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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Duncan Smith: Whatever is agreed at the Business Committee on Thursdays is becoming completely irrelevant. This is increasingly becoming a pattern. There is not enough time. We knew that the Health (Amendment) Bill was coming since last Thursday. It was not published until earlier today, however, and we have now been presented with a revised schedule. There is not enough time to debate the Bill. This...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Missing Persons (8 Jul 2021)

Duncan Smith: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the work of her Department in relation to the identification of unidentified bodies and linking this data with the missing persons database; and the progress her Department has made in its work referenced in a reply to a Topical Issue raised by this Deputy on 4 March 2021; and if she will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Missing Persons (8 Jul 2021)

Duncan Smith: I would like to ask the Minister for Justice the status of the work of her Department on the identification of unidentified bodies, how this data is linked with the missing persons database and the progress her Department has made in its work referenced in the reply to my Topical Issue matter earlier this year.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Missing Persons (8 Jul 2021)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Minister. This is not a confrontational exchange. Rather, I am seeking to improve what the State is providing. What the Minister has said is good. However, I have an issue with the date of 2019. Another lot of these cases are historical and go back a few decades. We are not talking about going back to the 1900s or even the early 20th century. Cases date from the 1960s,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Missing Persons (8 Jul 2021)

Duncan Smith: A lot of work is being done. To quote Ms Clare Clarke Keane, who has sought the truth about her sister Priscilla who has been missing since 1988, when family members approach a coroner's office or cemetery it still feels like turning up at a lost property office. That is how much separation there is between what the State is doing and how families feel. That said, I take the Minister's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Jul 2021)

Duncan Smith: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a case (details supplied) which relates to two primary school going children with learning difficulties in the same family who were allocated reduced July provision hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36881/21]

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (7 Jul 2021)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Regional Group for tabling the motion. Private Members’ time is an important slot, and I would say that as I am in opposition, but when we see groups or parties use their Private Members' time, which does not come up that often, to bring some continuity to a debate, it shows how much that group believes in it. It is an important issue for this House and we need to discuss...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Jul 2021)

Duncan Smith: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if two children with learning difficulties from the same family both in primary school are entitled to the same hours for the July provision, that is, ten hours each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36715/21]

Ban on Rent Increases Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Jul 2021)

Duncan Smith: The Minister is correct that there is no silver bullet for the housing or rental crises, but the Bill is a bullet. It is a very good Bill. It is short but it is potent and, if implemented, it will make a real difference. There is no reason why it should not be implemented. As Deputy Ó Broin, the proposer of the Bill, stated, a version of this has been done before. It is not...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (6 Jul 2021)

Duncan Smith: 268. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when training and courses for the Defence Forces will resume given Ireland's current level status under the Living with Covid Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29705/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Dental Services (6 Jul 2021)

Duncan Smith: 335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to receive treatment without incurring a charge payable to their treating dentist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35848/21]

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (2 Jul 2021)

Duncan Smith: I want to put on record that we could have had questions and answers this morning. Many of the questions that have been asked by the preceding Deputies and others that are going to be asked are ones he would be able to answer easily enough. We all accept there is stuff he cannot answer and would have to come back to us on. We welcome the Minister's contribution on "Morning Ireland"...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Jul 2021)

Duncan Smith: 501. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be offered a date for vaccination; the way in which the person can register given that they have been unable to source a vaccination through their general practitioner and the hospital could not give any time range; if he will address these issues as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Duncan Smith: I am delighted to have an opportunity to contribute. The previous speaker mentioned how we are becoming more attuned to discussing the 15-minute city and the ten-minute town but every Wednesday we discuss the three-hour guillotined debate on important legislation. It is not just because of Covid. It can no longer be the excuse for why we have to condense such important debates into such a...

Affordable Homes in the Poolbeg Strategic Development Zone: Motion (29 Jun 2021)

Duncan Smith: I thank the proposers of the motion and Deputy Ó Broin for bringing it to the House today for discussion. The motion does not go for the jugular, as some motions would in this area. That is not a criticism of the motion, it is more a reflection of the complexity of the issue in terms of the lack of development of the Irish Glass Bottle site. That is understood by any group,...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (29 Jun 2021)

Duncan Smith: I will not take anywhere near 20 minutes, but I have a couple of points to make. Since I am not a member of the joint committee, I was not present for any of the discussions on the Bill. I offer my apologies for that. Regarding what the Minister said about the extension of development plans, the intent is welcome. As a former member of Fingal County Council, where I was honoured to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Duncan Smith: The Wednesday evening slot is fast becoming the guillotine slot. That is something the Business Committee has to do more work on because it is absolutely unsatisfactory. The moving of the debate on the vaccine roll-out to Friday's ghost sitting is totally unsatisfactory given everything that is happening daily and, in particular, what has been announced this afternoon. We dissent in the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Jun 2021)

Duncan Smith: 189. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a company (details supplied) was not granted any funding via the live performance support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34944/21]

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2021)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Minister for tabling the Bill in the House for debate. He seems to have shifted on the Bill following the discussion in the Seanad, and there will be more shifts on Committee Stage in terms of Part V developments. I look forward to further detail on same. I wish to speak about affordability and what is happening in the market. House prices are increasing all over the...

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2021)

Duncan Smith: It has increased by ten years. We all meet people who, since their early to mid-20s and through two recessions, have been painstakingly saving and operating in a fluctuating and regulatory environment to try to get on the market. They hope and pray that a house in a particular estate opens up, and when one does, there is the traditional bidding war between first-time buyers and other...