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Written Answers — Department of Health: Defibrillators Provision (29 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 264. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to provide more public AEDs particularly in areas in which there is a lack of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47177/21]

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: I am sorry I missed the start of the meeting. I missed various contributions. Deputy O'Rourke raised MetroLink, which I will start off with. I am sure it is no surprise to the Minister. Under subhead B6, I understand, in response to Deputy O'Rourke earlier on in the meeting, the Minister stated he hopes that the project will be completed between 2028 and 2034, and hopefully not at the...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: What the Minister said there is encouraging and good. The planning process is outside his control. Legal challenges are also outside his control, but for him to say if it gets through that he would hope to be in a position to press "Go" is encouraging. The people understand that there is a significant element of this outside the Minister's control. We cannot just put the JCBs on the...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: I gave the members a year of yapping about that. In all seriousness, there is no other project that is similar in scale to MetroLink and there is the demand that will be there from the second runway. New houses and apartments will be built in Swords through the Fosterstown development plan. Those householders will all have to transit out of the tow to work, school, college or whatever....

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: Will the Minister explain the business case to the people who are watching these proceedings? In 2011, we were in the midst of economic hardship. MetroLink was paused at that time. In 2015, it was brought back onto the table and, in 2018, it was committed to. My understanding is that for the first time in the history of metro north, as it was known, it was tested against other solutions,...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: Those options were looked at and thought suboptimal in comparison with MetroLink. Are we opening that again?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: The communities are well into the design phase. They have gone through a couple of phases and are engaged with TII. People are starting to believe this is going to happen. There have been ground testing works and all the rest. That is why the reaction has been so visceral this time. In the past, people did not believe it was happening. Now people believe the process is happening. I...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: Nobody wants the taxpayer to be rinsed. The Department always seems to be rinsed when it comes to large projects that cost a lot of money. The taxpayer also wants to see a top quality children's hospital. Most people who have come through Dublin Airport want to see a high-speed MetroLink and understand the rationale behind it. On a separate note, there is evidence of the budget for what...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing this motion forward. It is very timely. I apologise for not being present for the start of the debate. I had a scheduled meeting with Care Champions, who the Deputy and members of his party have met. They are relatives of people who passed away in nursing home care in the last 18 months and, with the indulgence of the proposers of the motion, I ask the...

Housing for All: Statements (28 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: There is no doubt this policy document, Housing for All, will be the Minister's political legacy, whether it is delivered. His reputation and success will rest on it, as I am sure he recognises. That is how important this document is and, as the Minister said, how important it is for this Government. I have a different view. I have no doubt the Minister is going to build houses. Fianna...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: The Minister for Transport, who also has responsibility for environmental issues, delivered what can only be described as a punch in the gut to the people of Swords and the north side of Dublin by deferring and delaying the delivery of MetroLink to 2034. Many people believe it is the indefinite deferral and delay of MetroLink. The programme for Government not only mentions MetroLink but...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (28 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the chairperson has submitted their final report with regard to the Strategic Review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service that commenced on 3 February 2021; if the recommendations made in the review have been agreed and accepted; if so, when the report will be published; if funding for implementation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (28 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the National Coastal Change Management Strategy steering group, will report on its initial findings and recommendations given that the group was to report within six months of its foundation in September 2020 and given that areas such as Portrane, County Dublin have already been greatly affected by coastal erosion...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: After-School Support Services (28 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 524. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a family (details supplied) in County Kildare are not being offered free after-school tuition given it was previously received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46609/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (28 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 784. To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate a meeting with a family (details supplied) in County Kildare given the ongoing issues for the family and the previous correspondence between the HSE and officials in his office. [46610/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (23 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the division of secondary school patronages across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43948/21]

Residential Tenancies (Tenants' Rights) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: Like any Deputy or public representative who operates a clinic or an office service, I know, because I do eight of them a week, that the vast majority of people who come in are those at the very sharp end of the housing crisis. Once woman I met more than a year ago rang me seven weeks ago today to tell me that her beloved dog died peacefully in her arms that morning. While she was...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: 136. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that were deemed adults by the International Protection Office and placed into direct provision following the assessments; and the number that were deemed minors and placed in the care of Tusla. [45467/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (21 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: I will mention two things. This decision gate 1 language was introduced in parliamentary question replies just before the summer. It is a nonsense. This is a political decision that was made a number of years ago. MetroLink is the only show in town and has to be delivered upon. The reply states that extensive work is needed on the railway order applications. It is not extensive. These...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (21 Sep 2021)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte for taking the debate. With two Ministers in the Department of Transport, it is unfortunate that not one of them is here, but I look forward to the script they have sent. Hopefully it will calm the anger in the community, particularly in Swords, north County Dublin, which is based on the reports in the Mail on Sunday that metro north was going...