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Home Care: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: I thank Deputy Cullinane for this excellent motion. A few weeks ago I was going door-to-door and came across a woman who had just come home and was getting out of her car in her driveway and was taking a moment to compose herself. I had that feeling with which we are all familiar of trying to deliver a leaflet and wondering what to do. She took the leaflet, called me back and asked me to...

Home Care: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: Were all private providers involved?

Home Care: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: Well, I hope that they deliver and see pay delivered.

Long Covid Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Regional Group and Deputy Naughten for bringing this motion to the House. No more than the Labour Party and others, the Regional Group does not have Private Members' business very often so an awful lot of thought and care go into choosing the issues deemed to be of importance. A thorough debate in the Dáil on this issue is long overdue. People suffering from long Covid...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the roll-out of fast charging points for electric vehicles; the plans that his Department has to increase the number of points over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55455/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for the extension of a company (details supplied) contract, given its ongoing poor and unreliable service which has resulted in many workers being late for work and given written and verbal warning through no fault of their own, students being late for school and college, patients missing hospital appointments and many...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 275. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any plans by Government to incorporate protection for cohabiting couples under inheritance laws; if he is aware of any similar schemes in other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54709/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Levy (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 277. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company is liable for the pensions levy when paying a pension out of its own company funds. [54815/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 294. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried-out an impact assessment of the financial implications of introducing BIK for electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55456/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 295. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried-out an impact assessment of the financial implications of increasing interest rates on BIK, in view of the current inflation and fuel crises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55457/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 472. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of funding and investment provided for and spent in the Curragh training camp in County Kildare in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54247/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 482. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number, name and location of former military barracks still in State ownership; the amount of land in each of these barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54710/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 483. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number, name and location of current military barracks in use by the State; the amount of land in each of these barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54711/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 842. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are data available on the number of prosecutions taken for assault of front-line health workers since the enactment of section 185 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006. [54291/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 897. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [55557/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1244. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update as of November 2022 as to the progress of the roll-out of COVID-19 booster vaccines to those under 50 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55636/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1123. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the contract for wheelchair maintenance that an organisation (details supplied) has with the HSE; the oversight mechanisms, if any, that are in place in relation to the performance of the contract; the value of the organisation’s contract for wheelchair maintenance in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54991/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Diseases (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1209. To ask the Minister for Health his views on public health warnings in relation to the persistent avian 'flu' and if he is aware of best practice on this matter (details supplied). [55438/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that similarly increased vulnerability also applies to infants, toddlers and very young children with regard to the national warnings to the general public posted on various Government Department websites, and to the additional vulnerability of infection and disease to elderly and immuno-compromised persons that is highlighted in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1211. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year funding amount in the HSE service plan for progressing disability services for children and young people; the amount of this funding that has been spent to date; and the amount of this 2022 funding, including unspent funding, that will be transferred to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Inclusion and Youth under the transfer...