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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (21 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 74. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the special Covid-19 grants will be paid by Sport Ireland; the amount and value of the grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31824/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Capital Programme (21 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 75. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding sports capital grants; when she expects to be able to announce a new round of same; and the amount that will be available to clubs under such an announcement. [31825/20]

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 31 – Transport (Revised) (21 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: I can say to Deputy Matthews that I would love a list of affordable electrical vehicles because all such vehicles of any size seem to be unaffordable at the moment.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 31 – Transport (Revised) (21 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: I welcome the Minister of State. As she is aware, this committee has put front and centre of its initial work the issue of testing and getting our aviation sector ready for when safe and increased travel can happen, when, hopefully, our part of the world can knock the pandemic back. I am encouraged by some of the Minister of State's words today. She mentioned it is a good time to start...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 31 – Transport (Revised) (21 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: The Government has been successful in ensuring public transport workers and infrastructure feel like they have been insulated for the most part. The Expressway service is a non-PSO service run by Bus Éireann and it is a vital service that must be retained in some fashion. The PSO services have been comforted by the funding that has been there this year and I hope that will continue. ...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 31 – Transport (Revised) (21 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: That is encouraging. People expect and understand minor bumps in the road with regard to projects, given the year we are having. From what I can see and what the Department of Transport has published, the major projects still seem to be moving forward more or less at the pace that has been set out. Hopefully, that will continue. I will make a small point the Minister of State might...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 31 – Transport (Revised) (21 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: On the issue of active travel, I believe there is a lot of low-hanging fruit by way of paths and junctions. We need to put people with disabilities in the frame. These are works that do not require planning permission. There are backlogs of minor works that make major differences in operations departments of councils up and down the country. I hope that this funding will trickle down...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: I agree with what the Ceann Comhairle has said but much of what has been mentioned previously was discussed at last week's Business Committee meeting. To add to that, we are here at the Order of Business and we have no visibility of when the emergency Bill for the extension of the ban on evictions will be introduced. We know, or sense, that it will come in on Thursday, a day that is already...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (20 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 254. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will support efforts to provide sporting outlets for those over 35 years of age to keep them active and interested in sports in view of a number of examples (details supplied); her views on the idea; and if her Department will consider grant aiding such efforts. [30978/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (20 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timelines for the duration of the study by the National Parks and Wildlife Service for research into the survival and behaviour of hares released into the wild after being rescued from hare coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31230/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance (20 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for domiciliary care grants in the past three years; the number of applications refused in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30973/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance (20 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals of refusals of domiciliary care grants in the past three years; the number of applications that were awarded following appeal in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30974/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (20 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 440. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider including a town (details supplied) in County Kildare in a youth development programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30975/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (20 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 441. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding allocated to County Kildare for youth projects over each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30976/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (20 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 442. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department has completed research (details supplied); the status of the research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30977/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (15 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 160. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of career break applications in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of career breaks granted in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30695/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Allowances (15 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 161. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of increasing military service allowances by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30696/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (15 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 162. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of increasing technical pay by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30697/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (15 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 163. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of discharges being processed and-or pending from the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30698/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (15 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 164. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to provide employment protection legislation for reservists to allow for the undertaking of courses, exercises or other activities within the Defence Forces; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30699/20]