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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....

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 ask for an answer to my question on the idea that young people are being kept out of the high-end jobs market because people are sitting in these jobs.

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: Much of the debate is about getting onto the property ladder. Is that not the-----

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (10 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes that are being considered to the debt warehousing scheme to support private businesses availing of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5746/24]

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I wish to share time with Deputy Naughten.

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I congratulate the Taoiseach on his elevation. I also congratulate his new Front Bench members and wish them all the best in their new roles. We have heard many times over the past two weeks of the soul-searching and renewal in which the Taoiseach's party is currently engaging. I wish his new ministerial line-up every good fortune. I say that sincerely, as one hopes their success in...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I wish fair winds to Deputy Varadkar. While he got some big calls right on the macro economy, the pandemic and Brexit, this has not been a Government for all people or for all parts of Ireland. People have become divided during the term of this Government. It has pitched urban against rural, motorist against cyclist, agriculture against the environmentalist and house buyers against...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (9 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 311. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the banking sector (details supplied) and request it to provide a status report regarding the offer to provide a 'gambling block' to customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15047/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (9 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 312. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the timeframe provided by the financial institutions required to deliver gambling block security to their online platforms (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15048/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (9 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 570. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide the current application status of a funding request from an organisation (details supplied) to support hosting of the world rally championships in Ireland on a three-year programme event; to confirm that Government will commit to €15 million funding in total, based on a €5 million support payment per...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 1602. To ask the Minister for Health the present status of the HSE estates development of business case and associated tender developments with respect to a new operating theatre in Kilcrene, County Kilkenny to support the Waterford and South east orthopaedic activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15380/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 1603. To ask the Minister for Health to provide contract timelines for the build and development of the new operating theatre in Kilcrene, County Kilkenny to service outreach, orthopaedic surgery from UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15381/24]

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I thank the Social Democrats, particularly Deputy Whitmore, for tabling this motion. One of the first words in the motion is "humanitarian". It is important that we remember that this should be at the centre of whatever policy we are trying to enact here. The Government's responses and actions not only frame the national attitude to potential immigration but also underline the competency...