Results 41-60 of 437 for speaker:Duncan Smith

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (7 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the number of children from the Donabate and Portrane area travelling to primary and secondary school outside of the area in the 2024 school year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53671/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the details of the schools included in the national development plan in the Donabate area; to confirm if funding has been secured for these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53672/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Conservation (7 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: 309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify if bird shooting is prohibited at the Broadmeadow Estuary, Donabate in the vicinity of the Corballis Cottages; to give consideration to this area becoming a protected area given its proximity to an SAC and SPA and given the sensitivity of this site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53668/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: 540. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the policy for the cap on childcare fees for parents whose children attend facilities for less than 50 hours per week (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53669/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: Would it be fair to say that the Tánaiste and Government have an appetite?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: In the spirit of the worker's voice on this, we have seen the action in Italy with workers' solidarity, which has been called for for a couple of weeks. The Labour Party has the Occupying Power (Securities and Handling of Settlement Goods) Bill 2025. Would the Tánaiste support, at least in principle, the idea that workers in this country who refuse to handle, store or provide carriage...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: Finally, on the transport of weapons through Irish airspace, we know, as Deputy Murphy said in his contribution earlier, that these end up going into the Department of Transport investigations black hole. Will the Tánaiste please commit to this House, and this is small, that he will ask the Department of Transport to expedite these investigations, to publish results, and to change and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: It cannot be lost on us what we have done here today, in terms of adapting Leaders' Questions to deal with this issue. I commend the Government Chief Whip on allowing this today. I cannot remember a precedent for this, given all the crises we have had before. It was right to do it but it shows that this House can act, adapt and be flexible. I have to bring the Tánaiste back to the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: In light of that, would the Tánaiste be confident it will be before the end of November?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: Okay. We will have it before the end of November.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: At least that is something. Is there any update on the potential suite of measures the Taoiseach announced at the UN General Assembly, to include sanctions on the travel of Israeli Ministers? Has anything new been put in place? If not, when will they be put in place and what exactly is the full extent of such new sanctioning measures?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: I do not want to go over the answer with regard to vessels, observational vessels and individuals, in terms of going as far and being turned back, but we have the flotilla continuing. This could happen again and again. Is the Tánaiste open to engaging with like-minded EU states to come up with contingency plans for the protection, observation - whatever you want to call it - or...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: I was in the defence committee this morning discussing the maritime security strategy. Within that came our capabilities, and we know the issues in relation to naval vessels. We do have legacy expertise in the Mediterranean neighbourhood through Operation Pontus and working with EU partner states on that. We can act and we do have expertise in our Defence Forces and Naval Service to do...

Committee on Defence and National Security: National Maritime Security Strategy: Department of Defence (2 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: To what extent is the threat posed by Russia framing the development of our maritime security strategy?

Committee on Defence and National Security: National Maritime Security Strategy: Department of Defence (2 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: What kind of cargo do they carry that would cause a significant maritime event?

Committee on Defence and National Security: National Maritime Security Strategy: Department of Defence (2 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: Some of those vessels would not be in too much of a hurry to get the oil into places because there would be a lot of intelligence out there. I have engaged with a couple of private intelligence agencies that state that the Russian shadow fleet would idle, for want of a better word, over undersea cables or in the vicinity of undersea cables for extended periods. Is that accurate?

Committee on Defence and National Security: National Maritime Security Strategy: Department of Defence (2 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: We are engaging with the EU's common information sharing environment on this strategy. Are we engaging with any similar NATO schemes, arms or programmes as we are developing this strategy?

Committee on Defence and National Security: National Maritime Security Strategy: Department of Defence (2 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: I was on a delegation from this committee that attended a security conference in Copenhagen in August. It was very clear that the strong view and position among EU nations is that they are in conflict in Russia be it through drone warfare, economic attacks or actual war such as in Ukraine. NATO has long existed in terms of a posture against Russia. We are engaging with two bodies, the EU...

Committee on Defence and National Security: National Maritime Security Strategy: Department of Defence (2 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: What role, if any, is there for civilian or industrial vessels, fisheries or anyone else in this strategy? I know it is in draft form and I appreciate Dr. Stanley coming into the committee so early in her Department's work on such a sensitive issue. Where does she see the role of non-Defence Forces fleets in our security strategy?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (2 Oct 2025)

Duncan Smith: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to increase capacity in a school (details supplied) to cater for the growing number of applicants in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52623/25]