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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: The DAA is not really.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: Okay. So, that never came from Government. Every decision that was made with regard to staff sizing, downsizing or rightsizing, to use Mr. Philips's language, was made by Mr. Philips and his colleagues on the management team.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: Does Mr. Philips think the DAA pulled the lever too early in May 2020 for the packages being offered to reduce staff in terms of going into the pandemic crisis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: Does Mr. Philips think the DAA pulled the lever to cut as many staff as early as it did into the crisis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: It was too deep, too quickly. This is the point I am getting at. Was the pandemic the moment the DAA was waiting for to make the cuts it always wanted to make?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: There has always been a tension in the airport that there has always been a desire for management to cut long-term employees who are on good pay and good terms and conditions across many areas. That was the sense and this is what I have been picking up. Staff in large numbers contacted me over the weekend who are afraid to speak on the record. These staff, who are still there, were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: I will finish on this point. I thought I had a good understanding of the staff culture. This weekend has shifted it. I know it is a crisis weekend but we have a staff body who feel very low and very battered and bruised. This is my final question. There is no upward ask in terms of the number of security staff the DAA wants to hire. Is the DAA going to go higher now in terms of security...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (21 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority has engaged with Dublin Bus or other operators on route alignments with regard to the provision of bus services in the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32280/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the introduction of additional 24/7 bus routes given the lack of late night transport in Dublin city making it unsafe for persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32281/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (21 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of what happens to unused credit on LEAP cards that have not been activated in at least 12 months; the way that the National Transport Authority managed the deposits paid for LEAP cards; the total number of LEAP cards that have been issued since the introduction of the card; the total number of cards have not...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (21 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department have had any meetings with a local authority (details supplied) on the provision of a vital piece of infrastructure for a town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32793/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (21 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 12 May 2022, if she will provide on update on the meeting between her Department and the DDLETB due to take place in mid May; if she will provide details of what was discussed at said meeting and the outcome of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32686/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify what is planned for a school (details supplied); if it is a new build or refurbishment and if she will ensure that previous replies to parliamentary questions do not confuse plans for the school with previous designs for a different school which was temporarily accommodated on that site; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (21 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the up-to-date position with proposed payment of a pension for community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32785/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (21 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community welfare officers in the State; the number per area; the number who have retired within the past three years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32787/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payment applications in the past three years; the number per area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32790/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (21 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 712. To ask the Minister for Health the budget that has been provided for the new advanced nurse practitioners as recently advertised by his Department; if this is a new payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32786/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (21 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 750. To ask the Minister for Health when the upgrade and refurbishment of 123 Block at a building (details supplied) will commence; the duration and purpose of these works; if he will outline in detail the plan for this building as listed as a project in the HSE 2022 capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32043/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: 17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the necessary funding to the National Transport Authority to enable the 33B bus to service the Burrow, Portrane, County Dublin on all bus journeys to and from Swords given that this would provide a connection to the railway station and encouraged the use of public transport which is Government policy; and if he will...