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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (26 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 70. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his Department's discussions with an organisation (details supplied) and on progressing a workable scheme for medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26885/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (26 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 52. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's policy for persons who are deaf or who suffer hearing loss; the schemes that are aimed at reducing the cost of hearing aids; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26883/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (26 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 85. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that he and his Department have met with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) since becoming Minister in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26881/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and I represent the Dublin Fingal constituency, which is the only local authority area in the country that does not have a municipal swimming pool. When I was a councillor, I worked to have an objective included in the county development plan calling for the delivery of public swimming pools, ideally including one in Balbriggan and another in Swords....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: We still do not know how many children are waiting on special school places. We need figures that are as accurate as possible on an ongoing basis. We do not know how the Department will adequately enforce section 37a notices to ensure that every child who needs a place is granted one. An AsIAm report showed that one quarter of parents of children with autism feel that they do not have an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: Before I begin, I extend the Labour Party's deep sadness and shock at the horrific murder of 19 children and two adults yesterday in Uvalde, Texas. It is clear gun violence in the US is out of control, and there is ever-diminishing hope it will lead to much-needed change. Last week, a family once again had to resort to telling their story to RTÉ to vindicate the constitutional right...

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: I thank People Before Profit-Solidarity for bringing forward this debate. It was submitted last week. It could have been resolved last Thursday or Friday and this matter might have been recent history but the proposers knew that would not be the case, as we all did. Even if it had been resolved, the proposers know that brining it forward also relates to wider issues in how the State...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (25 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) which is preventing an employer from employing new employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26620/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 235. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to establish a sickle cell and thalassaemia day centre; if he will meet with an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26856/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 236. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with section 39 healthcare workers and ensure concerns with pay and conditions is speedily resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26857/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 237. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update of the roll-out of the pandemic bonus payment to healthcare workers with respect to his Department's responsibilities in the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26858/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: I will bring up the issue of the medical scientists' industrial action and direct it to the Minister for Health, as he is here. The remarkable decision not to return to the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, after last week's day of action needs to be answered properly. The Taoiseach said that there have been "informal" talks but in his next sentence, he said that things have to be done...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Support Services (24 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 499. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that the number of entry points for the ECCE scheme reverted from three to one at the beginning of September 2018, which means that a child must have reached two years and eight months of age on or prior to 31 August of the relevant programme year to be eligible for the September start date; the way...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the justification for not proceeding with the See Something, Say Something text alert initiative for Donabate, County Dublin in 2021, which had been processed and approved by Garda authorities at district level and Fingal County Council (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25790/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 590. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of current expenditure provided to fund services and staff at a hospital (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2021, in tabular form; the number of public staff employed in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25729/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (24 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: 591. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of capital investment by the State on the site of a hospital (details supplied) since 1990; the breakdown by year and by project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25730/22]

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]

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]