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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: The Tánaiste should publish the national report on it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. Similar to previous Fianna Fáil Cork leader, senior hurling politics is a game the Tánaiste plays well. First the ball, but if unsuccessful then the player. This is not about me but it is about a critical life-saving service for 600,000 people with whom the Government is playing politics. Consider for instance that having...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: There you go again, Tánaiste.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Media Sector (18 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: My local radio station, WLR FM, is offering media training for five voluntary groups across Waterford in the coming weeks. WLR FM has been running a broadcasting course for up-and-coming journalists in Waterford for the past 25 years or so. It is the type of initiative we need to see more funding for. Given that we have elections on the horizon, we need to look at the scope for increased...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Media Sector (18 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 4. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the scope for increasing the funding for recommendations made within the Report of the Future of Media Commission; and when funding from these proposals will be rolled out to media organisations nationwide, given that the local and European elections and the first directly-elected mayor election in Limerick will take place at the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Media Sector (18 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: My question relates to the scope for increasing funding for recommendations from the Report of the Future of Media Commission. When will funding be rolled out, given we have future elections on the horizon, not least the local elections and the directly-elected mayoral elections coming up in the June this year?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Media Sector (18 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: The Future of Media Commission report was a welcome step in safeguarding the public interest in journalism and media in Ireland. We have never probably had a more important time to promote and fund quality journalism, especially with the proliferation of misinformation and disinformation across the Internet. It is needed to address the severe threats that we are seeing from these multiple...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 194. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding her Department is making available in Waterford and the south east for festival supports in 2024. [17015/24]

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I do not propose to use the full time allotted to me. My colleague, Deputy Naughten, is the Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development, and the Islands, and he will speak for 20 minutes later. He has a lot more detail than I have. Automatic enrolment seeks to address the present position of a pension coverage gap and will apply to all employees...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: In the past decade, we have seen more cars on the roads and more younger drivers. In addition, those younger drivers are driving more powerful cars because it is no longer possible to insure older cars. This is an issue the Government should examine. Years ago, parents could buy their children a banger in which they could not go over 30 km/h or 40 km/h. Now they can get into a modern car...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Wind Energy Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (17 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I thank our guests for coming in. I welcome the offshore wind strategy. It has been spoken about for quite some time and it is good to see that at least we now have a document to refer to. In terms of the wind delivery taskforce, can Mr. Tobin please highlight who are the main people involved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Wind Energy Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (17 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: Are the majority of the people involved in the workstreams public sector Government officials? How many people or players does the taskforce interact with from the private and renewable sectors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Wind Energy Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (17 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: Would Mr. Tobin be good enough to share with me who the people are in the private sector who are part of workstream 7?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Wind Energy Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (17 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: One of the criticisms that I have heard is that there are people out there who are saying they are finding it very hard to get access to the Department and get any opportunity to talk about what they are doing. Offshore wind has been talked about for a long time in this country. Going back decades the potential of wind energy has always been known. The question is how to commercialise it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Wind Energy Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (17 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I think the market might dictate a bit of that. I will not digress because my time is up, and I have two other things that I am surprised are not in the Department's strategy document. Mr. Tobin has mentioned private wire but I want to ask about the whole deployment and connection into the national grid. The second point is security issues, which really have to be thought about. How are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I raise the plight of the Gaeltacht community in Waterford, An Rinn and the whole parish. The GP services have closed recently. The refurbished Garda station is now shuttered and the gardaí have been transferred. There are no gardaí there and now the post office is to close. An existing retailer in An Rinn is looking into a post office contract and was asked to contribute...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (16 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 568. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person in Waterford (details supplied) is finding it impossible to access a vital service here; if he agrees that it is the responsibility of his Department to provide such services; if he will now instruct his Department to devise a plan of care where the person's needs are taken care of as...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: The Central Bank has just produced the latest liability data up to 21 December 2022. It has taken 15 months to publish that. Will Government give a commitment to publish the 2023 data before the summer recess to see what is happening in the insurance market? The headline takeaways in terms of the report that was just published are that insurance profit margins have risen 55% in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the witnesses. I have my own opinion on retirement. To be frank, I believe that it is a disaster for a lot of people. Income is the major problem they have. A lot of people would be more open to the idea of changing their work situation if they had adequate income to fall back on and to allow them to go in new directions. One of the reasons they feel hard done by is that they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: Speaking of parliamentary systems, someone in Japan has to be nearly 70 before being considered for a Cabinet minister’s post. We have a different system, which is good. There are certain tensions. Young people might say they are not getting a crack at good jobs early on because people are staying in employment for longer. That is a societal issue as much as an employment one....