Results 101-120 of 133 for feel "party:" . (isset($parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")]) ? $parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")] : "$a[1]") speaker:Duncan Smith

Caring for Carers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: ...everything is a fight and there is always a long list. Everything lacks transparency and, fundamentally, there is a lack of decency. It is no wonder that our carers are at breaking point. Some feel absolutely burnt out and exhausted but they cannot take a day off. They cannot even take an hour off. They have to continue working and caring because they are doing so for someone they...

Ceathrú Chultúir 1916 Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: ...and I also welcome the Minister of State saying the Government will not oppose the Bill on this Stage. Ultimately, everyone wants to get to the same place on this issue. As a Dub, it is hard to not feel connected to Moore Street as a historical, cultural, social and economic space. While I would like to remove tribalism from any debate on this issue, it is hard as a northside Dub not to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: I am very satisfied with those answers. If there is time left, the witnesses should feel free to add anything they so wish.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Feb 2021)

Duncan Smith: ...to the debate have spoken to the fact that this legislation does not seem to be connected to other elements of the public health response. That may sound unfair but it is how I and many others feel. On the suppression strategy within the community, the levels of community transmission remain high. We still are not getting the detail we need as to why that is the case. Where are the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Feb 2021)

Duncan Smith: There is a difficult balancing act to strike at this time - there is no doubt about that - but we feel that balance is not being struck at the moment, in particular in terms of the standing request for a third debate on Covid, which the Labour Party made prior to Christmas and has made every week since, and the increasing need for Taoiseach's questions. We do not vote against the Order of...

Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Feb 2021)

Duncan Smith: ...Bill is an opportunity to do that in detail and well. I am delighted the Minister of State has acknowledged the work of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications Networks. The transport committee still feels like a new committee but we are very committed and we put an awful lot of work into that report. There are sensible proposals in it. I hope any amendments to this Bill...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Duncan Smith: ...based on supply but, again, transparency and communication will help. My worry is that if the Government goes wrong here, resentment will breed and we will end up with some kind of The Hunger Gamesfeeling in the country in respect of the vaccine. We must avoid that at all costs. Therefore, it would be helpful if the Minister could work on providing indicative dates. The language used...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Duncan Smith: ...up and providing a regime that includes quarantining in hotels and a follow-up test within a couple of days upon arrival? If we do that along with what the Minister has bought in, people will feel much safer and it will get us somewhere to where we need to be. I do not hold out much hope but the facility at Dublin Airport is a private testing facility in the long-term car park....

Combating Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (19 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: ...not enough. We all know Covid has disrupted many aspects of our lives but for those living through violent domestic abuse situations it has done so even more. Many victims of domestic violence feel they have nowhere to go now that many parts of society have locked down yet again. Outlets that abuse victims may have in more normal times are no longer available and the long nights feel...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: ...my feet very often on the Order of Business and I do not make idle requests of this House. The matter has reached a threshold of importance where I believe the vast majority of Members on the Opposition feel that the Minister needs to come to the House. The only reply we got was a revised schedule sent around yesterday evening. Not only was the request denied, the manner in which the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Agreements (10 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: ...not an officeholder at the time. I am not sure if he was a Deputy. It is worth saying it just shows the Minister's commitment to this goes beyond what office he holds. Many people on the left feel the need to caveat their congratulations to Joe Biden by saying they do not share his politics. I am not going to do that. I am delighted someone of such decency has won the presidency in...

Education (Admission to Schools) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (5 Nov 2020)

Duncan Smith: ...be very important. We are disappointed that the Government has chosen to submit an amendment to further consider it because that will kick it down the road for 12 months. We do not see a need for that. We feel that is a device that has crept into how the Government is reacting to good, well thought out Bills. This legislation has been designed to attack and change something that is at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (27 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: ...in its submission, the IAA states that it covers all aspects of aviation safety. From a passenger point of view, Covid is the main safety aspect at the moment. Speaking personally, I would not feel safe travelling now. If there was a testing regime, be it pre-departure or on arrival, I would feel safe. I believe that is representative of the majority view across the country. What...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: ...voices for these victims. Finally, the State began to listen in a substantive way, or at least the survivors thought so. When it comes to what we are facing this week, survivors are again feeling totally let down. This is completely avoidable. We could be ramming through legislation to amend the 2004 Act and push it back a couple of months to allow us the time to discuss this...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 31 – Transport (Revised) (21 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: The Government has been successful in ensuring public transport workers and infrastructure feel like they have been insulated for the most part. The Expressway service is a non-PSO service run by Bus Éireann and it is a vital service that must be retained in some fashion. The PSO services have been comforted by the funding that has been there this year and I hope that will continue. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: I do not have much to add but this is the issue. It knits everything together in the aviation sector, from the travel agents to the airlines. It will keep workers in work. At the moment, I feel safer having someone from Italy, who has availed of a testing regime in an Italian airport, than someone from my home city of Dublin visit my house given the level of community transmission. That is...

Covid-19 (Arts): Statements (6 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: ...Ó Snodaigh speak before me on the arts. His family is steeped in the many different parts of the arts. We have debated the arts on a number of occasions in the short life of this Dáil. It feels like we are going over old ground. It is old ground, however, that is becoming more important and more severe for those who are unemployed and want to work again. These people are...

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: ...in spreading awareness about the danger of illegal fireworks. I am not convinced in any way, shape or form that there has been a shift in urgency, despite the very impassioned contribution by Deputy McAuliffe who I know feels strongly about this. He is a Government backbencher and has done work locally on this. The work locally is not being reflected in any kind of increase in...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

Duncan Smith: ...that customers are looked after and enjoy services in a safe environment. Those businesses may not survive in the current climate and the potential customers of a service will not use it unless they feel safe. In that regard, I welcome what the Bill could achieve. Beyond this, what encourages me even more is that a roadmap will be produced in the next two weeks. This will be key and...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (22 Jul 2020)

Duncan Smith: In fairness, Deputy Boyd Barrett was very confident in his delivery and all that, but what he is saying is spot on and it is exactly how I feel and how I think Deputy McDonald and others in this House feel. There is an issue with using the wording "green light". Green means go, as I said on the radio yesterday morning, and it was a political decision to give implicit permission in this...