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Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (30 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: ...people who may be highly qualified in one area into another area because it is the first available job. People will have spent years in training, education and work to build up a skill set to apply to a particular area, and it is only fair to them and their experience that they are given support by the State to have an adequate amount of time to find work to continue their journey in that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Duncan Smith: ...statement but I will ask this for the benefit of those watching. The opening statement referred to data sharing taking place in some form. The locations of interest and local authorities can apply under a location of interest safety scheme and 55 did last year. There are 60 schemes this year. In the coming weeks, the RSA will be working with other agencies, including An Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting Driver Testers: Fórsa (24 Apr 2024)

Duncan Smith: ...out of Covid but it still has an impact on people all over the country, in terms of waiting for driving tests, which is impacting people being able to move on with their lives, get jobs, accept jobs, apply for jobs, go to college or whatever the case may be. I hope that the RSA will follow through on what its delegation said here today. The RSA has been on notice for a number of months...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: 259. To ask the Minister for Finance to give consideration to committed couples including those with children being jointly assessed for tax purposes and in addition being able to apply for home carer tax credit without being married or being in a civil partnership (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12754/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Regulations (1 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: ...Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127 on infant formula and follow-on formula is policed and enforced in the State; whether offences are committed in the event of its breach or other sanctions apply; his views on whether retailers breach the regulation by including formula among items covered by a loyalty or voucher or discount scheme that applies to most other goods sold in a store; if so,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jan 2024)

Duncan Smith: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SNAs with ten years of experience (details supplied) in private pre-schools are unable to apply for incremental credits, particularly when those who have worked in community pre-schools are eligible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4050/24]

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Jan 2024)

Duncan Smith: ...outlined clearly by my party leader and the proposer of this Bill, Deputy Bacik, in her opening contribution. As she said, she has experience practising law and knows how that discretion can be applied in court, particularly in the family courts. Therefore, the Minister's response to that is weak and another reason we do not accept this timed amendment. I will conclude where I began....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Services (12 Dec 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...for Justice and Equality the process for a child born in Ireland in July 2005 (details supplied) to Ukrainian parents to obtain an Irish passport given that the child is unable to travel to Ukraine to apply for a passport and whose parents wish to apply for Irish citizenship for them but are unable to do so as the child does not have a passport; and if she will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...authority. Looking at the media reports on the matter, one would think this is all about raising a cap from 32 million to 40 million. This is a massive piece of infrastructure that DAA will be applying for. I suspect it will be one of the biggest planning applications the local authority has ever received. Mr. Jacobs stated that it could take up to two years to be decided. There has...

Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...out of the hospital system, unless we have the measures downstream beyond the hospital setting in the form of home help, we will never truly be able to tackle or beat our trolley crisis. One of the main areas of concern with home help relates to the level of outsourcing. Currently, there are 18,000 home care workers in our country. The HSE employees over 5,300 HCSAs but with the recent...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (7 Nov 2023)

Duncan Smith: 1348. To ask the Minister for Health to outline what vouchers or grants are in place to support parents with the cost of new glasses for their children; if this voucher scheme applies only up to the age of eight years; if he will confirm if there is a standard voucher amount in place across the country or if the level of support varies by geographic area; to outline, in tabular form, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (7 Nov 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...dispensing opticians for vouchers issued by the HSE for the glasses of children; if he will provide a list of the type of payments available for each type of glasses or prescription; what rules apply; up until what age payments are made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48678/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 355. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of what the non-core current allocation of €1.032 billion will be used for in 2024; to which programmes or uses this will be applied; a breakdown of the €13 million in non-core capital spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45938/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (11 Jul 2023)

Duncan Smith: 352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason his Department or the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is applying a decision threshold in relation to the control of urban gull species (herring gulls) whereby they must pose a threat to public health and safety in densely populated urban areas in order to be included in the Annual derogation...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (28 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...New Era and the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications etc. may be reviewing these requests, they have ultimately to be bound by section 46 of the Act. This discretion has been applied by the Minister to pension increases when they should always be pegged against section 46 and on terms that are not less favourable than Civil Service terms. That has not been done. That is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (27 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a rule preventing a person on disability allowance or invalidity pension from taking up an unpaid directorship in a company; if such applies in respect of a community group or charity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30860/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Work Permits (27 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 682. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait from accepting a job application to starting work for people applying for work permits from abroad in each hospital under HSE management; how many of these have not started work after accepting a place, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30858/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...construction at a location (details supplied) have been acquired by an approved housing association for social, affordable and cost rental homes; and if locals will be afforded the opportunity to apply for these homes. [29068/23]

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

Duncan Smith: ...and/or immune compromised people, and for example, responsible for hygiene and infection control and/or the care of patients in medical centres or hospitals, except in Balbriggan only, must apply to his Department for a State licence to protect anyone in their care from seagulls that may be nesting in close proximity in significant numbers, species that are known to be aggressive and to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (1 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...that he is setting up a working group. Will he articulate in more detail which groups are reluctant or more resistant to come to talks? Where are the blockages? Where can political pressure be applied to elements of the health service that are not moving as quickly towards a seven-day working roster fhat we all agree is needed to help tackle this ongoing crisis?