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Business Costs for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: Under Standing Order 83(3)(b) I propose that the vote be taken by other than electronic means.

Business Costs for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I thank Cáit Nic Amhlaoibh, our parliamentary assistant, and my Regional Group colleagues for their work on this motion. It is bad form that six of our speakers this morning were speaking to a health Minister as opposed to a Minister the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Furthermore, not one Fine Gael Deputy has taken part in this debate. It speaks volumes for the...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: The Minister of State will be glad to hear that I will not be taking the full allocation of speaking time because a lot of this has been covered already but I welcome that I am able to contribute something to this debate. At the outset, I recognise the terrible loss that has been suffered by families over many years and decades, but particularly in the last three to five years. Since...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (13 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 17 October 2023, if Transport Infrastructure Ireland has responded to the initial information request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6579/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Industry (13 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is familiar with the practice of fraudulently registering vehicles within the state in order to reclaim monies under the VRT repayment scheme (details supplied); the number of vehicles fraudulently registered within the State in this way; what advances have been made in detecting these fraudulent registrations; how many prosecutions have taken place...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Priorities (13 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason HVO is unable to be competitive against kerosene in terms of fuel substitution; the reason HVO is not classified as a biofuel in the Finance Act; the reason it cannot trade BOC certs as it can do with the transport fuels obligation scheme; the reason it is not supported in any subsidy as in, for example, being funded by carbon tax; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering giving incremental credit to teachers who have worked abroad for a number of years and have now returned to work in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6258/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine , further to Parliamentary Question No. 472 of 23 January, if the total sitka area planted for the period 2010 to 2023 of 39,791.78 ha includes open space or a bio area which would reduce the actual planted sitka area by a further 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6108/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (13 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 618. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Government's position on approving the PPP engineering building at SETU campus Waterford and agreeing contracts to immediate construction understanding that this project was separated from a batch one proposal in 2020 which are now completed, understanding that this project was first planning approved in 2011 with present planning...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Construction Industry (8 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Minister has highlighted developing policy to approve new modular construction design technologies that could be deployed in Ireland; if he will outline progress in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5749/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (8 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment position regarding the continuing decline in Irish overall exports over the past two years; what evaluation his Department is doing to understand any and what may be the main drivers of this export drop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5745/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (8 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is aware of the significant pressures facing business in the restaurant and hospitality sector; the steps his Department is taking to address the challenges now being experienced in these sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5747/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Wage-setting Mechanisms (8 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the recent round of collective bargaining has agreed a significant increase in wages across the public service sector which will guide private sector remuneration also; the reason the relative difference in average pay disparity between public sector remuneration versus SME sector remuneration in Ireland is now among the widest in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (8 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide his Department’s approved budget figures for the purposes of road maintenance and new road developments infrastructure outlined by individual region totals over the past four years of Government; if he will clarify how regional equity is demonstrated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5918/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (8 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 31 January 2024, to outline the research and research processes that underpin this reply, particularly the general sentiment that recruitment, rather than applications in the TU sector is positive since their individual inception and the specific explanatory rationale for the recent decline...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (8 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 31 January 2024, and the technological sector advancement fund referenced therein which is purported to provide €50 million to continue to assist new technological universities in their post-establishment phase; the amount of disbursed monies from this fund; the precise total funds amount...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he could provide an annual breakdown of the total cost incurred to date of the Metrolink North project; to detail the measures put in place to ensure costs are moderated and controlled; if he can offer a forward-looking statement on envisaged expenditure in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4964/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Projects (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he could please outline the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department in Waterford during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4967/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the business case for the Waterford Airport runway extension (details supplied) within his Department; if the Department has had sight of same; if so, the reason he has not been included in reviewing it to date, understanding the extremely tight construction timelines pertaining to the project; the expected timeframe he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to further expand the inheritance thresholds in the next budget, particularly where it relates to the estates of single individuals; if he would acknowledge that single people with no children are at a particular disadvantage while estate planning given that their estate will likely be gifted to those in the ‘stranger in...