Results 161-180 of 857 for speaker:Matt Shanahan in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Jul 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 198. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends increasing the income tax exemption of €36,000 for a married couple over 65 years of age (details supplied) ( €18,000 single person), given the proposed increase in the old age pension will push many retired people over the exemption limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33848/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (29 Jun 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 206. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of SME credit advanced in previous credit guaranteed schemes in the past 12-months, by county and sector; what that quantum of funding is, in relation to the previous year's allocation; the variance estimated in relation to the proposed new credit guaranteed SME scheme to be announced, in tabular form; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (27 Jun 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to having his Department conduct a review of the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); if he will request his Department to re-examine an application; his views on whether the long-term illness scheme which is governed by the Health Act 1970, is long overdue a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30579/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (22 Jun 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm what progress has been made in relation to the reduction of waiting times for those waiting to be tested, following the announcement of the addition of 75 new testers earlier in the year; when he envisages the current average wait of 21 weeks will be significantly reduced, and to what level; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Jun 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the funding allocated to the N24-N25 project for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29767/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Jun 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his Department’s position regarding an upgrade investment for the N24 Waterford to Limerick road; when such investment might happen; the scale of investment under consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29765/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Jun 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 642. To ask the Minister for Health to list the project expenditure and total annual quantum of capital expenditure with associated and relevant capital project name and reference details under the expenditure heading of acute, community health, mental health and each and any other relevant capital expenditure heading with details thereof on the campus in Cork University Hospital, Galway...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Contracts (13 Jun 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to the new contract with a company (details supplied) for the provision of aviation search-and-rescue services, specifically helicopter 117, if the helicopter’s heavy lifting capacity, operational capacity and time on-scene will remain the same as that of the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter presently in use; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (30 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 724. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department presentations at the nine acute model 4 hospitals in the country for the month of April; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26038/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 916. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the HSE's insistence on treating a charity group (details supplied) differently from other charities providing medical services whereby the HSE deducts professional services withholding tax from payments, which severely restricts the activities of the charity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24945/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (23 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 917. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the latest three-monthly numbers of emergency department presentations for the nine acute model 4 hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24946/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 918. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the nine model 4 acute hospitals in the country, if he will publish the latest quarter running/expenditure costs for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24947/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (16 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 261. To ask the Minister for Finance if he can explain the reason the main banks are not paying any interest on deposit accounts held on behalf of ordinary citizens, despite the increase in revenue resulting from the higher interest rates being paid on these deposits by the European Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22371/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (16 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information on recent media reports that a possible dairy retirement and reduction scheme may be introduced in 2024; if he will outline the broad thrust of such a scheme; if he will provide any clarification as to the breadth of ambition within his Department to deliver dairy farm retirements; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (16 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 743. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where the legal ownership status of the designated SETU land purchase of 20.3 acres of the old Waterford crystal site stand; the present legal status regarding the ownership of this site; if due diligence is still ongoing; the possible delays that could be preventing the transfer of the site, given it was originally highlighted for sale in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (16 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 744. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the announcement of a construction tender award for the long-awaited PPP funded engineering building block to the old Waterford IT campus and given the statement by the Taoiseach (details supplied), his views on a calendar date for this tender award to be achieved; if he will give a guaranteed date for the award of this construction...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 (11 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform as the new Chair of the Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board, the processes and procedures he hopes to implement that will speak to a fair allocation of national capital monies to individual regions and populations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22059/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there has been any update or review of the national capital tracker to provide greater transparency in terms of projects status, development timelines and associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22057/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Health Service Executive (11 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 38. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what input his Department has in terms of ongoing HSE capital allocations, given the new attention on capital budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22061/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 46. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with respect to the national capital tracker, if his Department plans to provide an annual comparative analysis of annual spend by project and sector with respect to regional population benefit and cumulative capital spend in that region and sector over the previous three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22058/23]