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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Átha Cliath: Chairman Designate (18 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: Regionally, we are quite lopsided here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Átha Cliath: Chairman Designate (18 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: If Dublin Bus ran a shuttle bus to Shannon Airport, this place would be packed.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (31 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of leap cards that have been issued; the amount that has been raised by the National Transport Authority from the €5 deposit on each card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27767/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (31 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of leap cards that have not been activated in the past 12 months and 24 months, respectively; the amount of credit that is available in total on those cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27768/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (31 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 594. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protection applicants that were noted as not being unaccompanied minors following participation in the Tusla age assessment procedure but had presented with a date of birth which would make them under 18 years of age at the time their case was opened when they entered the international protection process in 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 769. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for cataract surgery at Nenagh Hospital for 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28032/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 228. To ask the Minister for Health if the position set out in a January 2004 Departmental background paper published as an appendix to the Travers Report to the effect that the Health Act 1970 distinguishes between eligibility and entitlement and that the nature of the obligation imposed by the Act to make services available is not such as to confer an entitlement on an individual insofar as...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way that he intends to engage with the Dublin Airport Authority throughout the rest of 2022; his priorities for the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30902/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: What is the plan regarding engagement with the Dublin Airport Authority, DAA, throughout the rest of the year? The Minister of State has had intense engagement in the last few weeks as the situation in the airport reached crisis point and then disaster levels a few weekends ago. While we have seen some improvement in services, not least because of the massive redeployment of emergency...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Minister of State for her update. There is no doubt that Herculean efforts have been made to ensure that passengers can transit through without missing their flights, but what is happening is having an impact. I would like the Minister of State to engage with Dublin Airport on a number of issues. Regarding the special assistance and reduced mobility service the DAA provides,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: I am glad to hear the Minister of State met workers' representatives and I hope that continues with SIPTU and the other unions representing workers in the airport. What we have learned and experienced over the past number of months is that there is a sense among workers and those connected to the airport that the ethos of the airport is changing. The idea that it is a place where people are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role that his Department had in the approval of the voluntary redundancy schemes implemented by the Dublin Airport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30650/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: It has been clear in the past couple of weeks that the DAA's effort to rightsize its workforce — to use its word — was not about reducing the overall numbers because it has since said it is trying to hire at the pre-pandemic level. Therefore, it was about reducing the levels of pay and the terms and conditions. The question we are asking today, which is important, is whether...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: The Minister of State has said in response to parliamentary questions this evening and at other times that the responsibility and priority of the Minister and Department is to ensure passengers' efficient travel through the airport. It has to be more than that, however, because we have to look out for the workers and the facility. Air travel is being driven by the low-cost airlines, which...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: The ESRI energy poverty report brings home to us that not only are we facing a crisis, we are in the midst of an economic and social crisis in this country and we must use every tool in our economic arsenal. We feel we should have an emergency budget or an early budget. Failing that, we think there is scope for the Government to implement targeted measures similar to those that have been...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (14 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans of his Department for a regional aviation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30652/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (14 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is considering easing the restrictions on the age of vehicle requirement for taxi drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30654/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (14 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of meetings that he has had with the MetroLink team; if he will report of the progress of the MetroLink project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30653/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (14 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that Balbriggan and Skerries rail stations have been excluded from the Transport for Ireland 90 minute €2 fares; if he will take steps to include those stations in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30651/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (14 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that Skerries and Balbriggan have been excluded from the new Transport for Ireland fare, which allows commuters across Dublin to travel on all forms of public transport and change between services for a €2 Leap Card fare within a 90-minute window; if he will take steps to include these stations in the scheme; and if...