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National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: That the two sites are already so interlinked clinically is not a great starting point to have an independent assessment of what may be the best site for various different reasons. It is not perhaps the best starting point and this was more a fait accompliin terms of it going to St. Vincent's rather than an objective study of what may be the best site.

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: In terms of this being put forward to the public as the Government having looked for the best site and that it was St. Vincent's, it was always going to be St. Vincent's. There was no way it would be anything but St. Vincent's. Does the Minister accept that this was always going to be case?

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: The Minister mentioned that if we were to pursue a CPO the partnership and all the goodwill with St. Vincent's Hospital would collapse. Does the Minister think that he and the State have used their leverage enough with St. Vincent's Hospital? At the end of the day, the taxpayer pays the wages of all the senior staff in St. Vincent's Hospital. St. Vincent's Hospital seems to have dictated...

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: There is no need for him to repeat his answers on that as we have heard them very clearly. I have doubts that this golden share model is an example of a model we will ever see used again. The Minister said it is a model he would not mind seeing used. Would he acknowledge that the golden share model, by definition, enshrines that concern forever? The women of Ireland will always have that...

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: It would be if it is a pro-life Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the plans for new school buildings and refurbishment for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23150/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: Thank you, Chairman, for allowing this and I thank the witnesses. It has been a gruelling session, so I will keep my questions as concise as possible and remove any commentary. The first is a legal question regarding the proposed 299-year lease. Under clause 6.5 of the lease, the HSE loses its right of first refusal to acquire the premises on the later of 20 years after the HSE, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: Does the Minister think that is something we should be doing in future arrangements and that the Minister should have this golden share in whatever new big piece of infrastructure there is, be it maternity hospital, paediatric hospital or otherwise?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: Why would the HSE forgo its right of first refusal to purchase the site? The HSE loses its right of first refusal to acquire the premises on the later of 20 years after the HSE, as tenant, complies with its obligations under the sixth schedule or 30 years from the date of the lease. Should SVHG decide for whatever reason to sell the site, which it is entitled to do, the HSE would lose the...

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: At some indeterminate point last week it became clear that the Government was spinning its wheels on what was supposed to be an open and inclusive consultation on the various documents. For me it was clear during a meeting of the Committee on Health last week that the Government was just stalling for time and playing us out. It was like the end of "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" with the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the updated position in relation to housing at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare; the plans for this location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24249/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans that he has put in place or will put in place to facilitate those who may wish to downsize from their current housing accommodation to a smaller local authority owned home; the consequences of same for the homeowner; the criteria for such a transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24250/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ukraine War (17 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 684. To ask the Minister for Health if the Medical Council is recognising non-European Union qualifications specifically in relation to Ukrainian refugees coming to Ireland who have medical qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24372/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 725. To ask the Minister for Health the way that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can get emergency dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24746/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 748. To ask the Minister for Health if the new lactation consultants posts promised for 2022 has been filled; if those recruited have commenced employment in that role; the total number of publicly funded lactation consultants currently working by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24926/22]

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: In response to Deputy Ó Murchú, that will not happen. There has been no listening to the Opposition on this or any other issue. I thank Deputy Cian O'Callaghan for yet another very good motion on housing. It is incredible what the Government is doing here. Last year, we interrogated and tried to highlight as best we possibly could the problems with the shared equity scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (18 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the revenue collected from fares on public transport and public service obligation-supported routes, broken down by each transport company in each of the years since 2016, in tabular form; the expected yield in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25062/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (18 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional funding provided for public transport in 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively; the specific funding that related to Covid-19; the level of public service obligation subsidy provided to each operator in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25063/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Site Acquisition (19 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that her Department is taking to work with the Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage and Fingal County Council to resolve the delay in providing a permanent site for a school (details supplied) due to the failure of a planning application on the site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25507/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (19 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 364. To ask the Minister for Health the options open to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to avail of a dentist. [25515/22]