Results 21-40 of 98 for speaker:Duncan Smith

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: National Security (1 Apr 2025)

Duncan Smith: 212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade this Government’s plans to deal with the vulnerability of Ireland’s undersea cables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15826/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (1 Apr 2025)

Duncan Smith: 625. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of a case of Syrian refugees in Jordan who have Irish resettlement papers and are at risk of being deported back to Syria; if his Department will take any action on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14996/25]

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: It is not the first time it has happened to me. I wish to focus on the massive move towards militarism within the European Union and reflect on what the Taoiseach presented to us. He referred to the loosening of the purse strings in Europe in terms of rearming countries at a time when we have so many crises, including the housing crisis. During the European elections last year, our...

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: I extend my thanks to the Social Democrats, and to Deputy Gibney in particular, for bringing this motion forward. In Ireland we have a unique position. As a small European nation with a large global footprint, it is both our neutrality and our commitment to development aid which have given us a distinctive voice on the world stage. While many states, including our European partners, are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 450. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm when funding allocations and sanctioned number of acquisitions for 2025 under the tenant-in-situ scheme will be made available given the number of tenants and landlords awaiting confirmation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13566/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (25 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 471. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine the case of persons (details supplied) facing homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14120/25]

Young Carers: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: I commend my colleague, Deputy Wall, whose commitment to carers neither begins nor ends with this motion. He has done, and continues to do, wonderful work. I also commend the young carers who are here. Nowhere in this country does the State get better bang for its buck than the money it gives to carers. That is compounded even more by young carers who get nothing. With what they give,...

International Security and International Trade: Statements (20 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: I welcome these statements. I made a request for them at the Business Committee two weeks ago and they were very quickly put on the agenda, which highlights the regard in which we hold this issue in the House. The 1989 academic paper "The End of History?" by Francis Fukuyama, and the subsequent book, The End of History and the Last Man, 1992, make the central argument that Western liberal...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (20 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy for homeowners who suspect they may have pyrite in their home as the adjoining home has pyrite and is in the redress scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13052/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Funding (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: The school contacted me this afternoon to acknowledge that contact had been made with the Department. It is working through it. I discussed whether the school wanted me to continue to raise this issue tonight and it indicated I should because this is a wider issue that will continue. The Minister of State stated that schools have the flexibility to use their capitation grants. Schools...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Funding (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: On a positive note, this is my first Topical Issue of this Dáil term. In the last term, too many Topical Issues would have been taken by one Minister of State. What we have tonight is a selection of Ministers and Ministers of State who are directly related to the topic. I hope that continues as much as possible through this Dáil term. It is something we brought up at the...

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: I will continue from where my colleague, Deputy Sheehan, left off. What the Government intends to do if it implements all the recommendations from the Department of housing is turn a scheme, albeit an imperfect one, that was keeping people out of homelessness into a zombie scheme. It will be a scheme that exists in name but that is not practical and does not help people stay out of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 229. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the unmanned naval or air drones for patrolling Irish territorial airspace or waters that are available to the Defence Forces; if a procurement process is underway to secure any such assets for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11314/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Legislative Programme (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 230. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he will publish the draft heads of Bill for the Defence (Amendment)(No.2) Bill; if he will provide a copy of the proposed draft legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11315/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 231. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the advice he has received on the crime of aggression and the risk to Irish troops on peacekeeping missions without a UN mandate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11316/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 232. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of unspent allocation for Defence Forces staffing in each year since 2018 based on the revised estimate for each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11317/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: United Nations (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 233. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline each UN peacekeeping mission the Defence Forces have served on since 1960; the UN mandate that sanctioned each; the number of peacekeeping missions Ireland currently participates in; the number of personnel assigned to each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11318/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 234. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current force strength of the permanent Defence Forces; the breakdown of the current number of serving members in the Naval Service, Army and Air Corps; the funded establishment strength of each; the number of vacant posts remaining to be filled at all levels in each service, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 235. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of ships in the Naval Service fleet; the current number that can put to sea; the level of staffing needed for each; the number of additional staff that are required to ensure a fully functioning Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11326/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected timeline for an increased provision of bus services for the Millers Glen estate in Swords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10600/25]