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Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jan 2024)

Duncan Smith: ...and a half years, I think, from when the first one came in. They vary from nine to 12 months. The Minister of State has said that this requires detailed scrutiny and that it is complex. We agree, and we feel the best place for that is on Committee Stage within the Oireachtas. If the Government wins the vote next Wednesday, this, as an issue and as a Bill, goes out the door and we will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Meetings (18 Jan 2024)

Duncan Smith: ...the appointment of the HSE clinical lead, while the groups are obviously aware that they have no formal role in such an appointment, given that this is a small and vulnerable group of people, they feel that engagement regarding that role or position would be important. This community has insights in terms of who provides the specialist care and who would give confidence in the provision...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...Do any of the representatives have a comment on what that challenge has been like since the riots? Has anything extra needed to be done for the non-Irish workforce, such as comforting them and making them feel more secure? Has there been any impact in the past week in terms of service provision based on that?

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...the Minister to ensure the Department takes a more open approach as well to the financial information. We need a less pedantic approach. Carers live lives like the rest of us and sometimes it can feel like they are being audited by Revenue as opposed to just having a check from the Department of Social Protection. I hope that can be fed into the system and that it can be improved. It...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...Fingal west should remain as Dublin Fingal to have that Fingal identity of the north county. It would take in everywhere and then we would not have that problem. We need to ensure all areas feel connected to their constituency. They feel connected to Dublin Fingal, so we should keep it. For the new constituency, we can keep the name Dublin Fingal east or rename it Dublin Fingal...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Nov 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...100% behind the delivery of Sláintecare. They see it as our opportunity to form a link with our health service, similar to that emotional link citizens of the UK have with the NHS. The Irish have an appetite to feel closer to their health service and we saw that during Covid, but if the health service continues to be mismanaged, underfunded and unfair due to the two-tier system,...

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...the response of Ursula von der Leyen - the most senior figure in the European Union - to what is going on in Gaza. The moral bankruptcy of the European Union has made me absolutely ashamed to feel European and ashamed of the European Union. Where do the limits of the European Union's desire for peace end and what defines them? Is it the borders of Europe? Is it the slightly further...

Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Duncan Smith: ..., and those with disabilities; and — a commitment to the referendum to recognise care work in 2024. I am sharing the opening slot with my party leader, Deputy Bacik. We bring this motion today because home care and home help are a core pillar of what the Labour Party is trying to promote and support from opposition, namely, the improvement of the levels of care throughout our...

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...is well-suited to dealing with difficult, politically complex subjects. We have seen the citizens' assembly deliver a report on decriminalisation of the drug user and other topics. Given the depth of feeling and passion for our military neutrality in this country, a citizens' forum would have been the more appropriate place. There is an inexorable move from the Government to a weakening...

Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...is going to have to direct more of his funds there, then we really are facing a very concerning 2024. Regarding last week, the whole approach to health and this charge we are putting across, there is a feeling that this Government has thrown in the towel. The crisis has just gotten too big and inflation, unforeseen demand and the cost of running our healthcare system, seen as a triple...

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...on Leader's Questions. He said it would be ideal if students left school with their leaving certificates in one hand their driving licences in another. That is a good aspiration that we should have. It feels as though we are light years away from that but being able to drive safely and having that as part of your school curriculum in your late teens would be a wonderful advancement and...

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...of two senior Ministers followed up by various announcements from other Ministers with not one mention of section 39, section 56 or section 10 organisations. These workers are beyond the end of their tether. They feel absolutely forced into this. No-one is going into this dispute cheering it as something good. It is going to be tough, hard and painful, but there is no other choice....

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...at some point last week, on Wednesday or Thursday, and we could have had the departure point from then rather than from now. However, we are where we are. The families and the advocacy groups feel they are being ignored, not being listened to and not being contacted, and if they make contact with the hotline, they are not getting a return call. This is unacceptable. When it comes to...

Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...career opportunities. I asked him what he wants in life and he said he just wants to be able to afford his own home. It is as simple as that. Ask any young person at the moment. It is what they want and what they feel is furthest from their reach. The housing system as it exists at the moment relies on the voluntary and charity sector. In a question to the Minister of State with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...services on bus services. Toilet services used to be provide on long-distance routes. I have heard from Deputies in my party who travel long distances, maybe for hospital appointments, that they feel they are unable to use Bus Éireann because of that issue. It is not so much an issue with Dublin Bus because of the short journeys. Disability access is available on Dublin Bus and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Disputes (1 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...With morale low, the increase in demand and pressures on staff in the public health system, and the stubbornly high levels of vacancy, it is understandable how demoralised these staff continue to feel. Negotiations have been ongoing and there was a degree of positivity to those negotiations. These workers are not feeling it in terms of full laboratories, full complements of staff nor in...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...in healthcare services and having long waiting lists throughout our healthcare services. The pandemic bonus payment is not key to it but it is perhaps symbolic of those who are forgotten, left behind and feel totally under appreciated by the HSE, the Department of Health and this Government.

Housing and Evictions: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...to speak on accommodation for international protection applicants. The Labour Party has strong concerns about the profiteering we are beginning to see, with people who want to profit off the misery of people feeling the impact of war entering this space. They are buying properties, trying to flip them over to the State at a high profit and see this as a cash cow, rather than as a...

Emergency Housing Measures: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...what the economic situation in the State. We need to build, continue building, and build some more, and continue to drive down the cost for citizens in paying rent or being able to afford housing. We need to continue to do that. We feel a million miles away from that. This motion does not capture the Labour Party's housing policy. This motion is an emergency housing motion for the...

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...Minister of State are present. We have seen, with the demonstration today and with the reaction from the public up and down this country to the proposed Gresham House deal, how strongly people feel about their woodlands, their ancient woodlands, which have been under pressure and under stress after centuries of mismanagement, and the woodlands that are yet to be. The previous Deputy...