141. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence if her Department will now commit to paying members of the Defence Forces premiums for public holidays and overtime following the decision by the European Committee of Social Rights, which said both the prohibition on overtime across the Defence Forces and the lack of adequate provision for payment of public holiday premiums were breaches of the Social Charter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12525/26]
938. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will provide not for profit community childcare facilities, on publicly owned land, given private operators are providing these services at huge cost to parents on mixed tenure social affordable developments especially in Fingal which is one of the worst areas in the country for the provision of not for profit childcare facilities, with 5% of childcare not for profit while the county average is 25%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9691/26]
750. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person who is undergoing chemotherapy had their social welfare payment terminated in November 2025; if the payment will be resumed in view of their illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9656/26]
749. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal by a person (details supplied) in relation to their carer’s allowance refusal will be determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9655/26]
609. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm if a school (details supplied) has been included in the 2026/2027 school buildings programme; when the tender for these projects will be finalised and when construction will commence on these new school buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10045/26]
259. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if any school projects in Donabate are included in the recently announced prioritised school projects that will progress to tender or construction in 2026/2027, given the Donabate area is one of the fastest growing areas in the country with children already leaving the peninsula to avail of a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9113/26]
57. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens her Department has been advised of as being detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, agency of the United States in 2025 and 2026; the number of Irish citizens in the United States currently being assisted by consular services due to an interaction or detention by ICE; the number currently detained; if their locations are known in all cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8647/26]
240. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland has raised, or intends to raise, within the EU or the United Nations the urgent need for international civilian protection mechanisms and humanitarian access for Kurdish communities currently displaced in northeast Syria, particularly around Kobani, in light of the Syrian Government's recent military offensive and the effective dismantling of the Autonomous Administration that partnered with the international coalition against ISIS; the measures Ireland can support to ensure that reprisals, forced demographic changes or restrictions on cultural and political rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6412/26]
328. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on his commitment to meet with representatives of taxi drivers and the NTA on fixed pricing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3577/26]
247. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the total investment in bus services planned for 2026; to clarify how much of this investment is to be utilised for additional bus services; to provide a breakdown of where these new services will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2225/26]
246. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the reason the installation of traffic cameras at junctions in Dublin city to catch motorists who break red lights has been shelved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2224/26]
245. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether Dublin needs a Government led anti-congestion plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2226/26]
188. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on his request to the NTA to examine the fixed pricing model of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2228/26]
177. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of increasing instances of SPSV drivers refusing to take customers on short journeys; the way in which his Department, in line with the NTA, can curb this trend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2227/26]
2429. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if it has been brought to her attention that there is a gap in the recruitment for Irish Edical Internship Training Programme for Irish citizens who were educated abroad, despite being fully competent in English and trained in comparable medical education systems, but who did not sit the leaving certificate or A levels; if her Department will close this gap; if she will comment on the case of an individual in this gap (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1505/26]
2428. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to clarify if there are plans to reopen a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1503/26]
1391. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to re designate the Broadmeadow estuary at Corballis, Donabate an exclusion zone for shooting given this forms part of the Broadmeadow Way Greenway cycle and pedestrian route from Malahide to Newbridge park when this is completed in 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74470/25]
985. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the reason companies (details supplied) have not been fined for facilitating the sale of tickets above face value; the reason this company is able to operate in the Irish market; the way in which he plans to tackle the frequent scalping of tickets that continues despite legislation outlawing it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1381/26]
273. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an emergency meeting of both the United Nations Security Council and the United Nations General Assembly will be called so that a ceasefire and a plan for cooperation can be put in place without delay for the people and nation of Venezuela; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1376/26]
245. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on whether the resolution 2803 is delivering the adequate humanitarian response required in Gaza in conjunction with the 10 October 2025 ceasefire agreement; and if resolution 2803 will provide a path for Palestinian statehood and self-determination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74854/25]
242. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who is currently detained by the British Government; if so, the representations her Department made in regard to this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74563/25]
1096. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE will no longer be providing blister packs to patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72322/25]
493. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a teacher will be sanctioned to ensure a school (details supplied) can operate a new autism class from January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72255/25]
459. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the revised National Development Plan includes the capital provision for two primary schools and a secondary school in Ballymastone, Donabate given these sites have already been provided for in the Donabate Local Area Plan 2016-2026 with Donabate one of the fastest growing areas in the country; the timeline for the delivery of these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71812/25]
458. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the process for the acquisition of a site for a primary school in Donabate (details supplied) has been completed and the site is in her Departments ownership; the timeline for the delivery of this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71811/25]
298. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the current and projected legal costs of the dispute between the Valuation Office and tan organisation (details supplied) concerning the rates valuation and if any mediation has been attempted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71929/25]
245. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence if her Department was involved in the figure of €750 being offered to victims of the HSE cyber-attacks; if her Department has developed a rate for which they are prepared to offer victims of future cyber-attacks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72289/25]
244. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence if her Department will release footage of the drone activity during the visit of President Zelenskyy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72288/25]
243. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the plans that are in place to keep members of the Defence Forces operationally ready once peacekeepers are withdrawn from Lebanon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72287/25]
242. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence to provide clarity on any correspondence from her Department and the US administration in regard to the defence of sub-sea cables off the Irish coast; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72286/25]
179. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to respond to reports of Government plans for six-month lockdowns if subsea cables are hit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72290/25]
86. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence to provide an update on the drone activity during the visit of President Zelenskyy; to give clarity on the decision to not intercept these drones; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72153/25]
11. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the Government will commit to a reinstatement of the supplementary pension facility for uniformed services, to ensure that retention and recruitment can increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60495/25]
1059. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made under the full health technology commissioned by the HSE in respect of the medicine daridoxerant (quviviq); if this will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70202/25]
76. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she or her Department is aware of the abduction of a number of children from a school in Nigeria (details supplied) twinned to a school in County Down; if she will provide an update on the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69036/25]
330. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the updated changes to the defective building block remediation scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68643/25]
329. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the details of the recently extended pyrite remediation scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68642/25]
328. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to give serious consideration to acquiring the Balcarrick Martello Tower, Donabate which is a recorded National Monument and heritage site in private ownership that has recently been put up for sale on the open market which is of huge importance to the Donabate and wider Fingal area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68641/25]
97. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the situation in Sudan; her engagement with allies on the conflict; if Ireland will be providing increased levels of aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66301/25]