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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (27 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what plans there are to maintain staffing levels in a school (details supplied) to ensure there will continue to be a teacher per class in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30508/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the approval for a new school extension project (details supplied) as of June 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30517/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has a plan to address the urgency for a new school building for a school (details supplied); if she will follow up her commitment to visit the school at the earliest possible convenience; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30922/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Pollution (27 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what powers, if any, the EPA or a local authority have under the Bathing Water Quality Regulations 2008, or any other legislation, in relation to directing Uisce Éireann to take corrective action where systems under its control are causing pollution of designated bathing waters; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (27 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a rule preventing a person on disability allowance or invalidity pension from taking up an unpaid directorship in a company; if such applies in respect of a community group or charity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30860/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (27 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage and meet with a union (details supplied) to discuss the fees pharmacies receive from the State for all the State drug schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30889/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Work Permits (27 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 682. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait from accepting a job application to starting work for people applying for work permits from abroad in each hospital under HSE management; how many of these have not started work after accepting a place, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30858/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (27 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 683. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown, by CHO of the provision of optometry services for all ages; what is and is not covered; the waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30859/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (27 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 690. To ask the Minister for Health the measure he and his Department are taking to ensure supply of HRT medicines following shortages of utrogestran and oestrogen patches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30912/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 691. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the processes to mediate the pay concerns of workers within section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30921/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: I will return to the tolling aspect of the debate and pick up on some of the points made by Deputy Lowry. When it broke in the back half of last year that the tolls would be increased because of the indexation, it was paused but the pause has now ended and the increases will come on stream. It was clearly communicated that the reason is that there is indexation in the contracts and all the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: That is good to hear. What angers people is the fact that they see the profits. I am not arguing that we should remove tolls altogether. I understand the value of them and that we need to pay for our network. The network is vitally important. Notwithstanding issues that people have about car and vehicular traffic, it is probably the best network we have for mass transit in the State. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: In the short time I have left I want to raise something that is a bugbear of people in my constituency regarding the Dublin Port tunnel. I have tried to get through to it myself on this. It advertises most mornings that it will be closed northbound between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. or 6 a.m. the next morning, whatever it may be. It is on the road signage. Almost every night it is closed at 9.30...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: It probably only affects a few people. but it is real. The fact is these are people who need something.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: Earlier, Mr. Walsh used the phrase "ensuring alignment of stakeholders, especially State bodies and State-owned enterprises". I could not help but interpret that line in light of what emerged in the print media last week about MetroLink and other State bodies making submissions on a project that is vitally important and in respect of which there has been a massive amount of engagement and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: How can we improve that, given the planning framework we have at the moment?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Register of Electors (4 Jul 2023)

Duncan Smith: 354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to grant voting rights to members of the Ukrainian community now residing in this country as a result of the invasion of their country by Russia in the forthcoming local elections. [32291/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (4 Jul 2023)

Duncan Smith: 512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Government will publish the Action Plan on the Disability Capacity Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32493/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (4 Jul 2023)

Duncan Smith: 513. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the needed investment in housing and required supports for disabled people as outlined in the Disability Capacity Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32494/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (4 Jul 2023)

Duncan Smith: 514. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the Implementation Plan on UNCRPD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32495/23]