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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Duncan Smith: I thank my colleagues for facilitating me to jump up a little in the queue of speakers. I really appreciate it. It is great we are down to the nitty-gritty of pre-legislative scrutiny on the issue of e-scooters. An awful lot of work has been done on this, and we cannot lose sight of that or fail to recognise work that was done by the previous transport committee. Members of the previous...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Duncan Smith: Ms Graham first, if possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Duncan Smith: I thank the witnesses for their responses. Some of the companies mentioned are providing solutions in terms of how e-scooters would be parked and so on, which are worthy of consideration. I have to leave now to attend another meeting but I am happy I had the opportunity today to engage with the witnesses. There are exciting possibilities and opportunities in terms of e-scooters and other...

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Apr 2021)

Duncan Smith: The Labour Party and our housing spokesperson, Senator Moynihan, thank the USI for all the work it has put into this Bill. We also thank Deputies Ó Broin and Conway-Walsh for putting Second Stage of the Bill on the clár. It is most welcome to hear the Minister indicate the Bill will pass to Committee Stage. There is cross-party consensus that it is something that needs to be...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Apr 2021)

Duncan Smith: The points raised in respect of this matter reflect the discussion that took place at the Business Committee, the emails among members of that committee and what has already been stated here. This is a reasonable request from parliamentarians who are committed to scrutiny of legislation, etc. The Taoiseach knows it is the right thing to do. I ask him to listen to the Opposition and the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Passenger Data (28 Apr 2021)

Duncan Smith: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of travellers to arrive in Ireland via airports since the beginning of 2021, by airport and numbers arriving per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21452/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Apr 2021)

Duncan Smith: 442. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up to date position regarding the ability of homeowners (details supplied) in County Kildare to purchase their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21327/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Plant Species (28 Apr 2021)

Duncan Smith: 443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 317 of 24 February 2021 (details supplied), the progress that has been made by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in identifying the person or body responsible for removing this invasive species on the area covered under the habitats directive; if he will arrange for its removal as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Apr 2021)

Duncan Smith: 547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21328/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Apr 2021)

Duncan Smith: 548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of an extension to a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21329/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Apr 2021)

Duncan Smith: 549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21330/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Apr 2021)

Duncan Smith: 550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21331/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Apr 2021)

Duncan Smith: 551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of additional secondary school places (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21333/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Apr 2021)

Duncan Smith: 553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure Ireland does not have a repeat of the capacity issues in school transport which happened at the start of the current academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21448/21]

National Marine Planning Framework: Motion (29 Apr 2021)

Duncan Smith: It is deeply regrettable that this item of business is getting off to such a poor start. The requests at the Business Committee last week, in the Dáil yesterday and again today, and in the contribution of Deputy Ó Broin and subsequent contributions to follow, including mine, were and are perfectly reasonable. The Minister of State stated that this has been the longest consultation...

National Autism Empowerment Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2021)

Duncan Smith: I will speak in a moment about the impact the pandemic has had particularly on children with autism. However, one aspect of the Minister of State's speech leapt out at me as being very positive. It reminded me of a conversation I had with a friend of mine whose son has autism. It was some years ago around 2014 when I had just become a councillor. He asked me, as someone with vim, vigour...

Private Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2021)

Duncan Smith: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion, which the Labour Party will be supporting. In its amendment to the motion, the Government states it will tackle issues facing renters while "ensuring equity and fairness for landlords and tenants", before going on to state that the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage will, at some unidentified point in the future, "bring forward...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2021)

Duncan Smith: It was with much disappointment that on the Monday of the workers' bank holiday, we awoke to reports the National Transport Authority, NTA, plans a further tendering of four Bus Éireann routes, namely the 101, the 101X - the Drogheda to Dublin service, the 133 and the 131 between Dublin and Wicklow. Is this a policy the Government supports? Is it commensurate with its commitment in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Duncan Smith: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the just transition. There has been strong, understandable and righteous criticism of the weakness of references to a just transition in the draft climate Bill. We hope we can amend and strengthen that on Committee and subsequent Stages. There is little faith that it will be strengthened. I want to highlight what happened in Lough Boora last week. A...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Duncan Smith: Young people with families who are looking to buy a home are absolutely furious over the increasing number of homes being snapped up by outside investment funds and REITs, or so-called cuckoo funds. Fianna Fáil campaigned very strongly in 2019, in advance of the general election, to clamp down on cuckoo funds. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh...