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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: Will Mr. Breslin give a commitment now, in this contract, to finding a way or mechanism to get all these doctors back in, in order that we can get maximum efficiency through both the public and private space?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: With respect, these are elective procedures.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: The private hospitals should be directed to give up their bed capacity within 48 hours, so we will not need to focus on this for months at a time.

Covid-19 (Rural and Community Development): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I am deputising for a colleague at short notice so I apologise in advance if I am not fully au faitwith the Minister's brief. Regarding the town and village renewal scheme, I think everybody would agree that it is a great opportunity to develop towns and cities, but I wonder about the idea of drawing up the strategic plans around it, particularly for community groups. Has the Minister's...

Covid-19 (Rural and Community Development): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: In terms of outdoor recreational infrastructure, I think the specific brief is around cycleways and walkways. I may be on the wrong track but I am also thinking of waterways. We had two initiatives in Waterford, one on a blueway and another on amalgamating old houses and river walks. This is an area for future tourism development throughout the country around which a separate initiative...

Covid-19 (Foreign Affairs and Trade): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I wish to start by expressing revulsion on behalf of the Regional Independents Group at the death of George Floyd as a result of police brutality. I agree with the Tánaiste's comments to the effect that we must look at our record of racism in this country. I thank the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and our ambassador to the United States, Mr. Dan Mulhall, for their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that recently took their HPAT exams; his views on whether these exams took place in and around the time of the pre-examinations those students with an ambition to study medicine would have focused more on the HPAT than the pre-leaving certificate; his further views on whether these students are now at a distinct...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I thank Dr. De Gascun and Professor Nolan for their incredible work. Certainly the State recognises that they have given us service. I ask Dr. De Gascun to comment on a couple of things and to leave me a bit of time to come back to Professor Nolan on a further issue. With respect to the wet markets in China, I know it is not definite that this coronavirus has come from them, but a...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: Could I ask about the app development with regard to testing and tracing?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: Professor Nolan might know.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I thank Professor Nolan and apologise for cutting across him. As a member of NPHET, he may be able to answer a question on the deal on private hospitals. Everybody accepts it was very important to get capacity for a surge. We had Mr. Breslin in here last week and he spoke about the potential for revisiting that deal. One of the things he described was that he was bound under a mandate...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I presume NPHET is giving guidance to the Government and the Department of Health on this.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I note the EU average liquidity support is 15% of GDP. I understand the Irish Government is signalling €12 billion in liquidity support, but if we deduct the PUP from that, it leaves approximately €7.5 billion, so approximately 2.9%, I think, of GNI. Would the witnesses like to comment on that? I wish to raise a couple of issues regarding examinership lite. I understand...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: Do the witnesses have any comments to make on examinership lite and insurance? Perhaps Mr. McDonnell will respond?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: Insurance.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I spoke yesterday to a very large builder who told me that mortgage applications are now being reviewed by banks based on employers accessing the wage subsidy scheme. The witnesses might comment on that. I think the SME platform for wage bargaining comes in under the Labour Employer Economic Forum, LEEF. Although the witnesses do not participate in that, would they like to comment on it?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I asked about the small and medium-sized business platform for wage bargaining under the labour employer economic forum. Has ISME an opportunity to enter wage bargaining negotiations under that? How is it arrived at?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: Is that something ISME would like to see?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Acting Chairman and our guests for coming here today. I put my first question to the Secretary General on the loan supports outlined earlier by her. I see the Covid-19 loan support had an application or success rate of 63%, the continuity voucher, 55%, and the online training voucher, 40%. I would be disappointed if I was one of the businesses that was making an application....

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: The committee heard earlier from representatives of IBEC and ISME who outlined some of the challenges their members face, one of which is liquidity. Will Dr. Quinn indicate the Department's position on two other challenges? The Company Law Review Group is looking at the issue of examinership lite. Does the Department have a role to play in that regard and will Dr. Quinn give an opinion on...