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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Human Rights and Civil Liberty Considerations (9 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: My next question is for Ms Barry of FLAC. Anyone who has been involved in politics in recent years will know that FLAC is stretched to the maximum. Ms Barry mentioned in her submission that the waiting lists are six months long. Has FLAC carried out any analysis on what the waiting lists will look like in 2021 and beyond if it does not get the additional resources it needs?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: I make an official request of the Ceann Comhairle that he call a special meeting of the Business Committee within seven days. Deputy Carthy said it would meet tonight but all groups need a few days to put their proposals forward. There is no point in having a shortened version of the meeting we had at the end of July. Each group should have a few days to put forward proposals to return to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Water (8 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: 81. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to provide funding to Irish businesses in the water industry struggling due to the delay and postponement of Irish Water projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21424/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: 290. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to allowing proprietary directors without employees access to the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21823/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (8 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: 270. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount claimed on the Med2 form for dental expenses in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22254/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: 1352. To ask the Minister for Health when the threshold will be increased from €900 to €1,050 for persons applying for a medical card that are over 70 years of age. [22292/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: 1131. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department has failed to fund treatment for the hereditary blood disease amyloidosis in the form of patisiran or other relevant treatments which has been utilised as treatment for the disease by the NHS in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21422/20]

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: I am sharing time with Deputy Sherlock. Something quite significant happened at last week's meeting of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response that we are now seeing play out. When asked about the strategy we would pursue, and whether we would try to eliminate or suppress the virus, the acting Chief Medical Officer said that we would be living with the virus for the foreseeable future....

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: I thank the witnesses for their work and the work of their members. Education has suffered from what I consider to be poor leadership at Government level in the months of this crisis. However, trade union members in schools have done an amazing job in maintaining a thread of calm, first by finishing the previous school year and then through the leaving certificate and into the period of...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: Related to isolation rooms, it was brought to my attention that there is a school in south County Dublin that was attempting to construct an awning over an outdoor handwashing system they had, through work with the parents, put in during the summer. However, it was subject to planning permission and did not have a planning exemption as a piece of Covid infrastructure. Are ASTI members...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: I thank Ms Magner. I will finish with a comment for Mr. Boyle. He may not have time to respond to it. I am concerned by what he said on advice being given by medical practitioners to teachers who are pregnant about returning to work. We have raised this a number of times in this committee and Dr. Ronan Glynn said last week that pregnant women are not more susceptible to Covid than anyone...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Minister and her officials for attending. I will use the short time I have to focus on school transport. There is great concern across the country, including in my constituency of Dublin Fingal, regarding the provision of school transport and its future, and, indeed, if we will have sufficient school transport for the entire academic year of 2020-2021. My first question...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: How has it been agreed with parents? There are parents who have paid money. Some money still remains with Bus Éireann and they do not know if they are going to get a service. Other parents who have paid, I believe, under €175, have had their money sent back to them, so they are wondering if they will get a service at all this year. Can Ms Conduit make a commitment and give a...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: Some 400 out of a total of 2,100 of post-primary services are in a position to operate at 50% capacity at the start of the academic year 2020-2021, so when is that number likely to increase, how is it going to increase, and will the 2,100 post-primary services number be met at all?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: What sort of time-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: Sorry, what sort of timeline? Are we talking about a week, two weeks or a month?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: I am out of time. I appreciate the response, but I do not think it is going to provide much comfort to parents and to students throughout the country.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Chairman and I thank the witnesses for their submissions and for coming before the committee. During the summer, patients in private hospitals began to be charged for Covid tests. Can the witnesses confirm whether those tests are processed in labs within those private hospitals, or are they sent to labs commissioned by the HSE? If so, are those tests processed in the same...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Duncan Smith: On getting prepared for the winter, can Mr. Reid give us any update on the winter service plan? Will primary care centres in communities be used? He may have commented on this earlier but I did not hear. In what capacity can these centres be used? Every year, there is a push for staff in the HSE, particularly front-line staff, to have the flu vaccination. Given the winter we are...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Duncan Smith: I have a final question, but I am unsure as to how much time I have left.