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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: 522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices who have taken up full-time employment in Ireland following completion of their programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8640/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: 523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new trainers recruited since the inception of the action plan for apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8641/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Undefined (21 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: 524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on clearance of Covid-related backlog and associated delays in processing new registrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8642/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (21 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: 525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that exist to introduce a media campaign to attract young people to the construction sector similar to that undertaken for the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8643/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: 535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of receipts collected from the National Training Fund levy for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8644/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (21 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: 559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans he has for amendments to conveyancing legislation to make it a requirement that radon testing and, where necessary, remediation is compulsory before the sale of a home in a high radon area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8295/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mortality Rates (21 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: 651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his information in relation the extent and causes of the current excess mortality rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8563/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Bereavement Counselling (16 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: Upskilling teachers in terms of being aware when children are bereaved is important but is still not the primary function of a teacher's job, and probably will not provide what the child needs in terms of bereavement and counselling support. There might be a need at some point for the Government to review our policy and strategy on this. With regard to Covid, I am still contacted by...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Bereavement Counselling (16 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: 88. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of bereavement counselling services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7764/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Bereavement Counselling (16 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: I am looking for an update on the strategy for counselling and bereavement services throughout the State. The two areas I will focus on in my contributions are bespoke supports for people who lost someone during the Covid crisis and bereavement and counselling supports for young children.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Bereavement Counselling (16 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: Level 3 is where we find that people are unable to access the service, particularly young people. Phoneline support is not something that young children need. They might need group therapy or one-to-one therapy. Rainbows Ireland is a wonderful organisation that provides counselling and bereavement services and services for children whose parents have separated. It provides public and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: 84. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the roll-out of the pandemic recognition payment to front-line workers not directly employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7762/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug cariban cannot beprescribed by a GP on the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7492/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: 167. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cariban prescriptions which have been processed through the drug payment scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7493/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (14 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: 376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a university (details supplied) is the only university that is recognised to qualify to become a special needs teacher without holding a masters level degree in primary education; if she is taking any actions to resolve this given the teacher shortage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7397/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (14 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: 515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a naturalisation application for a person (details supplied); if he will expedite the processing of the application given the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7063/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (14 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: 656. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to introduce a national lung cancer screening service; if he has received any proposals for such a service; the projected annual cost for such a programme; the annual cost for each individual cancer screening service currently in place; the projected number of people each will screen in 2022 and 2023, respectively, in tabular form; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: 657. To ask the Minister for Health the level of expenditure on new medicines in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6780/23]

Emergency Housing Measures: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: The Minister of State made the comment that nobody has a monopoly on wisdom. That is true, which is why we wanted the provisions in our motion to be accepted and worked on by the Government, in conjunction with us, instead of a countermotion being presented. The latter, quite frankly, has angered many Deputies in opposition. Before I go on, I thank everyone for contributing to the debate...

Nursing Home Charges and Disability Allowance Payments: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: Since the report in the Mail on Sundayon 29 January 2023, we have seen the report of the Attorney General, which was utterly disappointing, and have heard the statements from the Ministers this afternoon that ricocheted off the central injustices that have been exposed rather than grappling with and accepting them and detailing a path we need to travel. In the report last Sunday week, it was...