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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: I am not mentioning this to stall progress on the project. I just think it is important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: TII has the rural greenways and the NTA has the urban ones. We then reach a region such as Fingal, which is urban, coastal and rural.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: We can get a bit confused. One area, Donabate, is experiencing major growth in housing now. Luckily, it is on a train line and that line is doing a lot of heavy lifting in terms of commuting now. There has been a relief road on Donabate Peninsula, but access to the peninsula itself is still via the Hearse Road and Turvey Avenue. Those are probably not national roads but given their role...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: In respect of how TII operates with the RSA, are there official lines of communication?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: That was really comprehensive regarding the relationship and so on. I thank Mr. Walsh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: Yes, it does. It is not easy.

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: I thank Deputy Cullinane and Sinn Féin for tabling this motion. I welcome the children and parents in the Public Gallery who are watching the debate. Waiting lists remain a national disgrace. That has been the case for a long time. While the Government has made efforts to address them, the fact that they are so long should illustrate how those efforts have failed. Last week, the...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: 11 o’clock I also want to extend my sympathies and those of the Labour Party to Deputy Collins on his loss. I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this motion on GP numbers and rural healthcare. I will send the Minister of State a note on this, but there is a situation with a community nursing home in Nenagh that has been in development for seven years. My...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: I informed the Whip's office that I would not be taking my full 20 minutes.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: The Labour Party and I welcome this Bill. It provides the mechanism to allow us to can make regulations that will enable pharmacists to sell and supply approved medicines without the need for prescriptions. This is a positive step in addressing the increased pressure that is placed on GPs and GP services. During a Private Members' debate this morning, I spoke about the lack of GP services...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus service could be provided for residents in Portmarnock, Malahide and Swords that would terminate at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7947/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: 392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why funding for the 'voucher system' for deaf people has been withheld by the Citizen's Information Board for all events after 20 February 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8036/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Sector Pay (20 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: 393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when employees in the Citizens Information Centre will receive approved pay rises given that its sister service, MABS, has had pay rises in place since 2022, even though both are funded by the same organisation, the Citizens Information Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8043/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (20 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: 621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) is provided home care supports again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8017/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (20 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: 622. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department could examine the circumstances surrounding the removal of home care support for persons (details supplied); if he will provide the details behind why these supports were stopped;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8018/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the timeline of the delivery of a new special school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8258/24]

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: I thank Deputies Cullinane and Ward for bringing forward the Bill and acknowledge the work of Deputy Ward in the field of young persons' mental health over recent years. The Mental Health Commission's report into CAMHS highlighted a multitude of concerning issues on which we have seen too little action from this Government. To list some of the issues highlighted, we have seen children being...

Child and Youth Mental Health: Statements (29 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: It is seven months since the Mental Health Commission published its final report on child and adolescent mental health services. Earlier this week, we heard that the Government does not want to regulate CAMHS now, choosing instead to wait until the summer session of the Dáil to introduce its own Bill for that purpose. We do not yet have sight of that Bill. Those of us involved in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (27 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: 115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tests taken and the pass rate of all driving test centres in Dublin from 2022 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8946/24]