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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: That fixation was probably set by the statement on 17 April, but I am happy that we are at that capacity----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: With all due respect to the CMO, I have two minutes left. How many members were at NPHET's first meeting and how many were at its 31st meeting, which I believe was the most recent one? How are the recommendations from NPHET communicated to the national crisis management team in the HSE? Is it in a report, or is it in the minutes of the meetings? If so, I ask if they can be published? I...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: That is encouraging.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: If the committee could see that correspondence, it would be much appreciated.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: I welcome the witnesses for coming to the committee today. Why did they CEO feel he had to write to the Department on 19 April on the Chief Medical Officer's commitments on testing capacity? In a reply I received from the CMO this morning, I was told that the figure of 100,000 testing capacity, which we have reached this week after a month, will now be a fluid figure and under constant...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: Much work has gone into the protocol to make it a comprehensive document and it stands out among all the documents we have received from the various sectors as one that much work has gone into. I will direct my first couple of questions to Dr. McGuinness. They relate to people who are looking to return to work but whose safe passes have expired. Is there any process in place for them to...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: My next question is for Mr. Parlon. I wish to follow on from what Deputy McGuinness said about the extra costs for building a house or apartment. I know that sites can range from small or medium to big, but they are not necessarily the most complex of building projects. Mr. Parlon mentioned an increase in costs of between 5% and 10%. With regard to more complex sites, such as the national...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: Would Mr. Parlon advise co-operation?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: We all expect to live with these measures for an extended period of time. To clarify, Mr. Parlon is saying that the cost of a large complex project such as the children's hospital could increase by 40% during the extended period in which we will be living with these measures.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: That is astronomical. I believe that improvements could be made in our communications to smaller construction companies, particularly those involved in kitchen and bathroom fitouts. They may be able to go on to a new site in a housing development but they cannot go into someone's home to fit a new kitchen or bathroom. I am getting a number of representations about that. Improvement could...

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (14 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: I acknowledge and thank Deputy Boyd Barrett for pushing for this debate at the Business Committee and for the focus to be on the arts, which is vitally important. I cannot sing, dance or act and I could not draw a straight line with a ruler but I am lucky to have people in my family who are involved in the arts and make their primary living from being singers in bands, sound engineers, music...

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (14 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: On a point of order-----

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (14 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: I am sorry, Deputy. It was agreed at the Business Committee that we would focus on the arts here. We have four minutes only. The second speaker, with all due respect to the Deputy, raises some serious matters but it is not what we agreed. The second speaker in has spent four minutes talking about something totally separate. We probably have thousands of artists tuning in tonight who will...

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (14 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: I have issues that I would like to raise which I will not be raising with the Minister because of that.

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (14 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: My apologies.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to invest in upgrades or a new building for a school (details supplied) which is operating out of prefabs which have been in situ for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4330/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to invest in upgrade works to a school building (details supplied) which as of 2019 has been deemed faulty following a review of the build; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4331/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the development of a school (details supplied) in relation to providing a new building for increasing capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4332/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (13 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the land acquisition for a new building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4333/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his long-term plans to invest in extra capacity for second-level students in Skerries, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4334/20]