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Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: On a point of order, in relation to Deputy O'Donoghue's contribution, whatever about the slings and arrows and banter back and forth, there was a number of references to straitjackets there. This House has done a lot of work in relation to mental health.

Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: We have debates on mental health. I would ask that the Deputy withdraw that remark.

Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: The Deputy should withdraw-----

Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: It is not befitting of this House.

Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: It is not befitting of this House.

Rare Diseases: Statements (6 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: Last week, I met with the Alliance of Rare Diseases Companies Ireland, which made one thing very clear: the current reimbursement system is not fit for purpose. We need a system that is clear, predictable and time-bound, with fixed assessment criteria and, most important, one that facilitates immediate or early access to rare disease therapies. As the Minister mentioned in his own...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (5 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the enforcement investigation into divergent flight paths on the north runway; when this investigation is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10281/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (5 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of the number of nighttime flights that have taken off from Dublin airport from 1 January to 27 February 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10282/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (5 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: 168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers that passed through Dublin airport between 2019 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10283/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: 305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any grants that a school (details supplied) could avail of to obtain the necessary funding to purchase and install a water fountain; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10305/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: 443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to ensure that the €500 grant towards the cost of a hairpiece, wig or hair replacement for people who suffer hair loss due to illness is not restricted, therefore preventing people who suffer from alopecia to avail of this grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10246/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (5 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: 445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will indicate when an appeal by a person (details supplied) to the Chief Appeals Officer against a refusal to award him the invalidity person will be heard, and if same can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10277/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (5 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: 692. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand access to Naxolone, which is used to prevent drug overdoses, in line with the UK and Northern Ireland, whereby it is available without prescription via drug treatment services such as an NHS body, a local authority or a public health agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10276/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (5 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: 726. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken in the transfer of 68 residents from HSE Cherry Orchard Nursing Home to an alternate nursing home in Clondalkin to ensure the least disturbance to the residents, in light of the HIQA findings that some areas of the Cherry Orchard facility are a safety hazard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10463/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: I would like to open by expressing our sincere condolences with the family of Saoírse Ruane. Young Saoírse touched the heart of the nation when she appeared on the "Late Late Toy Show" in 2020 and spoke about her experience with cancer. Cancer is a disease that has impacted every family in some manner. We need to do everything possible to work towards a world in which this is not...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: We face significant challenges throughout the country as regards access to special education. The special education teacher, SET, allocation for schools for 2024-25 needs to be revisited. One school in Swords in my constituency will face a decrease of 12.5 hours, which means it will lose a number of programmes, including one-to-one teaching, it has in place for children with additional...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (20 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what he considers to be best practice in relation to consultation on route selection for greenways through urban areas, noting that his Code of Best Practice for National and Regional Greenways contains guidelines for engagement with landowners and interested groups in rural areas yet has no such guidelines for urban areas; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: 259. To ask the Minister for Finance to give consideration to committed couples including those with children being jointly assessed for tax purposes and in addition being able to apply for home carer tax credit without being married or being in a civil partnership (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12754/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the significant delay with the special four classroom extension progressing to tender for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12460/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (20 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: 1243. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of public health nurse vacancies, by health centre in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11698/24]