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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: I am very satisfied with those answers. If there is time left, the witnesses should feel free to add anything they so wish.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: Discussion (16 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: I thank the witnesses for their statements and contributions thus far. We have reached a point where we must have a long think about how we want our towns to develop. The main streets in our towns were home to many different types of shops 20 or 30 years ago, including hardware stores, drapery shops, butcher shops and so forth but they have all gradually disappeared. They have either moved...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: Discussion (16 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: I appreciate Mr. O'Hara's reply but that is no way for a pillar bank operate or communicate. It seems to be the case that negotiations will take place next week. We will have to see how they go. That has put post offices in a very difficult position in light of the level of public expectation, which is unfair and unwarranted. No doubt postmasters will do everything they can to ensure that...

Statement by An Taoiseach (11 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: I welcome the Taoiseach's contribution and I wish the Minister for Justice and her husband well for her maternity leave. This is not only an important moment for her personally and for her family but it is, and should be, an important signal to every expectant and future mother in terms of what this country will be doing on maternity leave for all and to ensure that everyone has entitlement...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: For many of us, life will return to some form of normality when restrictions ease. For those with profound mobility issues, however, it will not make much of a difference because their lives were the same before the Covid crisis. They live a life of permanent 5 km, or even tighter, restrictions. Acknowledging that there are only 15 changing places toilets in Ireland, the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bioenergy Strategy (11 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to encourage beef farmers to engage in the production of biofuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13735/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (11 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when homes in the Garristown and Oldtown area of north County Dublin will be connected to fibre broadband given the current pipe laying work being carried out in the area for fibre broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13736/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of specific special schools by region; the number of students on waiting lists for special schools by region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13738/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a permanent school will be built for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin as promised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13739/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (11 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the support available for parents who find themselves in the coming months with children who have not been accepted to any local secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13740/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (11 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 234. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a continuation of long-term residential care for those whose carers pass away or are no longer able to provide this care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13737/21]

Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (10 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Minister for his opening statement. The focus on higher and further education is welcome in terms of the three-year strategy but I want to focus on the apprenticeship element of it. For too long, apprenticeships have been at the back of the class when it comes to further education and skills. We in the Labour Party welcome the light the Minister is shining on it and the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (10 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure broadband accessibility for all students to facilitate online learning at home throughout the Covid-19 restrictions in view of primary and secondary schools remaining closed for January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1420/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (10 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which Ireland performed in 2020 as per the programme for Government commitment to achieve an average 7% per annum reduction in overall greenhouse gas emissions over the next ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1417/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (10 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reduce emissions from the dairy farming sector as part of Ireland’s efforts to reach an average of 7% reduction in overall greenhouse gas emissions given the State-led intensification of dairy farming has led to higher methane and nitrous oxide emissions; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (10 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan nationally and specifically in rural areas of north County Dublin as of January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1418/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (10 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he has had with member states or the European Commission with regard to an EU trading system for agricultural emissions as indicated in the 2019 Climate Action Plan; if the outcome of such discussions will feature in the 2021 Climate Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12768/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (10 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the preliminary business case for the MetroLink project has been submitted to Government; when he expects it to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12751/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (10 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the railway order application for the MetroLink project is proposed to be submitted to An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12752/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Provision (10 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the policy on greyways; if segregation will be a key component and or minimum standard of any such development; if he plans to engage with cycling advocacy groups when developing policy; the pilot schemes that have been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12753/21]