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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: I welcome Mr. Walsh to the committee. I thank his organisation for its engagement, particularly during the pandemic when aviation was one of the primary focuses of the pandemic's impact. The engagement with his organisation was very helpful in giving us information to use in this committee and elsewhere. That is appreciated. The rebounding of aviation this year has been deemed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: There has been a lot of talk about people's poor experiences of going through airports this year. Dublin Airport was a big example and made international headlines. People had a very poor experience there as a result of a number of high-profile issues. One of the main issues behind this, and one which continues, is the inability to hire staff at many different grades in many different jobs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: To clarify, the conditionality those states placed on state support with regard to ensuring employees were kept on was the main difference from Ireland. That helped the sector in those countries recover more quickly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: Absolutely. On airport charges, when it comes to the appropriate time the airlines and airports line up and have a row, a conclusion is reached and everyone moves on. Is that a sustainable way of coming up with charges when we are looking at long-term investment needs in Dublin Airport with regard to underground tunnels and new canopies along with the needs of Cork Airport, Shannon Airport...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (15 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the National Transport Authority and his Department are treating the annual tax-saver rail ticket already purchased by commuters, following the recent announcement by Government of the 20% reduction in public transport fares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56123/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (15 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if persons with homes in Fingal, County Dublin, which have defective pyrite or mica blocks will be able to apply for an enhanced defective block remediation scheme; if he will provide further details on the way that the application process will proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56663/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (15 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasoning as to if a person who is in receipt of disability allowance and that person takes up a community employment scheme before 16 November 2022 that they will not be entitled to the one-off payment of €500, and someone who is currently on a community employment scheme who was originally on disability...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Medical Aids and Appliances (15 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assistance available to persons diagnosed as deaf to replace their hearing aids should they become damaged; if there is a time limit on such replacement or cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56122/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Voluntary Sector (15 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the basis for the removal of entitlements from section 56 workers who were re-designated from section 38, such as workers in an organisation (details supplied), when these section 38 organisations were re-designated as section 56 upon the establishment of Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (15 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 496. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to persons diagnosed as deaf to replace their hearing aids should they become damaged; if there is a time limit on such replacement or cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56121/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (15 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 536. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a new cardiovascular disease strategy; if a strategy will be published by his Department in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56324/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (15 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 537. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will be drawing down funding under the EU joint action on diabetes and cardiovascular disease scheme; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56325/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (15 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 579. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on when a new national sexual health strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56596/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (15 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department’s progress in making hepatitis C a rare disease by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56597/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (10 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: Some of the measures outlined by the Minister, such as CCTV and text alerts, are all well and good but what we need is increased staffing in the public transport operators. Over the years, we have made a virtue of having staffless rail stations. This has been a problem. If we had the traditional stationmasters as well as workers present on platforms, who have authority by virtue of being...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (10 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: The Minister and I are on the same page. I do not agree with having a separate transport police or the private outsourcing of security. I do not like the level of security on the Luas because it adds to the degree to which people feel unsafe. Rather than increasing security measures on public transport, I would rather see traditional staffing levels improved across our public transport...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (10 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to implement a public transport security strategy; if he plans to include An Garda Síochána in such a strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55761/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (10 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: The issue of safety on our public transport system has arisen often lately. Has the Minister plans to implement a new public transport security strategy and will he include An Garda Síochána in any discussion on such a strategy? My view, which I will outline when I speak again, is that there has been an unhelpful stoking of the issue by some in politics, but the matter can be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (10 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to reduce the waiting times at national car test, NCT, centres throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55762/22]