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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: On the same issue, if the roles were reversed and a GAA club in Greystones, Swords or anywhere else were trying to go somewhere and the mentors who were travelling with them were falling foul of this, we would be rightly asking questions and, indeed, be outraged. We know this is not a normal case either. There have been many political representations made on this. We also have something...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation (Transfer of Functions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am delighted to have the opportunity to move this Bill on Second Stage. To be clear, this Bill will not solve the many issues impacting negatively the daily lives of residents in north County Dublin and east County Meath, including aircraft noise, night-time flights and the passenger cap. Members of the Government who were in opposition...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation (Transfer of Functions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: I fundamentally disagree with the assertions of the Minister of State on the provisions of this Bill. I thank Deputies O'Reilly, Graves, O'Rourke, Pa Daly and Toole for contributing to the debate. These Deputies do not just contribute to the debates when the lights and cameras are on. They have been at every committee and public meetings for years on this issue. There is no other issue...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of additional schools and funding secured in the Department's capital plan for the Donabate area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37324/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (8 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who travelled to school outside the Donabate area and the schools attended for the 2024-2025 academic school year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37325/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Meals Programme (8 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify when the review of the template documents for new schools joining the hot school meals scheme in advance of procurement will be complete; to confirm that these documents will be available to allow schools apply for this scheme in advance of the school year commencing in September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (8 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the acquisition of land and the plans to move a school (details supplied); if she will provide a map of the land in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37366/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: 411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the application for a new building for a school (details supplied; for an update on when a new school building will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37367/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (10 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: 19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his engagements with the new United States ambassador to Ireland, providing details on the topics discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37854/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (10 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: 33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the engagements he has had with the Donald Trump administration and its representatives regarding the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 in the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37855/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (10 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: 270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a foreign-born individual whose great grandparent was an Irish citizen is eligible for Irish citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38358/25]

Endometriosis Care in Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: I thank Sinn Féin for this really detailed, strong motion that has been presented tonight, and I thank our party's spokesperson, Marie Sherlock, for sharing time. As a former party spokesperson on health, nothing has struck me more than the cases of women who have come to me to explain to me the pain, the silencing, the suffering and the exclusion they have felt as women in this country...

Pride: Statements (16 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: Speaking to members of the community who were around in the first Pride and subsequent Prides, the movement was rooted in protest, demonstration and anger. We are here tonight in that spirit with regard to transgender healthcare. I want to read two things. My colleague, Deputy Wall, referred to how we were bottom of the list in Europe with regard to transgender healthcare. In the 2020...

Occupying Power (Securities and Handling of Settlement Goods) Bill 2025: First Stage (17 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide that the Central Bank shall not approve a prospectus for securities issued by or on behalf of a state that is an occupying power; to provide for the purposes of the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015 that a dismissal of an employee shall be deemed unfair where it arises from a refusal to handle goods associated...

Occupying Power (Securities and Handling of Settlement Goods) Bill 2025: First Stage (17 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (17 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on her plans to address the projected population growth in Portmarnock; the projected impact this will have on school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39781/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will bring forward a plan to support children with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39783/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will work with the DDLETB to fast track the application for a new building for a school (details supplied) which has faced significant delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39784/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (17 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering a strategic plan to attract qualified teachers, who have left the service to work abroad, back to the education service in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39786/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide further clarity on the reason a school (details supplied) was not facilitated to open a new autism classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39782/25]