitors and accountancy firms. What is the position on a small business? We are going to see people entering this process over €10,000. For a large business, this would not be an issue but it is the type of debt that would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Small Company Administrative Rescue Process) Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (15 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I have another question, on the scheme of creditors. The Minister of State said the decision is made based on the quantum of money. If 51% of the money is to support examinership, that decides the position on the remaining creditors. Has the Minister of State given any cognisance to where a large company that can afford to take the hit might take the debt write-down on the basis of wanting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Small Company Administrative Rescue Process) Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (15 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: Not if the 49% are not in agreement. We have already said that this legislation will provide that the greater quantum, the 51%, will determine whether a scheme of arrangement is put in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Small Company Administrative Rescue Process) Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (15 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I would be largely in agreement with what Deputy O'Reilly said. We all understand the need for pre-legislative scrutiny but in this instance, it is an emergency regardless of whether it has been deliberately slowed down and I do not think it has. It is a difficult subject to get over the line anyway but we must do so. There are so many businesses that need to look at restructuring. This...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Small Company Administrative Rescue Process) Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (15 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Minister of State and Ms Keane.

Mental Health During and Post Covid-19: Statements (3 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: Covid-19 has wreaked havoc on the psychological well-being of many in our society. In many cases it has been indiscriminate to age, gender or financial standing. We have all had to accept the necessity of business restrictions and lockdowns at the early stages of the pandemic but the effects of constant isolation, financial pressures, sickness, and loss has taken a significant toll on many...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I do not propose to take up the House's time for very long. I am speaking in support of amendments Nos. 2 and 51 put forward by the Regional Group. As Deputy Naughten said, the only reason we are here having this debate in the House is because of the sunset clause that was promoted by the Regional Group. We are discussing the need to ensure that public health, transmission and infection...