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Carer's Allowance: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2024)

Duncan Smith: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing this very important motion to the Dáil this morning. The Labour Party believes in a society that values care and invests in it from cradle to grave, so that people have access to the services they need when they need them. In our election manifesto, we will outline our proposals for a new social care contract to support family carers and care...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Service Level Agreements (6 Nov 2024)

Duncan Smith: 116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on any service level agreement between his Department and an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45315/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (5 Nov 2024)

Duncan Smith: 135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that some firms registered on the SEAI website one-stop shop have gone into liquidation while in the middle of home energy upgrades on customers’ homes, with customers at the loss of this investment (details supplied), with no adequate measures or protections in place for customers who are left...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (5 Nov 2024)

Duncan Smith: 520. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a detailed breakdown of the allocation of €230.68 million for sport and recreation in Budget 2025 and specifically, the amount allocated for core funding for sports organisations as part of this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44583/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (5 Nov 2024)

Duncan Smith: 521. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a detailed breakdown of the allocation of €230.58 million for sport and recreation in Budget 2025 and specifically, the amount allocated for capital spending under this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44584/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (5 Nov 2024)

Duncan Smith: 522. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht why the allocation of core funding to sports organisations in Budget 2025 does not meet the increased costs being faced by sports organisations, including pension auto enrolment, increase in minimum wage, increased cost of doing business and wage inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44585/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (5 Nov 2024)

Duncan Smith: 523. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out in detail the spending of the €1 million fund for disability sport which was announced as part of Budget 2025; how it will be administered; who will benefit from it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44586/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Coastal Erosion (5 Nov 2024)

Duncan Smith: 562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the critical situation faced by six families in the Burrow, Portrane given their homes are at imminent risk due to the effects of coastal erosion, with the winter season almost upon Ireland, with increasing storms and high tides; if a funding application for interim coastal protection measures has been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Coastal Erosion (5 Nov 2024)

Duncan Smith: 562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the critical situation faced by six families in the Burrow, Portrane given their homes are at imminent risk due to the effects of coastal erosion, with the winter season almost upon Ireland, with increasing storms and high tides; if a funding application for interim coastal protection measures has been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (5 Nov 2024)

Duncan Smith: 1132. To ask the Minister for Health to outline what additional measures the HSE has put in place to minimise chemotherapy delays at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44441/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (5 Nov 2024)

Duncan Smith: 1135. To ask the Minister for Health what measures he has personally taken to address the staffing issues in the University Hospital Limerick Mid-Western Cancer Centre in respect of cancer nursing services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44444/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Nov 2024)

Duncan Smith: 1133. To ask the Minister for Health when scalp cooling will resume for patients undergoing chemotherapy at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44442/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (5 Nov 2024)

Duncan Smith: 1134. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant specialist nursing posts at University Hospital Limerick, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44443/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Nov 2024)

Duncan Smith: 1175. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2185 of 23 July 2024, the way the National Gender Service calculates the number of staff it requires for assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44737/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Nov 2024)

Duncan Smith: 1176. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a UK professional association's calls in relation to the Cass Review (detailed supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44738/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Enterprise Sector (5 Nov 2024)

Duncan Smith: 1325. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timeline for establishing a trading for impact stakeholder engagement group to coordinate input into the delivery of the 'Trading for Impact' National Social Enterprise Policy 2024-2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43900/24]

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)

Duncan Smith: The Labour Party will be supporting this legislation, as we have previously. Risk equalisation, which the Bill provides for annually, ensures costs will be constant across a lifespan for an individual. It seeks to ensure that, where possible, age, gender and health status will not influence the cost of an insurance product. Let me be clear, though. Our support for this Bill is not an...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Oct 2024)

Duncan Smith: I wish to raise the issue of the lack of bus services. BusConnects, which has gone through multiple public consultations, is now in its implementation phase. However, there are still pockets of areas that are not being served by the BusConnects plan, even as it is being rolled out. This is particularly the case in north County Dublin and I want to raise the area of Holywell in Swords. At...

Public Health Service Staffing: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2024)

Duncan Smith: I move: That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges that: — understaffing in the public health service is impacting the ability of staff to provide safe care and this will put patients at risk and damage efforts to retain existing staff; — the health recruitment moratorium has continued through new recruitment caps, and positions are being left vacant in acute hospitals and...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Duncan Smith: I thank Deputy Ó Broin of Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. When it comes to housing as a public good, the Labour Party believes in three pillars of a housing system that will work for all. The first is social and truly affordable housing, the second is security of tenure for renters, and the third is a truly ambitious home building programme. The marker for us of the...