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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid 19: Implications of a Zero-Covid Island Policy (13 Aug 2020)

Duncan Smith: I thank all the witnesses. I find this fascinating. I am instinctively positively predisposed towards this as a concept so any questions I have will come from that. On the green zones, I know it is not mentioned but I think it is implicit that if we had a number of green zones merged together, illustrated in a newspaper or media article, that the other spaces would probably be shaded in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid 19: Implications of a Zero-Covid Island Policy (13 Aug 2020)

Duncan Smith: As well as green zones being divided county by county, would a city be classed as an entire county? If there is a cluster in Swords in north County Dublin, would that mean that Dundrum and Dún Laoghaire would be shut down too or how would it work?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid 19: Implications of a Zero-Covid Island Policy (13 Aug 2020)

Duncan Smith: Is Dublin a county or is Fingal a county? A third of the population, more or less, lives in greater Dublin. Is County Dublin a county, or is it Fingal, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and Dublin city?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid 19: Implications of a Zero-Covid Island Policy (13 Aug 2020)

Duncan Smith: Are there any examples of how testing at airports is done well that could be applied here? How would the testing, tracking and tracing regime be put on a more permanent footing? Can Professor Staines give us a view on what that would look like? Would it involve call centres, officers and people going around in cars?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid 19: Implications of a Zero-Covid Island Policy (13 Aug 2020)

Duncan Smith: To be clear, I understand how it has worked so far. Is it the intention that it would continue in that same style and structure or would it be a different style and structure going forward? That was my question. I was probably not clear enough in how I asked it.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid 19: Implications of a Zero-Covid Island Policy (13 Aug 2020)

Duncan Smith: I thank Professor Kearney and all the other witnesses.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Duncan Smith: Speaking on behalf of the Labour Party, which with the vagaries of this proposal from Government would benefit more than the smaller parties, we opposed this at the Dáil reform committee meeting. We spent nearly three hours in the Business Committee coming up with composite proposals, which all came from this side of the House. They were very reasonable proposals. I ask the Government...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Duncan Smith: I did not.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radio Broadcasting (30 Jul 2020)

Duncan Smith: 140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce quotas to ensure greater airtime for Irish-produced music on the national airways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19604/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (30 Jul 2020)

Duncan Smith: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of local authorities that have been mandated to assess their road networks to reallocate space for pedestrians and cyclists to date as promised in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19569/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (30 Jul 2020)

Duncan Smith: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the local authorities which have been mandated to assess their road networks to reallocate space for pedestrians and cyclists to date as promised in the rogramme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19570/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (30 Jul 2020)

Duncan Smith: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the local authorities which have begun works to segregate cyclists and pedestrians from motorists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19571/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Signage (30 Jul 2020)

Duncan Smith: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the local authorities which have begun works to improve signage for roads incorporating motorists and cyclists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19572/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Development Projects (30 Jul 2020)

Duncan Smith: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed construction of a new runway at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19573/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Development Projects (30 Jul 2020)

Duncan Smith: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for expansion and repair works at Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19574/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Development Projects (30 Jul 2020)

Duncan Smith: 189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for expansion and repair works at Farranfore Airport, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19575/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Development Projects (30 Jul 2020)

Duncan Smith: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for expansion and repair works at Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19576/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Development Projects (30 Jul 2020)

Duncan Smith: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for expansion and repair works at Ireland West Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19577/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jul 2020)

Duncan Smith: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the correspondence he and his officials had with their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive regarding an all-Ireland approach to Covid-19 at all rail transport hubs on the island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19580/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jul 2020)

Duncan Smith: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the correspondence he and his officials had with their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive regarding an all-Ireland approach to Covid-19 at all bus and coach transport hubs on the island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19581/20]