Results 121-140 of 188 for speaker:Duncan Smith

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Funding (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: On a positive note, this is my first Topical Issue of this Dáil term. In the last term, too many Topical Issues would have been taken by one Minister of State. What we have tonight is a selection of Ministers and Ministers of State who are directly related to the topic. I hope that continues as much as possible through this Dáil term. It is something we brought up at the...

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: I will continue from where my colleague, Deputy Sheehan, left off. What the Government intends to do if it implements all the recommendations from the Department of housing is turn a scheme, albeit an imperfect one, that was keeping people out of homelessness into a zombie scheme. It will be a scheme that exists in name but that is not practical and does not help people stay out of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 229. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the unmanned naval or air drones for patrolling Irish territorial airspace or waters that are available to the Defence Forces; if a procurement process is underway to secure any such assets for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11314/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Legislative Programme (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 230. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he will publish the draft heads of Bill for the Defence (Amendment)(No.2) Bill; if he will provide a copy of the proposed draft legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11315/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 231. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the advice he has received on the crime of aggression and the risk to Irish troops on peacekeeping missions without a UN mandate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11316/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 232. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of unspent allocation for Defence Forces staffing in each year since 2018 based on the revised estimate for each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11317/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: United Nations (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 233. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline each UN peacekeeping mission the Defence Forces have served on since 1960; the UN mandate that sanctioned each; the number of peacekeeping missions Ireland currently participates in; the number of personnel assigned to each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11318/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 234. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current force strength of the permanent Defence Forces; the breakdown of the current number of serving members in the Naval Service, Army and Air Corps; the funded establishment strength of each; the number of vacant posts remaining to be filled at all levels in each service, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 235. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of ships in the Naval Service fleet; the current number that can put to sea; the level of staffing needed for each; the number of additional staff that are required to ensure a fully functioning Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11326/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected timeline for an increased provision of bus services for the Millers Glen estate in Swords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10600/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently intervene regarding the need for an additional junior infant class at a school (details supplied) for the 2025-26 school year, which is significantly overprescribed with a continuously growing catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10832/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive their full wages while on leave, which resulted in the person being out-of-pocket when their illness benefit deductions were subtracted; if she will request her Department to rectify the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11099/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be sanctioned to open a fifth autism classroom, with consideration to the high volume of applications that they receive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11105/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 950. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide all correspondence between his Department and an individual (details supplied) between April 2021 and March 2025 in regard to the serviced sites fund projects at Ballymastone, Donabate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12484/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 951. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide all correspondence between his department and an individual (details supplied) between April 2021 and March 2025 in regard to the serviced sites fund projects at Ballymastone, Donabate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12485/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 952. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide all correspondence between his Department and an individual (details supplied) between April 2021 and March 2025 in regard to the serviced sites fund projects at Ballymastone, Donabate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12486/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 953. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide all correspondence between his Department and an individual (details supplied) between April 2021 and March 2025 in regard to the serviced sites fund projects at Ballymastone, Donabate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12487/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 954. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide all correspondence between his Department and an individual (details supplied) between April 2021 and March 2025 in regard to the serviced sites fund projects at Ballymastone, Donabate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12488/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 955. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide all correspondence between his Department and an individual (details supplied) between April 2021 and March 2025 in regard to the serviced sites fund projects at Ballymastone, Donabate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12489/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (19 Mar 2025)

Duncan Smith: 956. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide all correspondence between an individual (details supplied) and Fingal County Council between April 2021 and March 2025 in regard to the serviced sites fund projects at Ballymastone, Donabate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12490/25]