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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: No.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 21. To ask the Minister for Health what State funding provisions have been provided to an organisation (details supplied); if, in Budget 2025, these provisions are to be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25064/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 31. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the severe shortage of medical scientists working in hospitals; if he is aware of the impact this is having on patients nationwide; if he will consider an amendment to legislation that would allow CORU to accredit scientists in a single discipline to provide an instant boost in numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25061/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (11 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 48.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a status update in respect of a foreign birth registration (details supplied); if he will expedite the application process for reasons (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24947/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (11 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 97.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the provision that has been made in the National Broadband Plan for issues known as direct buried ducting which can preclude premises or an entire estate from being connected to fibre broadband; and if he would direct the providers to investigate the issues affecting [details supplied]. [25396/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (11 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 116.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an outline of all flight paths out from Dublin Airport; if any new flight paths have commenced this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24745/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 268.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the need for additional space to safely accommodate ASD special classes at a school (details supplied); the resources that can be provided in order to open the ASD classes while addressing the schools issues with requiring additional learning support teachers, car parking spaces, a secure play area accessible from the classroom,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (11 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 393.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is an official pause on the cost-rental tenant-in-situ scheme; if such a pause exists, how long it is intended to last for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24924/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (11 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 449.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if steps can be taken to expedite an application for carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24868/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 482.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will confirm that the Chief Appeals Officer has received an appeal by a person (details supplied) against a decision to refuse his application for carers allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25398/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (11 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 677.To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made in respect of an appeal against a decision to remove a medical card from a person (details supplied), given there was just a €5 increase in income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24634/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 766.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE posts allocated to cancer services as per his letter of determination to the HSE outlining his funding priorities following Budget 2024; the overall number of WTE posts allocated to health services for 2024; the number of WTE posts allocated to areas (details supplied) in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the number of school buses traveling from Balbriggan to a school (details supplied); if the demand for busses to this school indicates the need for a special national school to be established in Balbriggan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25953/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with Bus Éireann to alter their policy of an age limit for drivers over 70 years and instead replace this policy with a medical examination for drivers over 70 years to determine their ability to continue in their job; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26043/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (18 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 284. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if individuals seeking international protection have been moved from Hilden House to other parts of the country; if so, to provide a rational to this move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26085/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: The No. 41 bus comes 24 hours a day to the Dublin city centre, operated by Dublin Bus.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: The DAA is already in breach of the passenger cap. According to the Department of Transport, the figure is 33.5 million people. At our last meeting, Mr. Jacobs said that includes transit passengers and the DAA does not include that in its calculations, even though An Bord Pleanála and other airports do. Today, Mr. Jacobs said that the DAA would be forced into breaching the cap. If,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: How many transits are there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: That is still more than a million over the cap last year, if the 400,000 transits are included, so it is in breach-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: Yes.