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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (19 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: 204. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel who re-enlisted to the Air Corps under the Air Corps loyalty scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37438/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Allowances (19 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: 205. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the supports in place to assist Defence Forces families during overseas deployment; if these supports will receive additional investment, and the supports that are in development. [37439/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Veterans (19 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: 206. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the healthcare, housing, psychiatric and income supports available to retired members of the Defence Forces. [37440/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Funding (19 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: 207. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding has been drawn from other funding sources or Departments in order to finance elements of the Defence Forces: if so, the amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37441/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (19 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: 208. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there has been correspondence with the relevant authorities in the European Union Commission regarding Ireland's inability to fully crew all naval ships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37442/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (19 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: 209. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the technological changes to the recruitment process that have occurred due to the Covid-19 pandemic to facilitate a safer and faster recruitment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37443/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (19 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: 212. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Naval Service loyalty bonus also applies to Naval Service reservists that meet the requirement criteria. [37743/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the urgent need for secondary school places (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37733/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: That is not what we are asking.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: There is not agreement-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: This is spiralling beyond all expectation. This is our third week dealing with it. We have been through two weekend news cycles and it has not gone away. There are acres of space on Wednesday's schedule for this to be brought up. We are looking at the Minister in the Seanad on the screen over our left shoulders. We will not be giving this up. We will be bringing it up again at the...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (25 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: The Government has made an attempt to pitch those of us on this side of the House as only offering opposition for opposition's sake. It claimed that we go to meetings of the Business Committee and just have a big row. At the meeting today, we spent 45 or 50 minutes putting forward alternative options and trying to make further compromises. We offered something we were not 100% happy with...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (25 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: I do not wish to delay proceedings. Now that there is no votable business on the Order Paper for tomorrow, would it be in order for us to move back to Leinster House and the Dáil Chamber for tomorrow's business? It is something the Labour Party would support. I hope the Government would be agreeable to that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: I thank Mr. Storey for that. A phone line would stop us having to write to Ms Lennon as often as we do. I am not sure that is an efficient use of our time, or indeed hers, so that would be great, and I thank Deputy Matthews for bringing it up. Ms Lennon mentioned that Eir is a private company, and it is, but in the eyes of the people, rightly or wrongly, it is still our flag carrier for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: Did they have broadband?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: Did Eir have to let anyone go for not having the infrastructure in place in their homes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: I worked in a contact centre for a phone company when I was in college just to get by. It is a very stressful job. It was a part-time job for me and I found it stressful. We have mentioned the wages, which are just above minimum wage, but I commend Eir on insourcing the contact centre. It is a big job. I worked at a contact centre that outsourced staff. To improve upon the wages, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: It is, so I commend Eir on that as something that is unusual. We tend to undervalue contact service workers in this country. I think a number of Deputies have spoken to the service they get when they reach the end of the phone being good. If Eir is going to leave a charge on this in terms of insourcing and valuing them, and the company has done work towards that, it should continue to lead...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: Eir monitors and analyses the calls it receives. Notwithstanding the number of calls it gets from us, which are clogging up the system even further, what percentage of calls are from repeat callers? Is it a problem percentage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: How much of that is clogging up the system, and what is Eir doing to resolve that at the point of fixing the problem?