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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electric Vehicles (4 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Minister of State. We sell 7,500 EVs per year and another 7,500 on top of that but it is 7:1 compared with diesel and petrol. We will not hit the target for 2030. The scrappage scheme is important because it will tackle the affordability anxiety people have. We do not have range anxiety in Ireland; we have affordability anxiety. The vast majority of people, even with the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electric Vehicles (4 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: We are not there with a general scheme yet but it can be rolled out over the next few years and I hope it is kept under constant review. I represent a constituency that has a large rural area. I also represent an awful lot of people who are on low incomes who live in those areas. People who are on low incomes cannot afford newer cars or even more fuel-efficient diesel and petrol cars....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (4 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the roll-out of 50% public transport fees for under-24s; if he plans to pilot this scheme; if not, if the scheme will be fully introduced nationwide; if the scheme will be accessible through all modes of public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53214/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the request by residents of an estate (details supplied) in relation to the design of the MetroLink project; if he will support the residents in relation to their requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53216/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (4 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he and his Department have had with officials in rail transport as of November 2021 with regard to lower emissions in rail transport and the overall emissions reduction in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53215/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (4 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he and his Department have had with officials in Irish aviation with regard to lower emissions aircraft and overall emission reduction in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53213/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: I thank the witnesses. It is excellent to have an opportunity to discuss the national development plan, NDP. I want to start with MetroLink. The preliminary business case has been submitted to the Department of Transport for review. Will Ms Graham explain what a business case looks like for a State body such as the NTA when it goes into the Department? Does it have costings and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: Does it make sense from the NTA’s point of view in terms of the preliminary business case that has been put forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: When does the NTA expect the Department of Transport to finish its review and submit it to Government?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: That is encouraging. The preliminary business case has been presented to the Department of Transport and will go to Government. From the point of view of the NTA, the costings make sense and, hopefully, that will follow through. Timelines have suffered, obviously, and we have had some negative press in regard to MetroLink in the build-up to the NDP. From what I am hearing in this meeting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: Thank you. I understand the point in regard to space on buses for wheelchair users. Notwithstanding the issue of space for a second wheelchair, even given the larger size of wheelchairs, people have difficulty manoeuvring on buses. There is finite space but it is an issue. We want to see people with disabilities being able to live their lives in the exact same spaces that we are living...

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: I have listened; I have listened to the entire debate. The Deputy can respond to me later.

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: It is the Deputy's motion and I am sure he will respond. This is my contribution. This is a very good motion because it speaks to what-----

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: I am speaking to it now. We are being told that Deputy Cullinane is the greatest health Minister in waiting, so he is setting himself up for a major fall. If he cannot get through the past couple of hours with any consistency, I wonder how he will get through a term as a Minister for Health. It is 11 months since Senator Annie Hoey of the Labour Party presented a Bill on student nurses'...

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: I am finding it hard to separate the two debates taking place today in the House, namely, this one and the one we had before it. It is like an old-fashioned revue, where we had the first act, the actors went off for a short interval and now they have come back and taken up different parts. I cannot understand how any proposer of this motion, which is an excellent motion in itself that is...

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: I have been sitting here for the past 30 minutes listening to the debate and wondering how that can be the case. When this is boiled down, why exactly are these emergency powers being introduced? They are not politically popular; nobody likes them or wants to support them. Why, then, are they being extended? Their extension is happening because the case numbers are five times higher...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the recently announced updated guidelines include the continuation of appointments only for the hair and beauty industry; the way this will be enforced and monitored; the additional guidelines that will be in place for those availing of these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52329/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (2 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will consider the installation of bus shelters at bus stop numbers 3854 and 3855 in Lusk, County Dublin ahead of the coming winter months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52679/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the lifting of restrictions in October 2021 removed the restriction to sanitary and toilet facilities at driver test centres to allow access to instructors, students and those accompanying learner drivers to lessons and tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52682/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (2 Nov 2021)

Duncan Smith: 1041. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans either through additional funding or strategic planning to address mental health issues arising from the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52988/21]