Results 1-20 of 120 for justice speaker:Duncan Smith

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: ...it to do more and to do better. We also want to make clear that the RSA does not have sole responsibility for this. Ultimate responsibility lies with the Government and Ministers, including the Minister of State, the Minister for Justice when it comes to enforcement of legislation, and the Minister for local government when it comes to budgets for local authorities, which I will discuss...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Services (9 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: 238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of an issue whereby documentation is being returned to passport offices despite not being correctly completed by gardaí, thereby delaying passport applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21069/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (17 Apr 2024)

Duncan Smith: 86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the concern of organisations in the charity sector that run raffles as a funding mechanism regarding the impact of the Gambling Regulation Bill; if exemptions will be put in place to ensure charities are not restricted in running and advertising such raffles; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Duncan Smith: ...and minimise an incident. However, the work done by SIPTU gives this committee and other public representatives a tool to leverage against the NTA or management of individual companies, the Department of Justice and Ministers. I thank Mr. Murphy. We will do our best.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (9 Apr 2024)

Duncan Smith: 830. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any proposals for citizenship to be given automatically to residents who live in Ireland for over 20 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13758/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (9 Apr 2024)

Duncan Smith: 853. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the process for naturalisation applications; the duration of this process; if there are any delays to current applications (details supplied); to clarify how some applications can take longer than others; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14160/24]

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: ...that make legislation such as this Bill so necessary. Along with that, however, we need to see more gardaí on our roads, such as we saw on the bank holiday weekend. According to the Minister for Justice herself, road detections last year decreased and road deaths were up. There is a clear correlation. There is no clearer barometer for a need to increase Garda resources than this....

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

Duncan Smith: 586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (8 Nov 2023)

Duncan Smith: 83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline what threshold, if any, is applicable for the increasing of maintenance fees and fees for sinking funds for apartment owners; what protections, if any, are available to apartment owners to ensure exorbitant fee increases are capped, especially as many owners are struggling to pay these increases; if parking spaces...

Road Safety: Statements (26 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...was a significant change in drivers’ attitudes and behaviours during the Covid-19 pandemic, so why, when we saw this change revert, did the Minister not take action to speed up the process? The Minister for Justice spoke last week about how a change in driver behaviour is the reason for a significant drop in the detection of road traffic offences. Does the Minister have any data...

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...to meet the cost of affording a car, they are unable to get a driving test in an acceptable period. For people outside of Dublin the situation is compounded and is much worse. A study last year from Social Justice Ireland showed that the massive deficit in public transport in rural Ireland forces people to use their cars at an even higher rate. I want to acknowledge something that...

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...because the Minister of State mentioned in the first page of her speech, and we know this, the number of different areas this dispute around section 39, section 56 and section 10 workers impacts, including health, justice, education, housing services, homeless services, further education and the Department of Social Protection, yet we do not see that level of response from any of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: The offer from the Government was designed to fail. It was nowhere near what was needed to resolve the pay parity and pay justice issue. Even management in section 39 organisations has been saying that. On the back of what we are seeing with St. Michael's House, which is a section 38 organisation, with young adults coming out of the school service and having no service available, where...

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

Duncan Smith: ...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 public health and security must override the protection of birds and their habitats, as...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...files in coroners' offices throughout the country. Advances in DNA profiling have led to some cases being solved in recent years. In the middle of May, for the first time ever, the Department of Justice published information provided by coroners on unidentified remains. However, there are limits to the data provided. Does the Minister share the concerns expressed that an unidentified...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (1 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: .... I am glad there is a process but I would ask, and I will continue to raise this, that the Minister and the other Departments will stick with this process to try to get a resolution for pay justice here.

Extension of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (24 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...out of date and so past it that we hope this is the last time this will be brought before us for this purpose because it is just not good practice. We look forward to engaging in the Committee on Justice, along with our spokesperson on justice, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, on the general scheme for the sale of alcohol Bill in the hope we will not see this particular Bill, such as it...

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: .... The most recent HSE staff census in October 2022 showed 34% or 707 posts were vacant across CDNTs, highlighting the urgent need for strategic workforce planning. We know the CDNTs can be operated by the HSE or section 38 or section 39 voluntary organisations. The Labour Party has been leading the campaign in this House supporting the trade union movement to ensure there is pay justice...

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 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]