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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: As for the proposed underpass, there is a lot of conversation locally to suggest the development of that would involve opening the western side of the campus for further development in line with a third terminal. I acknowledge Mr. Jacobs is saying it will have to be brought in for safety reasons, but would another outcome of developing the underpass be that it would open the western side?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: Are remote stands hard infrastructure or are they just sets of stairs to which passengers can be bussed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: The DAA's sustainability slide on local environments refers to placing a “strong focus on air quality, water, noise, biodiversity and local communities”. What is the DAA doing in respect of the air quality aspect? I have been working with residents of housing estates in the southern end of Swords, for example, who have experienced increased levels of odour and particulate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: Is it the DAA or the EPA that does that, or is it both?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: There has been some back-and-forth on that locally, so it would be good to have clarity on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: I thank Mr. Jacobs. Turning to the DAA's key asks and the issue of airport charges, I found it an interesting tactic to highlight the price of a pint of Guinness in Temple Bar, which is something that instinctively makes everyone really angry, and I appreciate Mr. Jacobs was trying to contrast the airport charges with that. I do not want Dublin Airport to be a low-cost airport, and I agree...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: I note Mr. Jacobs did not include in the presentation the price of a pint at the airport, another issue on which some people will have strong opinions. A few days ago, I was asked about the growth of Dublin Airport. Mr. Jacobs referred to striking the right balance between sustainability and connectivity. The airport will grow naturally based on population increases, but we have a strong...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: I will give the Chair back. I think Senator Doherty is next. I might come in for a second round if it is allowable.

Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill, which the Labour Party will support. It is a relatively straightforward and common-sense Bill to which I do not think there will be any opposition. It inserts itself into the overall policy framework, designed in 2013, that seeks to make Ireland tobacco-free by 2025. Currently, Ireland has a smoking rate of 18%. While we as a nation consider...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline what the process is for an Irish exemption for an 11-year-old child (details supplied) diagnosed with a sensory processing disorder, anxiety, autism, dyslexia and dyscalculia, who has been refused an exemption despite a report from an educational psychologist stating that they meet the criteria and despite an appeal by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Directives (13 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a copy of all recommendations, briefing notes and supporting documents including legal advices, external and/or internal, provided to him by his Department in relation to the extension for eight months, to 31 December 2023 of the 2020-2023 general State-wide wild birds derogation declarations signed by him...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Directives (13 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that new regulations (details supplied) were not ready for the 2023-2024 declarations that were due on 1 May 2023; and the reason it has apparently been necessary for him to continue to sign advisedly legally non-compliant regulations, which have a specific role in protection of public health and safety, for a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Directives (13 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if new regulations pertaining to the protection of wild birds and derogations therefrom, specifically in the interests of public health and safety under the 1979 Birds Directive, are currently being drafted, with engagement with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Government; if so, when such new regulations will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Directives (13 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when and by what means his Department intends to publish the results of its public consultation on the 2023-2024 wild birds derogation declarations. [27280/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Directives (13 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department intends to conduct any consultations, for example, with Dáil Éireann and/or with the general public, in respect of new draft regulations for wild birds derogation declarations; and if so, if a date has been scheduled for this. [27281/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Regulations (13 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he stands over his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service's long-standing and continuing legal requirement, backed up by a threat of fines and prosecutions, whereby parents, guardians or others who may be legally or otherwise responsible for the protection and wellbeing of infants, young children, elderly,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Regulations (13 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government will he confirm to the Deputy that measures that have been deployed as national policy since 1986 to lethally control several wild bird species (e.g. the Grey (Hooded) Crow, the Magpie, the Jackdaw and other species), have been implemented specifically to protect public health and safety under the "Member States shall...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Directives (13 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will assure that all new or amended regulations pertinent to the annual State-wide derogations from protections afforded to wild bird species will comply with the specific affirmation of the European Court of Justice (EU Commission vs. the King of Belgium 1985-87 Case No. 247) that the higher-ranking interests of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Directives (13 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and his Department accept that intense noise and faecal pollution for five months each year and serious attacks and blood injuries, including on children in schools in communities impacted by high-density urban gull colonies, are negative impacts far more serious than the impacts (details supplied) of small species...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (13 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request his Department to provide requested information (details supplied) covering the period from the 2020-2021 declarations, that is, after the April 2020 Report of the Consultative Committee on Urban Gulls to the 2022-2023 extension of the declarations, in tabular form. [27287/23]