Results 121-140 of 1,947 for speaker:Matt Shanahan

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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will formally respond to the specific issues raised in relation to the situation of a teacher (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5262/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planners recruited by the Land Development Agency from An Bord Pleanála; if he acknowledges that recruiting staff from the already overstretched An Bord Pleanála only undermines further the Government's planning strategy and exacerbates current waiting times; if there are any plans to outsource...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he could provide details relating to the Cork Event Centre; the estimated costs of constructing the Cork Event Centre during the project timeline; an annualised breakdown of actual direct costs or grant aid supplied in respect of this project; a timeline of the project’s advancement through the public spending...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regional Development (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the statistical measures and controls used across Government Departments to ensure balanced regional development, and that the four largest cities outside Dublin grow at the twice the rate of the capital. [4968/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 472. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking regarding the provision of a dedicated diabetes care unit at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4962/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 473. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dedicated whole-time equivalents of consultant endocrinologists, dietitians, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, staff nurses, podiatrists and administrative support posts currently dedicated to the outpatient adult diabetes clinic in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4963/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 474. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking regarding the recruitment of a dedicated diabetes physiologist for people with Type 1 diabetes in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4969/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 475. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to ensure that the HSE has the necessary funding to recruit and support the minimum number of staff, at University Hospital Waterford, required to manage the diabetes unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4971/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 476. To ask the Minister for Health if University Hospital Waterford, as a model 4 hospital, has contingency plans in place for the staffing of the diabetes unit to ensure adequate cover in the event of staff illness or leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4973/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults attending UHW with type 1 diabetes who have requested insulin pump therapy, and when those patients can expect to avail of this diabetes technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4974/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 478. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are awaiting an appointment to see an endocrinologist over the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4975/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have started the new insulin pump, in all hospitals within the RCSI Hospital Group, aged between 0-17 years and those aged 18 years or older, for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4982/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 482. To ask the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare project on the development of a national diabetes register will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4983/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 483. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through the University Hospital Waterford accident and emergency or the acute medical assessment units due to diabetic ketoacidosis in people aged between 0-17 years and those aged 18 years or older in each of the years 2017 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4985/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (1 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected date for the publication of the Central Bank NCID (National Claims Information Database) Employers' Liability, Public Liability and Commercial Property Insurance Report 2022 in view of the delay in publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4772/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: Last week the Taoiseach indicated he is keen to invest in Waterford Airport. Of course, we have been here before. Few will forget the €25 million of Government money approved by the last Fine Gael-Green Party coalition in 2007 for the runway extension in the airport. This promise turned to dust in the last days of the Celtic tiger. There is once again strong optimism in the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: On a point of order, it is my understanding the Minister does have a business case. I would like him to clarify that.

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Matt Shanahan: My apologies, I have just come from a committee so I am not going to take eight minutes but I will lay out some points. First, I pay tribute to Deputy Kenny. He has been the foremost voice in the Chamber since his arrival here in looking for a revised drug strategy from the Government. I would not question in anyway his bona fides, which stand large and tall, regarding his concern for...