Results 61-80 of 1,978 for speaker:Matt Shanahan

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

Matt Shanahan: The issue of insurance is the bane of everyone in the SME sector's life.

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

Matt Shanahan: I apologise to Ms Julie Sinnamon as I will not get to my last question. I do, however, have one more question for the Secretary General, which is on the National Standards Authority of Ireland, NSAI. I have been working with a number of companies trying to get products into CE certification. We are looking for some kind of fast-track mechanism whereby companies can supply under procurement...

July Education Programme: Statements (10 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: These past weeks and months have shown the best attributes of the Irish people and demonstrated beyond doubt that we are a caring and empathetic nation. From the first incidences of Covid-19, front-line staff across the country took on the challenge of doing all in their power to preserve well-being, while supporting industries ensured the continuation of our supply and distribution chains...

Covid-19 (Sport): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: An additional eight people have been recorded as having passed due to Covid-19 so, as good as we are going and despite the progress we feel we have made through the lockdown, we must stay as vigilant as ever. Again, we thank our health services. Covid-19 has presented significant challenges to many sectors but the Minister's portfolio of transport, tourism and sport is seeing especially...

Covid-19 (Sport): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: It is part of the Minister's brief.

Covid-19 (Sport): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: Before I get off the subject of transport, could I ask the Minister a couple of other questions on it? Will he consider supporting a VAT rate of 0% for the private bus and coach operators? I am aware that he has been lobbied on this. There is a VAT anomaly in respect of Northern Ireland, as he probably knows. He should give the operators a level playing field and allow them to have some...

Covid-19 (Sport): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: World Health Organization: Public Health Advice (11 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I thank Dr. Nabarro for his contribution. As someone who is member of an independent grouping and called for the use of face masks many weeks ago, I support his stand. It is to be hoped that what he is saying today may have repercussions for national policy. Could I ask a more medical question? There is some suggestion that the elderly in this country would have done a lot better if we...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: World Health Organization: Public Health Advice (11 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: As Dr. Nabarro says, Ireland is following a similar trajectory to other countries. In terms of the influenza season, which will probably kick in any time from October on, has Dr. Nabarro any thoughts about whether humidity increases the risk of aerosolisation or the pathogen remaining aerosolised for longer and whether that increases the risk of transmission? In terms of the profiling of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position on an extension at a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay in permitting the school to proceed to tender; if the application will be progressed as speedily as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10587/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on whether to run the July provision programmes to accommodate students with special needs; if his attention has been drawn to the impact on children with complex conditions such as autism, intellectual disabilities and special needs (details supplied); if he is considering opening schools to enable school-based...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I would like to return to a point previously touched on by Deputy McGuinness concerning the SME sector. I would like to reflect on some of the points the witnesses made in their analysis of SMEs' financial health, rude or otherwise. I am quite close to the SME sector. I share Deputy McGuinness's concerns about the financial well-being of a lot of businesses at the beginning of the Covid-19...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I will ask a question about what I describe as regionality. I represent Waterford where there has been a low instance of Covid-19 and the county would have come out of the crisis much sooner but we did not have an opportunity to exit lockdown ahead of anybody else. Do the reports that IFAC gives to the Government reflect sectoral analysis by geography as well as by sector as it relates to...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: Has IFAC looked at any other incentive programmes such as a national bond or a special savings incentive account, SSIA, programme? Will the council recommend any such measure to the Government?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I will direct questions to Mr. Reid or Mr. Breslin. Something that might come through here and be shown up by the expert panel is that one of the most likely vectors for disease has been agency staff who were transiting between different care homes. That is a function of the private nature of nursing home care. As previous speakers noted, 80% of such care is provided in the private sector....

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I thank Mr. Walsh for that. It is just that I am under time pressure. I will direct a couple of questions to the Secretary General, Mr. Breslin. In terms of congregated settings, there is an outstanding issue which is between the section 38 and section 39 workers. Is there any opportunity or policy coming down the track which will redress the differences in pay, structures, etc.? In...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I asked about the section 38 versus section 39 workers.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State's Response to Impact of Covid-19 on Gaeltacht Areas and the Islands (18 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire agus lucht an Roinne. Tá brón orm nach bhfuil mo Ghaeilge a dóthain chun comhrá a dhéanamh agus cuirfidh mé mo cheisteanna trí Bhéarla. In a previous meeting I asked on behalf of Conradh na Gaeilge about the publication of coronavirus information as Gaeilge and the Minister of State said that he is happy with the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I thank our guests for attending here today. I wish to make a comment with respect to Mr. Bell's statement on the survey. The committee should write to the Department to understand the basis of that survey and whether SIPTU members were excluded from it. If that proves to be the case, we should bring it back to the committee for further review. I would say to Ms Ní Sheaghdha that...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)

Matt Shanahan: I hope Ms Ní Sheaghdha will be able to provide those costings to the committee and we will be able to bring them to Government. Ms Ní Sheaghdha said that some 4,823 healthcare workers remain out sick. Does she have a timeframe on their return to work? For instance, we know that some people suffer extreme fatigue after Covid. Does she have any timeframe on when those people might...