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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (5 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 6. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what plans there are for improved bike security measures, turning points for buses, electric vehicle, EV, charging points, and car parking measures at Portmarnock train station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42897/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (5 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: Three weeks ago, construction work began at Portmarnock train station, which cut off the majority of car parking spaces and threw many people’s travel arrangements into disarray. What are the long-term plans for improved bike security measures, turning points for buses, EV charging points and long-term car park measures at Portmarnock train station?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (5 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: There are an awful lot of encouraging plans for Portmarnock train station but the situation is a bit chaotic at the moment. There are a couple of elements. Regarding BusConnects, for someone living in Portmarnock who wants to get a bus to the train station, it is almost handier to take the bus to Malahide than it is to go directly to Portmarnock station. The L81 service will not remedy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (5 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: Yes.

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: Following on from my two colleagues, the anachronistic geographic rule fails on the fundamental law of common sense in many cases. One such case is Coláiste Ghlór na Mara, Balbriggan. It was given patronage based on the region. It was said that it would be the regional Gaelcholáiste for Fingal. Children in Swords, 12 in particular, are unable to get the bus service to...

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

Duncan Smith: I seek clarification on the last point on the Crumlin report. Is the Minister saying it was not commissioned because of potential poor outcomes, as happened in Temple Street, but it was commissioned because Temple Street had done a report? I ask the Minister to expand on and clarify that.

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

Duncan Smith: When exactly was that report commissioned? How many cases did it review in comparison with Temple Street?

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

Duncan Smith: The waiting list has not reduced despite the number of surgeries increasing. Does the Minister have any information as to why that is the case? Could it be that patients having unexpected further surgeries are being added to the waiting list? Therefore, they never come off or come off only for a short period of time because they have to go on.

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

Duncan Smith: It is incredible because the questions are simple. There are large waiting lists for those with spina bifida and scoliosis, but we are not dealing with tens of thousands of children. It is a quantifiable number. It does not provide any confidence when the Minister cannot get answers. They do not need to be detailed answers, but just general answers to those questions. Surely these...

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

Duncan Smith: CHI has been at pains to stress that spinal surgeries are continuing. Is the specific procedure, kyphectomy, continuing at the moment or is it paused for lack of the relevant expertise, for want of a better phrase?

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

Duncan Smith: Does the Minister have information on the impact for that particular procedure? I am not sure if it is captured in a particular waiting list. Has the waiting list for that particular procedure increased in that time?

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

Duncan Smith: On the procurement procedures in Temple Street as it related to the non-regulated springs, has the Minister asked for any immediate measures to be taken there to ensure that no loose procurement or loose procedures are taking place for any other devices for any other types of surgeries in this hospital or in any other hospital?

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

Duncan Smith: In a sector that is beset by perpetual crisis and all too regular scandal, this particular scandal stands somewhat apart, or, if it does not stand apart, it stands with a select few scandals as one of the worst in the history of the State. One of the perpetual crises that we have throughout our health service is waiting lists across every aspect of the service, be it emergency medicine,...

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

Duncan Smith: I thank Deputy Cian O'Callaghan and the Social Democrats for tabling this motion. I apologise for being late. I missed the opening statements by both Deputy O'Callaghan and the Minister, but if the Minister's response to Deputy O'Callaghan and this motion was anything like his response to the Labour Party leader, Deputy Bacik, or to Deputy Doherty earlier, I can only imagine it was another...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: Unfair and cruel. Those are the words of parents of children in a national school in Swords whose kids have been left at the side of the road by a school transport system that has failed, that is not fit for purpose and that needs to be totally remodelled. It has been a nightmare summer for children up and down the country and that nightmare has continued into the autumn for those who have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: 16. To ask the Minister for Health if he supports the provision of the chickenpox varicella vaccine free to all children through the primary or schoolchild immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40550/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: Does the Minister for Health support the provision of the chickenpox varicella vaccine for free to all children through the primary or schoolchild immunisation programme?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: At the moment, should a parent choose to get the chickenpox vaccine for their child, it will cost approximately €90. It is a prohibitive cost for many. Many make the leap to get it done not only to protect their child's health, but also because of considerations such as parents losing work time and so on. The HIQA recommendation is a game changer here. Just after the summer break,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: That is great. As the Minister of State outlined, for many people, and children in particular, the disease is a mild one but it can have severe complications for some. I have heard of the phenomenon of chickenpox parties for kids over recent years. The disease was almost considered a rite of passage that should be got out of the way. This was never something I thought appropriate. If you...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: The offer from the Government was designed to fail. It was nowhere near what was needed to resolve the pay parity and pay justice issue. Even management in section 39 organisations has been saying that. On the back of what we are seeing with St. Michael's House, which is a section 38 organisation, with young adults coming out of the school service and having no service available, where...