Independent TD for Waterford, Matt Shanahan, has blamed ‘bureaucracy over the last ten years’ for Ireland’s current housing problems. Speaking in Dáil Éireann on Tuesday (October 8), Deputy Shanahan said the issue of house building in Ireland was a ‘crisis, and needed to be treated like a crisis’. “We’re seeing bureaucracy right across the planning department. We’re seeing it
I welcome the announcement that the proposed new surgical hub build at University Hospital Waterford has been formally agreed and site construction has commenced. This facility when fully commissioned will allow elective scheduled day care surgeries to be completed without impact from the acute activity taking place in the general hospital. UHW south east elective
Independent Waterford TD Matt Shanahan claims ‘the new pay and numbers strategy being employed by the HSE embeds regional inequality in access to healthcare for southeast patients’. ‘We have a regional model 4 hospital in the southeast, UHW, whose headcount is now technically frozen at levels that sees it the most underfunded and under-resourced hospital
I call on South East Oireachtas members to ensure Government deliver promised Veterinary School to SETU - South East Technological University Independent TD in Waterford Matt Shanahan is calling for a unified political front from South East Oireachtas members to deliver a new Veterinary School to SETU. A veterinary school formed part of promises
“This is decision time for the people of Waterford,” Deputy Shanahan said. “They say that you get the representation that you deserve - and from looking at the facts and figures for this Government, of which we currently have three representatives, it’s clear that Waterford and the South East have not been getting even
Shanahan asks Taoiseach to review closure of An Rinn Post Office Addressing the Taoiseach in the Dáil on Wednesday (May 1), Independent TD Matt Shanahan asked for a review of Údarás na Gaeltachta, whose main objective is to “foster enterprise development and employment and support Gaeltacht communities”. Deputy Shanahan said that the organisation
Independent TD Matt Shanahan has criticised the government for failing to recognise the "massive potential" of bringing the FIA World Rally Championship to Ireland between 2025 and 2027. Deputy Shanahan likened the Rally's financial appeal to that of the Tall Ships Festival and argued that the government's failure to commit to hosting the Championship
I wrote to SIPTU on June 9th requesting that all information relating to pay talks at Bausch & Lomb be circulated to the workforce for opinion. I have not received any response. As a Waterford TD, who also sits on the Enterprise Committee in Leinster House I am publicly requesting that SIPTU offer workers at
Yet again, the functioning South East Regional Airport in Waterford which is supporting Search & Rescue Helicopter 117 activity, South east Maritime Surveying and commercial and private Pilot Training has once again been excluded from the latest round of Regional Airports Support Programme. As a result it will not receive a cent of the 16