Results 141-160 of 272 for speaker:Duncan Smith

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: 660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a complete list of all affordable housing schemes in Kildare; the number of units under construction; when they will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23230/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: 661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a complete list of all affordable housing schemes in Meath; the number of units under construction; when they will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23231/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: 662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a complete list of all affordable housing schemes in Dublin; the number of units under construction; when they will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23232/25]

Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (14 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: I congratulate Deputy Lahart on his position as Chair of the committee. I look forward to working with him and all members of the committee of all parties and none in both Houses. I am genuinely excited to be part of this committee given the turbulence taking place in the world, Ireland's proud tradition and the challenges that face the country in terms of our foreign policy. This...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: There is an unbelievable lack of legislation from the Government, which is a huge problem. Will the Taoiseach state when we will see the occupied territories Bill and the timeline to enact it? Is it the Government's intention to have it enacted before the summer recess?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: 419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed secondary school in a location (details supplied); what discussions her Department has had with the planning authority; when this school project will be delivered given the planned population increase over the coming years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25217/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed primary school in a location (details supplied); if land acquisition has been completed; when she expects construction to commence, and when this school will be completed given the population will increase dramatically in the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25218/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: 595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a deserted wives’ payment for a person (details supplied) will be put back on, as she is a permanent resident in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25336/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: 650. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of all new Garda stations opened in the last eight years by location, excluding renovations to existing Garda stations, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25219/25]

Gaza: Statements (21 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: I welcome Her Excellency, Dr. Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid to the Public Gallery for this debate. My colleagues and I missed the start of the debate because we were meeting the ambassador, so we are just catching up with what the Taoiseach and Tánaiste have said. We know that a bomb is dropped on Gaza every four minutes, on average. Since this debate began, approximately 15 bombs have...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 9(2)) (Amount of Financial Contribution) Order 2025: Motion (21 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: The Labour Party will not be supporting the Government motion to cut the accommodation recognition payment from €800 to €600, nor will we be supporting the Sinn Féin amendment, which I call on its members to withdraw. Sinn Féin should support the parties of the left in opposing the motion and the €200 cut to the payment. Since the outbreak of the Russian war...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (21 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: 82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review a decision to remove disability allowance from a person (details supplied); to clarify if the payment will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26177/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: 189. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any proposals to include Venlafaxine in the free HRT scheme, given this is commonly prescribed for women who cannot take HRT due to previous cancer, as this medication is an alternative prescribed for the many women unable to take HRT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26372/25]

Committee on Defence and National Security: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (22 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: I congratulate Senator Wilson on his role. It looks well for a committee when there is a balance from both sides of the House in the roles of Chair and Vice Chair. It does not happen in every committee but has happened here and we are off to good start. I look forward to working with the members.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the delivery of the permanent school building for a school (details supplied); the current stage of the project within the School Building Programme; the projected timeline for progressing the school to construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26445/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (22 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: 299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Ukrainian passport holders in Ireland who have applied for international protection since the beginning of the war in Ukraine in March 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26374/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (22 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: 314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if fishing trawler boats can access the sea off the coast of Portrane and close to the beach, as a number of trawlers have been seen very close to the quay at the coast of Portrane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26373/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: Notwithstanding the announcement that the occupied territories Bill will go for pre-legislative scrutiny soon, the timeline articulated by the Tánaiste whereby this would not be passed until later in the year is, quite frankly, unacceptable. I ask for this to be revisited and that time be made at committee and in the Dáil to ensure this is put through before the summer recess.

Gaza: Motion (28 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: I move: That Dáil Éireann: condemns the actions of the Israeli Government in Gaza, and the destruction and conditions of famine they have wrought on the Palestinian people, resulting in starvation, disease and death; repeats its condemnation of the brutal attacks by Hamas in Israel on 7th October, 2023, its declaration that the taking of hostages is unconscionable, and its call...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 May 2025)

Duncan Smith: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the provision of additional accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27632/25]