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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: The European football championship begins tomorrow and the Republic of Ireland will not have a team there. We do not have a permanent manager. It has been nearly a year since the Labour Party brought the first ever debate on football and grassroots football funding into this Dáil. Football is still the most widely played sport in the country, and despite the vibrancy of the League of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: Before I begin, I send the best wishes of the Labour Party to Deputy Jennifer Whitmore. Last night's "Prime Time Investigates" exposed some shocking practices in the Irish horse racing industry focusing on how horses, most of them racing thoroughbreds, are treated in the final period of their lives. After a life which many of them spent in the public spotlight being worked, they then enter...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: Can the Minister give a categorical guarantee that this is not happening today and that there are now vets in Shannonside every day, not just when the slaughter is happening? Regarding animal welfare, we are putting €95 million of taxpayers' money into the Horse and Greyhound Fund, with €76 million going into Horse Racing Ireland. Animal welfare is not just about animal...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: I agree with what the Minister said in terms of how highly skilled our advanced paramedic teams are and the level of care they provide at the scene of accidents and crashes. However, having examined this consultant-led model, I think it is one we need to look at because there are things consultants can provide that cannot be provided by advanced paramedics such as anaesthesia to protect the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: That is encouraging. The support to access existing funding pots while the scoping exercise is under way is welcome. The ILFA appeared at the health committee in April and has made a request to meet the Minister. Its asks include: additional financial supports for patients; consideration of tax rebates and grants - I welcome the Minister mentioning the latter; State funding for ILFA...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 16. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to introduce a consultant-led helicopter emergency service that would bring lifesaving expertise to the scene of crashes rather than waiting for the injured to arrive at a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25062/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: What are the Minister's plans to develop a consultant-led helicopter emergency service that would bring lifesaving expertise to the scene of crashes and accidents? It was news to me that Ireland is an outlier among our European counterparts as regards this service. It is something we need to provide. I think the Taoiseach or the Minister has made positive comments on this matter. I would...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 14. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to provide State funding to an organisation (details supplied) that is currently fully reliant on donations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25063/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: Does the Minister have any plans to provide State funding to the Irish Lung Fibrosis Association to help it carry out its ongoing work?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: Okay.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 6. To ask the Minister for Health what actions his Department is taking to lower car parking charges at hospitals in circumstances where car parking charges are currently at unacceptable levels and waiting times in hospitals can mean that undertaking a CT scan can cost a patient €15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25065/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: We are bringing up again - this has been brought up a great deal - car park charges for patients. It remains a major cost and burden on sick people accessing our hospitals to obtain acute care. We need to see a strategy from Government that will bring these costs down. I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Minister. That is good to hear. There are different costs in the various hospitals. As the Minister knows, there will be sick people who might have treatments in different hospitals. There is no uniformity to it. I acknowledge progress has been made and costs have come down and I want to acknowledge the work of the Irish Cancer Society and others with respect to their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 21. To ask the Minister for Health what State funding provisions have been provided to an organisation (details supplied); if, in Budget 2025, these provisions are to be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25064/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: 31. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the severe shortage of medical scientists working in hospitals; if he is aware of the impact this is having on patients nationwide; if he will consider an amendment to legislation that would allow CORU to accredit scientists in a single discipline to provide an instant boost in numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25061/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: There is no train station in Swords.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: I just want that to be put on the record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: I thank our guests for coming in here today. I thank Mr. O'Leary for his presentation, which included details of flights being forgone - I do not want to open up the debate he had with Deputy Farrell - and tried to convey the impact of the cap. What has been frustrating for me and others is that an awful lot of the discussion about this by the DAA is quite vague. It is done on the airwaves...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: We have difficulty trying to access the noise measuring data from ANCA, where it is and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: I will watch that video and I might come back to see if more details can be ascertained from it. That would be interesting. Mr. O'Leary mentioned workers living close by. The company recently purchased 25 homes in Fosterstown Place in Swords. Are they fully accommodated now?