Results 41-60 of 136 for speaker:Duncan Smith

International Security and International Trade: Statements (20 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: I welcome these statements. I made a request for them at the Business Committee two weeks ago and they were very quickly put on the agenda, which highlights the regard in which we hold this issue in the House. The 1989 academic paper "The End of History?" by Francis Fukuyama, and the subsequent book, The End of History and the Last Man, 1992, make the central argument that Western liberal...

Young Carers: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: I commend my colleague, Deputy Wall, whose commitment to carers neither begins nor ends with this motion. He has done, and continues to do, wonderful work. I also commend the young carers who are here. Nowhere in this country does the State get better bang for its buck than the money it gives to carers. That is compounded even more by young carers who get nothing. With what they give,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (20 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy for homeowners who suspect they may have pyrite in their home as the adjoining home has pyrite and is in the redress scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13052/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (4 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional humanitarian assistance the Government will provide to Burma/Myanmar in light of the impending risk of famine in Rakhine state, potentially affecting up to two million people and the broader worsening humanitarian situation across the country and the reduction of USAID to humanitarian programmes in Burma/Myanmar and the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (4 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the EU plans to bring sanctions on the aviation fuel sector to prevent airstrikes on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Burma/Myanmar; if any other measures are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9578/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Inquiries (4 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 342. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Companies Governance Enforcement Regulatory Provisions Act 2024 can be retroactively applied from the date the Act was signed, to a business that has had a one-off late filing of year-end annual accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9357/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 229. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the unmanned naval or air drones for patrolling Irish territorial airspace or waters that are available to the Defence Forces; if a procurement process is underway to secure any such assets for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11314/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Legislative Programme (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 230. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he will publish the draft heads of Bill for the Defence (Amendment)(No.2) Bill; if he will provide a copy of the proposed draft legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11315/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 231. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the advice he has received on the crime of aggression and the risk to Irish troops on peacekeeping missions without a UN mandate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11316/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 232. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of unspent allocation for Defence Forces staffing in each year since 2018 based on the revised estimate for each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11317/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: United Nations (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 233. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline each UN peacekeeping mission the Defence Forces have served on since 1960; the UN mandate that sanctioned each; the number of peacekeeping missions Ireland currently participates in; the number of personnel assigned to each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11318/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 234. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current force strength of the permanent Defence Forces; the breakdown of the current number of serving members in the Naval Service, Army and Air Corps; the funded establishment strength of each; the number of vacant posts remaining to be filled at all levels in each service, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 235. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of ships in the Naval Service fleet; the current number that can put to sea; the level of staffing needed for each; the number of additional staff that are required to ensure a fully functioning Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11326/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected timeline for an increased provision of bus services for the Millers Glen estate in Swords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10600/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently intervene regarding the need for an additional junior infant class at a school (details supplied) for the 2025-26 school year, which is significantly overprescribed with a continuously growing catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10832/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive their full wages while on leave, which resulted in the person being out-of-pocket when their illness benefit deductions were subtracted; if she will request her Department to rectify the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11099/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be sanctioned to open a fifth autism classroom, with consideration to the high volume of applications that they receive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11105/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 950. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide all correspondence between his Department and an individual (details supplied) between April 2021 and March 2025 in regard to the serviced sites fund projects at Ballymastone, Donabate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12484/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 951. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide all correspondence between his department and an individual (details supplied) between April 2021 and March 2025 in regard to the serviced sites fund projects at Ballymastone, Donabate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12485/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 952. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide all correspondence between his Department and an individual (details supplied) between April 2021 and March 2025 in regard to the serviced sites fund projects at Ballymastone, Donabate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12486/25]