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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (16 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the concerns raised regarding traffic controls adjacent to a national school (details supplied); if he will acknowledge the obvious dangers that exist, given there is no on-street parking available for school pick-up and drop-off, which is causing both parking congestion at the roadside and visibility issues for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Centres (16 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of complementary admissions being issued each year at the Custom House visitor centre (details supplied); when the visitor centre will be properly operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22283/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I welcome our guests this morning it is very timely to have representatives of three of the leading agencies that integrate with government. They will have a pretty important position to use their learning to influence the Government. I am more interested in high-level policy than the individual activities. We could spend all day talking about how AI cuts across all the different things. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: When the witnesses are engaging with the Government, as I am sure they will from time to time, it is very important that the Government looks at the tax situation and how we can incentivise investment. That is going to be the biggest problem for small businesses to invest in the platforms and technology.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: This meeting has been hugely beneficial. A lot of the talk has been about the execution of this. Deputy Stanton and I are also concerned about the national policy. I think that we do want to take advantage of this, and be at the vanguard of it, but that will require the assistance of the Government. I am concerned that often the Government and Departments tend to stand back and see what...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: In the main, no one doubts the Minister of State's bona fides in regard to the work she is doing here. I welcome the arrival of this Bill. The preamble of the Bill refers to its purpose in regard to two existing legislative measures. It amends the Health Act 2007 to give new enforcement powers to the Chief Inspector of Social Services in HIQA, which consequently will provide for greater...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the present status of the proposed tunnel project being proposed at Dublin Airport; if he will outline the procurement stage of the project; the envisaged capital allocation required to complete it; the timelines surrounding the project proposal; whether or not this project has been approved for capital funding; and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will advise, beyond a train Metrolink service connecting Dublin Airport to the Dublin city area, what other options have been explored recently in his Department or with outside agencies or private specialists in terms of looking at alternate proposals to increase connectivity between the airport and the city; if his Department...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tourism Industry (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on security at this country's largest tourism sites (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21262/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new positions to be filled as part of a new seven-day service delivery at University Hospital Waterford (details supplied); the stage recruitment is at; the final deadline proposed to achieve the full recruitment number; the target date to begin the seven-day service; if he will confirm that funding has been authorised and released to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (14 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 617. To ask the Minister for Health how a new cardiac day ward at University Hospital Waterford is proposed to be delivered (details supplied); where it will be located; where the project plan exists on a capital or estates project list; the stage recruitment is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21661/24]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I congratulate the Minister of State also on his recent elevation and wish him the best of luck in his position. I will speak on affordable housing and housing in general. We have an affordability issue across the board. There is no doubt we have entered into a very different period in the past five to seven years, particularly post-pandemic, as regards the economic and regulatory...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: Recently, there was recognition in this House of a 43-year-long struggle for social justice. We have another one now, which is the Waterford Crystal factory pensions issue, which has been going on for 32 years. It was visited by "Prime Time" last week, which brought up new information that showed there was understanding between the Irish Pensions Trust and the factory workers, where over...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small Companies Administrative Rescue Process: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: ...witnesses. I will address the Department first on SCARP. The committee looked for such a process and it is good to see it up and running and obviously rescuing companies. As for the survival rate, it is important that the Department collate data to show how companies are performing on the other side of this process. The Department and Revenue are very close to and understand the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small Companies Administrative Rescue Process: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: My point is that it is important the Department has a good handle on that because it generally liaises with the local enterprise offices. If I am coming to a LEO with a business plan and talking to a LEO adviser, it would be helpful if the LEO adviser had some publication or otherwise from the Department, which said it was seeing significant challenges in the sector that were sector wide as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small Companies Administrative Rescue Process: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: They have all availed of the warehouse scheme and have not come to Revenue yet, so it is obvious they are in trouble if they cannot engage on €5,000. The next question is around what do you do. If Revenue puts them out of business, there is a cost, potentially, in employment. There is also the question of understanding. The non-payment of debt is a big problem in the small...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small Companies Administrative Rescue Process: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: The reason I asked the question is that I have a perception, let us say, that the Department at times does not sufficiently understand what is going on in small and micro-businesses in terms of the challenges. If it does not understand why a company is coming into SCARP, I suggest that is something it needs to understand. It is not enough to say that a practitioner has brought the case to...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: This issue was brought up with the Minister of State during a previous debate the other night in this Chamber. I was quite surprised how strident he was in sticking to his guns. I echo what my colleagues have said today. I made a point to the Minister of State the other day regarding the kinds of voluntary organisations that are involved in raising money. I specifically pointed out to him...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: When this Government was formed in 2020 there was a post office, a GP practice and an active Garda station in Gaeltacht na nDéise. Despite all the ráméising in this House about protecting our Irish language, having it listed as an official EU working language, mandatory publishing and broadcasting as Gaeilge, the Government supports required to protect our teanga are not in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Role and Operation of the Health and Safety Authority: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: As I said, there needs to be constant vigilance in the sector, in particular at high stress times and when trained manpower is not available. That is a problem. Years ago, every farm had a farm labourer who had worked there for 20 or 30 years and was quite skilled at what they did. The problem is that farmers are now drafting in children after junior or leaving certificate years for...