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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: That is great. It is a manageable amount.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: Even at the high end, it is a manageable amount. That is good to hear. My next question is for Mr. Hendrick and concerns the board of directors. I note on the website that the board of directors and the members of the board are not listed. It is just the chair - David McCourt - who is listed. I know National Broadband Ireland is a company and not a semi-State body but in the case of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: National Broadband Ireland teases that on the website - that they are all great people - so it would be nice to know who they are.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the provision of school transport prior to the school reopening given that persons (details supplied) were only informed on 25 August 2021 that provision for their children will be delayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42356/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide transport for a person (details supplied) with an intellectual disability to attend a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43056/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: The tentative recovery in aviation is under threat due to very genuine industrial relations issues involving air traffic controllers and craft workers in the maintenance section. It is beyond time the Government, including either the Taoiseach or Minister for Transport, took a hand in this to ensure the workers will be looked after, that their concerns will be met and that the tentative...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (15 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislation that exists to date to compensate householders whose home property is lost due to coast erosion, climate change; if there is existing legislation in place, his views on whether such legislation is necessary and should be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43952/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (15 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 737. To ask the Minister for Health when the renewal of a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44036/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (16 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new cycling infrastructure projects which have been approved in Fingal as of September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43938/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the railway order application for MetroLink to be submitted to An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43941/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (16 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he and his Department intend to undertake to address the workplace relations concerns between the Irish Aviation Authority and air traffic control workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44103/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (16 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will further extend the deadline for expiring learner driver permits due to the continuing effects on the service due to the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43937/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (16 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commit to a study of the benefits of free public transport in his Department such as have taken place in Estonia and Luxembourg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43939/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (16 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on, and the position regarding, the state of the aviation sector since reopening for travel in July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43940/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (16 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to insurance companies refusing house insurance to homes along river courses throughout the State in ever growing numbers; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44305/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (16 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44304/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Medical Cards (16 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 290. To ask the Minister for Health if a person should be charged for a B12 injection when they are in procession of a full medical card, the person in question is being charged €20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44302/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Medical Cards (16 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 291. To ask the Minister for Health if a person should be charged for blood tests when they are in procession of a full medical card, the person in question is being charged €20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44303/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (21 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte for taking the debate. With two Ministers in the Department of Transport, it is unfortunate that not one of them is here, but I look forward to the script they have sent. Hopefully it will calm the anger in the community, particularly in Swords, north County Dublin, which is based on the reports in the Mail on Sunday that metro north was going...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (21 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: I will mention two things. This decision gate 1 language was introduced in parliamentary question replies just before the summer. It is a nonsense. This is a political decision that was made a number of years ago. MetroLink is the only show in town and has to be delivered upon. The reply states that extensive work is needed on the railway order applications. It is not extensive. These...