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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (5 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: I agree. Public transport, be it a local bus service or, ideally, cycling and active travel to get people to the train station, is the way to go. I do not like to see big park-and-ride facilities and I am certainly not promoting that in this case but the reality is that, on the Kinsealy side of Portmarnock especially, none of the Fingal County Council plans is going to provide safe levels...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (5 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what engagement he has had with TFI and bus service providers in North County Dublin regarding the regular occurrence of buses not turning up, and thus leaving commuters with no service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42895/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (5 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total spent so far, as of September 2023, on the MetroLink project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42893/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (5 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what engagement he has had with the Dublin Airport Authority, Fingal County Council, the Irish Aviation Authority and residents of Fingal regarding the excessive aircraft noise over residential areas, as of September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42894/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (5 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a statement on what plans there are to increase the number of public charging points for electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42896/23]

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: Last year, I stood here with my colleagues in the Labour Party, hoping that we would have a budget that would provide that very thing: hope. Hope for people who are looking for a home, hope to tackle our climate crisis, hope to tackle the cost of living, hope that our health service would be improved and hope that there would be a very real investment for those most vulnerable in our...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: What a poverty of ambition. Where will the Government even get those 10,200 units?

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: There is no plan whatsoever. With Fine Gael, its senior Ministers seem to be more connected with any vacant role in Europe than they are with their own communities. What have they done? They have allowed any energy in the Government to be led by Fianna Fáil. In this budget, we have seen Fianna Fáil invest in their own reliables: landlords and developers. For people of my...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: It will be one of the toughest actions we will have ever seen in the history of this State.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: We are a week away from it and there is no mention of it. We will have statements on that in particular on Thursday, but why is there no mention of it? Why is this important? I think it is because these workers are in an area that this Government does not care about, namely, people with disabilities, who are the most vulnerable in our society. This is a €14 billion budget. It...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: We have seen money being allocated to hire 22,000 nurses. I do not know where the Government is going to get them, because it was not able to hire the nurses it accounted for last year.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: This is the most disingenuous nonsense I have ever seen in a budget. On free GP care, it was finally extended to children under the age of eight this year and beyond to those under age 12, announced three or four years ago at this stage, and two or three Ministers ago. What the Government could do to actually improve access to our GP services is bring in a pharmacy-based minor ailments...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: These are relatively small investments that would have a massive impact but no, the Government does not want to roll up its sleeves and get involved in the tricky negotiations it can take to deliver schemes such as these. Again, this is a tired Government that is abandoning its people. Today is World Mental Health Day. It was hoped by people in the mental health services that maybe they...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: Absolutely nothing is happening - nothing. This is not just assessment of needs, which we need for education services. Even though the HSE says that you do not need it in order to get on a therapeutic or clinical list, we know that, really, you do.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: We have seen nothing, never mind actually getting to dealing with the lists themselves. We want to see the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, and this Government follow through on their commitments that were made in the early summer. They got them through a 24-hour news cycle that day, but it has not actually followed through to budget day or followed through to the services in our...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: I am three and a half years in the Dáil, and the only time we debate tobacco reduction and smoking prevalence is on budget night through the instrument of a taxation measure. The aim is for a tobacco-free Ireland by 2025, which is a smoking prevalence rate of less than 5%. It is a 12-year campaign. We have a smoking prevalence of approximately 18% at the moment - 750,000 people. It...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (10 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband infrastructure in new builds in Ireland will be completed, and in particular the Estate of Kenure Gate, Rush; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43944/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (10 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many private jet flights landed and departed the State in 2022, excluding military or diplomatic flights; where those flights landed and departed from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43786/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (10 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a number of primary school children in Donabate (details supplied) have been unable to find a school placement locally and will now have to now travel by public transport to Swords to school; if she will immediately begin the process of acquiring a site for the other proposed primary schools which form part of the proposed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (10 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 547. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a diabetes taskforce of relevant stakeholders to develop a national diabetes strategy that will ensure the provision of optimum care to every person with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43934/23]