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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (9 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: 588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had conversations with Coillte regarding extending its recently announced makeover project in view of the benefit of such lands to attract and promote tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10291/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (9 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: 590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) who recently returned from abroad will be assisted in obtaining a driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10344/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: 647. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend current support payments for photographers and videographers in view of the fact that due to the nature of their business they will be affected by business closure longer than other sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9866/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: I thank Dr. De Gascun and Professor Nolan for all their work over the past few weeks and wish them the best of luck for the weeks ahead. Obviously, this has not been beaten yet. I would like to get the views of the witnesses on face masks. I have had many contacts over the past couple of days, in particular yesterday, from people who are very concerned about the messaging on face masks....

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: At one point in this country a number of years ago we sent iodine pills to everyone with instructions on how to use, and that was for a totally different thing. I have taken from what Dr. De Gascun said earlier that SARS has a seasonal element to it.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: Going into winter 2020-21 we may need to tool up our testing and tracing again. Would Dr. De Gascun recommend that every household in the country should have appropriate face masks with instructions on how to use them? Would that be a good investment of resources as we enter winter 2020-21?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: Personally, I think the make-and-do links on the Government website are not appropriate and not something we should be sustaining. We need to be very strong on this because there is big concern over it. When things reached a peak in April and into May, the testing capacity was 15,000 tests per day. Do we still have a number per day target or have we moved on from that? If we still have,...

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: The best asset the Garda has is the community policing and community garda unit. As we are all aware, it has been a difficult decade for the Garda. Trust has been damaged by a number of incidents and issues which have been well debated in the House down through the years. As have many other public representatives, I have witnessed the benefits of good community gardaí when they come...

Covid-19 (Transport, Tourism and Sport): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: The balance has well and truly been in his favour during the past two decades. It has tiptoed the opposite way and I think it is now appropriate for the Minister and his office to respond. The Minister has said he will not do it. He is entitled to take that position but I believe the balance has tipped the other way and those comments are absolutely disgraceful.

Covid-19 (Transport, Tourism and Sport): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: I welcome that assurance and I am sure the trade union movement and the workers will as well. Regarding connectivity, will the Minister give any commitment tonight to act, even to write a letter to the CEOs of the airport groups and the companies, to ensure that important routes such as Knock to Gatwick and Cork to Heathrow and the transatlantic routes involving Shannon, to name but a...

Covid-19 (Transport, Tourism and Sport): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: I ask also that the Minister write to senior management in the two major airlines, for two separate reasons. The way in which Aer Lingus communicates with its staff and their unions has been very poor. The method of rather dour, foreboding video messages to staff - I am not sure whether the Minister has seen them - has just added to the overall sense of uncertainty, unease and despair in...

Covid-19 (Transport, Tourism and Sport): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Minister for facilitating this important debate tonight and for his opening statement. I listened to it and I read it and it gave me a sense that the gravity of the situation affecting the aviation sector is not lost on the Minister. I welcome the setting up of a task force. It is a welcome and much-needed move. Will the Minister commit to the House tonight that the trade...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will instruct businesses to base the benefit-in-kind company vehicle calculation on the previous year's mileage, that is 2019, as opposed to January 2020 for overall 2020 calculation in view of the fact that January is a month in which regular business operations are slowed due to a number of factors; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Children's Hospital (3 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: 121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has communicated with National Paediatric Hospital Development Board since 1 March 2020 on the cost projections for the national children’s hospital caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8769/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Children's Hospital (3 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: 122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has communicated with the National Procurement Board since 1 March 2020 on the increased cost projections for the national children’s hospital caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8770/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Children's Hospital (3 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: 123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the communications that have taken place between his Department and the Department of Health regarding the potential for increased costs in the development of the national children’s hospital in view of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8772/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (3 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: 500. To ask the Minister for Health if he has communicated with the national procurement board since 1 March 2020 about the increased cost projections of the National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital in Portrane, County Dublin, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8897/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (3 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: 501. To ask the Minister for Health the communications that have taken place between his Department and the Minister for Finance regarding the potential for increased costs in the development of the National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital in Portrane, County Dublin, in view of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8899/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (3 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: 599. To ask the Minister for Health the latest costings of the development of the national children’s hospital since the outbreak of Covid-19; the date those costings relate to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8771/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (3 Jun 2020)

Duncan Smith: 627. To ask the Minister for Health the latest costings of the development of the National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital in Portrane, County Dublin, since the outbreak of Covid-19; the date those costings relate to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8898/20]