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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]

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...

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]

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]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Policies (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered changes to the recognition of mortgage applicants to meet repayment costs - at present many private tenants are paying significant monthly rental costs yet there does not appear to be clear guidance in terms of financial institutions accepting these payments as proof of a tenant's ability to pay a future mortgage; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Policies (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered making changes to the required 10% deposit ask of new first-time buyers understanding that many are in rental situations requiring more onerous rent repayment then that would be required in the event of a mortgage repayment and as such, tenants are disadvantaged in their ability to save up to a 10% deposit requirement; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 7 February 2024, what criteria is actually examined and referenced with respect to this individual case; the depth of analysis that was entered into in terms of examining this claim; if previous employers and employment situations were examined to see how they correspond with known criteria...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 7 February 2024, given the apparent lack of recognition to experience increments raised in in relation to teaching work undertaken in private school settings in the UAE, if and how this policy is communicated to Irish persons who may take up temporary residence and work in this country in the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 557. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a submission and if she supports a proposed initiative by an organisation (details supplied); if so, when an official statement will be made confirming the €15 million in support funding, as requested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12300/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government within the pending review of national planning framework, if he has considered the impact of present required density guidelines and how, in a city such as Waterford, they are proving to be a disincentive to the provision of public and private housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11651/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 585. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered what new statutory guidelines will be enforced with respect to planning appeals to An Bord Pleanála; if he is aware that some private planning appeals are taking over two years to receive a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11652/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered making changes to the criteria which allows for observations and planning objections to be made to local authorities, often from people who have questionable impact personally from developments proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11655/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what review has taken place in terms of the bureaucracy that surrounds access to utilities such as water and wastewater connections; whether the Minister is concerned at the difficulty developers experience in trying to communicate and negotiate with these State utilities; whether he has considered any new initiatives to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government where the development of new housing schemes using modular building methods have already taken place in Munster; the scale and costs associated with homes supplied by this method; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11657/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on his Department's policy regarding the registration through the planning process of short-term letting properties often used as short-term summer accommodation (details supplied); his Department's position with respect to validating registrations of short-term accommodation through the planning...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 1372. To ask the Minister for Health further to a recent Parliamentary Question, the explanation of ‘restricted procedure for works contractor’ protocol (details supplied); what differentiates it from an ‘unrestricted procedure’; the key criteria for making this distinction; the way and the reason it should be implemented in the opinion of his Department or the...