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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 300. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new residential places that will be provided in 2022 not including those who have a residential service already and are transferring to a better living situation; and his proposals to deal with the urgent needs of the 800 persons minimum currently waiting. [56623/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (18 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 65 years of age inappropriately placed in nursing homes that will be supported to leave nursing homes using the €5.5 million funding to be provided in 2022. [56624/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: I would like to pass on my best wishes to the Ceann Comhairle and wish him a speedy recovery from Covid-19. I want to continue on the issue of capacity in intensive care units. As stated, an organ was unable to be used for transplant because of a lack of capacity in ICU. Transplant operations are very complex and may, on many occasions, be cancelled for a number of compatibility...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: On the ICU beds, where will our permanent ICU capacity be at the end of this year? There is no doubt that we are doing an unbelievable number of PCR tests. However, the Government has had to get the private companies into Dublin, Cork and now Shannon airports to try to meet demand. Last year, I and others in opposition asked the HSE to set up facilities in airports. The Opposition has...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: I refer to the request for speaking time on testing. We have statements on Covid-19 and the new measures tomorrow. Perhaps we could lengthen that business and convert it to a questions and answers session on the issue of Covid and testing in the interest of trying to find a solution.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: Antigen tests are finally being rolled out. We have affordability issues, which I hope will be overcome. I do not want to focus on those now. We also have issues regarding how the tests are being used or should be used. I do not necessarily want to go into that now either but over the course of this pandemic, we have learned that antigen tests are best used in a serial and regular manner...

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: I commend the two previous contributions, in particular that of Deputy Mac Lochlainn. This is a technical Bill, but all Bills and everything we do in this House have an impact in the real world and to hear the stories shared by him brings home that fact. On the surface, this is a straightforward task as the legislation before us is a technical Bill that it is legislating and resourcing...

Covid-19: New Measures: Statements (24 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: Hear, hear.

Covid-19: New Measures: Statements (24 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: I wish to share time with Deputies Howlin and Nash. I will take five minutes and they will have two and a half minutes each, or perhaps it will be six minutes for me and two minutes each for them. I will see how I get on.

Covid-19: New Measures: Statements (24 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, for her statement that people with mental difficulties such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and severe depression will be now offered a booster dose. She did it previously in the first round of the vaccination programme as well. I know she gets how serious this is for people who are living with those conditions. In recent weeks I heard of an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (23 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the growing lack of secondary school places in south County Kildare; her plans to address this problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56951/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (23 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school places available for the school year commencing 2022; the number of those that are special school places in an ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56952/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (23 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of meetings she or her officials have had with school principals and or boards of management in south County Kildare regarding the lack and provision of secondary school places. [56953/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a school (details supplied); the timelines involved for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56954/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new secondary school for the Curragh, County Kildare; and the timelines involved in construction once the project begins. [56955/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the recent announcements on extensions to secondary schools in south County Kildare; the timelines involved in completion; and the number of school places this will create. [56956/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD units in secondary schools in south County Kildare; the location of each; the number of proposed ASD units in the pipeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56957/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Correspondence (23 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 440. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE, Tusla or his Department can assist a person (details supplied) in County Kildare with an update on information they have requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56959/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (23 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional permanent critical care ICU beds that will be delivered as part of the winter planning within the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57169/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (23 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 616. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase permanent critical care ICU bed capacity from the current level of 6.5 beds per 100,000 persons to a minimum of the European Union average of 11.5 beds per 100,000 persons on a yearly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57170/21]