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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (3 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the proposed wind turbine guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11065/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Schemes (3 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount and type of grant available to those in local authority housing to retrofit and insulate their homes; if this grant will be available to all those paying a local authority rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11066/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (3 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to change or adapt the housing aid and housing adaption grants given the problems securing quotes at this time; if the limits on these grants are under review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11068/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (3 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 390. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of the 82 projects listed in the 2015 White Paper on Defence that are completed; and the number deferred until the Commission on the Defence Forces reports. [12095/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (3 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 391. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of the 13 Reserve Defence Force, RDF, projects that have been completed since 2015; the number deferred; and the reason for each deferral. [12096/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Reviews (3 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 392. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the date on which the organisation capability review of the Department of Defence will commence; the terms of reference and completion date; and the person or body that will conduct same. [12097/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (3 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new secondary school at the Curragh, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11062/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (3 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the identification of additional secondary school places in south County Kildare; if she has concluded negotiations with the relevant school management bodies as previously announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11063/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 770. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and administrative staff and the grades of each that have been reallocated from CHO9 since March 2020; the measures under way to mitigate delays for children who require speech and language assessment and intervention in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11201/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 771. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in each grade under each separate subdivision in CHO9 dealing with speech and language on a full-time basis; the number of vacant posts; the number of reallocated posts in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11202/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Missing Persons (4 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Minister, Deputy O’Gorman, for stepping in for this Topical Issue matter. The Minister for Justice's office contacted me. I understand she is at a Brexit meeting. I know, however, given his interests and his past, Deputy O'Gorman may have a personal interest in this as well. He might bring this matter up to the Minister, Deputy McEntee. I am going to discuss a matter of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Missing Persons (4 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply. I take some encouragement from the fact that some preliminary work has been done and this will be built on. Will the Minister give a commitment that the Department will examine some recommendations of what the best way to proceed would be and report them back to the suitable parties, be it the justice spokespeople or the House itself? The missing persons...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of placements available to a special school for a child aged 7 in north County Dublin; and the actions that can be taken for a child who has been offered a place in mainstream school with a SNA which is totally unsuitable for the child. [12282/21]

Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (10 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Minister for his opening statement. The focus on higher and further education is welcome in terms of the three-year strategy but I want to focus on the apprenticeship element of it. For too long, apprenticeships have been at the back of the class when it comes to further education and skills. We in the Labour Party welcome the light the Minister is shining on it and the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (10 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure broadband accessibility for all students to facilitate online learning at home throughout the Covid-19 restrictions in view of primary and secondary schools remaining closed for January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1420/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (10 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which Ireland performed in 2020 as per the programme for Government commitment to achieve an average 7% per annum reduction in overall greenhouse gas emissions over the next ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1417/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (10 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reduce emissions from the dairy farming sector as part of Ireland’s efforts to reach an average of 7% reduction in overall greenhouse gas emissions given the State-led intensification of dairy farming has led to higher methane and nitrous oxide emissions; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (10 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan nationally and specifically in rural areas of north County Dublin as of January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1418/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (10 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he has had with member states or the European Commission with regard to an EU trading system for agricultural emissions as indicated in the 2019 Climate Action Plan; if the outcome of such discussions will feature in the 2021 Climate Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12768/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (10 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the preliminary business case for the MetroLink project has been submitted to Government; when he expects it to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12751/21]