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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 671. To ask the Minister for Health if the nasal flu shot will be rolled out in schools; if parental consent must be sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28348/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the planned new school building for a school (details supplied) will include an ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29023/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (7 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will qualify for a SUSI grant; if there is an appeal for a student in their situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28968/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: Last Friday evening, I spent over an hour with the Swords Youth Service, with a group of teenage boys, young men, who are known as the Underground Gang. They fear, like with many youth services around the country, for the viability of their service and the future of their funding. In line with the call from the National Youth Council of Ireland, what commitments can the Tánaiste give...

Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: An Dara Céim - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (8 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: The Labour Party welcomes this Bill. It has been ten months since it was published and it has been a very peculiar legislative period. The Minister has brought this forward as soon as feasibly possible and this is appreciated. The Labour Party will look to bring some amendments to the Bill to strengthen it, but overall it is a move in the right direction and we broadly support it. I...

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: Today, the WHO announced an additional 338,000 Covid-19 infections worldwide, which is the single greatest one-day increase in the virus since it came to be less than a year ago. We are living under very serious level 3 designations throughout this country and have been living with them in Dublin and Donegal for some time. There are serious restrictions in place and we understand that....

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: My main question is about the leak. Who leaked it? The Taoiseach indicated today that he believed it came from NPHET. Is there an investigation to find this out? We will have many more moments in this pandemic where decisions will have to be made by the Minister, the Taoiseach, the CMO and NPHET. Whatever the Minister says about the word "calamity", it felt like that over the course of...

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: I am not comforted that something like this could happen and that it could happen again. That is a problem for me and for the Irish people.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (8 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if recent meetings have taken place with officials from the relevant Departments and stakeholders in respect of the coastal erosion problem at Portrane, County Dublin; if so, the decisions which were taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29381/20]

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: The Labour Party will not be opposing this resolution. At what point is the benefit of the revenue raised by duties on tobacco outweighed by the increase in counterfeit tobacco, with effects on public health, criminality and all the rest? Is that discussion taking place within any Departments? We probably need to start thinking about that when it comes to this particular old reliable.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: This is a pill. As Deputy Howlin said earlier, this had to come in line with the other measures recommended by the Joint Committee on Climate Action. If there is any low-hanging fruit in cutting our carbon emissions it is retrofitting houses. This has sadly been left far behind in this budget. Our houses have the highest carbon emissions in Europe, at 60% above the European average....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Tests (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of meetings that have taken place since 1 August 2020 with the Dublin Airport Authority on the provision of an airport testing regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29775/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial support measures planned if Ireland needs to go to a Plan for Living with Covid-19 level 4 designation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29771/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial support measures planned if Ireland needs to go to a Plan for Living with Covid-19 level 5 designation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29772/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance if an employer remains eligible to recoup the maximum allowable weekly subsidy for an individual employee based on their average revenue net weekly pay, ARNWP, for January and February 2020 as referred to in the Revenue Commissioners’ guidelines on the temporary wage subsidy scheme if the employee had since been subjected to a short-time working...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will seek to recoup an overpayment of subsidy in the case of an employee who has been placed on a short-time working week and is in receipt of Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection benefits and their net pay for each remaining day of paid employment during the week exceeded one fifth of their ARNWP; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 127. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the advice and rules given to gym operators during the Covid-19 pandemic regarding their opening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29877/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to change the HAP scheme; and his plans to change the level of support for each county to allow inter county HAP applications to be successful. [29812/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 193. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the date on which the Defence Forces intranet system was created and designed; the date on which it is due to be redeveloped; the estimated cost to modernise the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29801/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 194. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Naval Service or Army personnel who were prevented, due to the Covid-19 restrictions, from completing education or courses that would entitle them to additional pay will be provided with that additional pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29802/20]