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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 May 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 450. To ask the Minister for Health if an indicative date will be provided for the approved opening of amusement parks nationwide; and the reason amusement parks remain closed while other outdoor attractions such as zoos, pet farms, heritage sites and play parks have been given permission to reopen. [25385/21]

Loan Guarantee Schemes Arrangements (Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland) Bill 2021: Second Stage (12 May 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I welcome this Bill, which proposes to allow the Ministers for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Agriculture, Food and the Marine to enter into agreements with the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland to implement a loan guarantee scheme for small and medium enterprises, including many of our primary producers. The financial gearing of this scheme could deliver up to €330...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (12 May 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 211. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the entitlements for a medical card under EU rules (details supplied) currently held by Irish residents who have previously lived and worked in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24739/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (12 May 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 212. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is correct to include damages settlements paid to individuals by the State as a result of legal proceedings taken by their families following life altering personal injury in the medical card financial assessment process; his further views on whether such monies are solely for the future well-being of the patient in recompense for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the witnesses. I find myself reflecting on what Mr. David Thompson said in asking what kind of society or world we are developing. Some of what has been described is quite harrowing and all of us are exposed to it on different platforms at different times. Service companies are being used to insulate Facebook and others from the full responsibility of the effects of the employment,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Matt Shanahan: We do need to get the employers in to hear what their responses are and what they are planning in terms of what we have heard today.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Workplace Relations Commission (11 May 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 566. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made by his Department on the implementation of the Workplace Relations Commission agreement of September 2020 between a union (details supplied) and city and county childcare committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23751/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 May 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 844. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has examined the participation of pharmacists in the vaccination programme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that up to 2,000 pharmacist vaccinators are available to participate in the programme; if drive-through vaccination, which has been done successfully in other countries, has been examined; if so, the status of plans for same; if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (5 May 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for general insurance licences that were made to the Central Bank from 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23231/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (5 May 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for general insurance licences awarded by the Central Bank from 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23232/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (5 May 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for general insurance licences that were abandoned and or withdrawn by applicants from 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23233/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (5 May 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown by location of the entities applying for general insurance licences to the Central Bank from 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23234/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (5 May 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for general insurance licences that were made to the Central Bank in each of the years 2016 to 2020, inclusive; the number of these applications that were awarded; the number of the applications that were abandoned and withdrawn by the applicants; the breakdown by location of the entities applying for such licences to the Central...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 May 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 530. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed commencement date for construction to commence on the new cath laboratory at Waterford; the scheduled completion date based on the start date provided; the proposed commissioning date and handover date envisaged once building works are completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22700/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 May 2021)

Matt Shanahan: 655. To ask the Minister for Health the scheduled completion date for the handover of the new mortuary building at University Hospital Waterford; the programme of commissioning and certifying equipment on site; the expected commission approved dates; the expected commencement of full schedule daily activity on site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23235/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2021: Waiver of Pre-legislative Scrutiny (5 May 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Chairman. I welcome the comments from colleagues this morning. To return to a point raised by Deputy O'Reilly, a significant responsibility has been placed on this committee in respect of waiving pre-legislative scrutiny. How does the Department propose to manage ongoing cases or any dissatisfaction that may arise from the committee agreeing to the Department's proposal? How...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishery Harbour Centres (29 Apr 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I too welcome the Minister's statement. The one point I would make is that the comparison is not valid. If one looks at the size of Howth Harbour and the level of activity there and compares landings at Howth with those at Dunmore East, one will see that the landings are quite a lot more important to Dunmore East relatively. I ask the Minister to take that on board. Deputy Cullinane made...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishery Harbour Centres (29 Apr 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I submitted a parliamentary question to the Minister on 20 January and his response did not provide a resolution. I thank him for the invitation to engage with him on the issue of south-east fishing on 11 May. As Deputy Cullinane has highlighted, this is a significant economic issue for Dunmore East. The travel time to Dunmore East for fishing vessels that access the fishing grounds known...

European Union Regulation: Motion (29 Apr 2021)

Matt Shanahan: We are now firmly living in an age of digital advancement. The change this is bringing to our lives is evident in every sector, community and home. Digitisation and technology development are greatly improving many aspects of our social, economic and cultural lives. However, they are also creating a national vulnerability that Ireland cannot manage on its own. This is true of every other...

Planning and Development, Heritage and Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Matt Shanahan: I welcome the Bill, which largely tidies up the Mulcreevy judgment problem and ensures that the primary legislation complies with statutory instruments enacted. I also welcome the move of responsibility for heritage to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. As my colleague, Deputy Tóibín, has highlighted the issue of The O'Rahilly house and what happened there,...