Questions asked 10 total

• Environment 3 questions

  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has made an assessment on the likely impact on Ireland’s emissions profile of his decision to include the impact of wetlands in national and sectoral greenhouse gas emissions reporting as outlined in his statement of 21 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22895/21]
  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has assessed the likely impact on Ireland’s greenhouse emissions profile of the inclusion of net land use emissions in the new EU land use accounting system as outlined in his statement on 21 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22896/21]
  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the nature of the letter of formal notice the European Commission sent to the Government as announced on 2 July 2020 with regard to the alleged non-compliance of the European Communities (Environmental Liability) Regulations 2008, S.I. No. 547 of 2008, with Article 12(1) of the Environmental Liability Directive 2004/35/EC; the current situation with regard to the engagement with the European Commission on this alleged infringement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22898/21]
• Defence 3 questions

  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the number of commissioned Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve officers by rank that were classified as inactive in each of the years since the reorganisation in 2013 to the latest date for which information is available; and the number classified active that are serving without appointments. [22902/21]
  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the current number of vacancies at the rank of Captain in the army reserve and equivalent in the naval service reserve. [22903/21]
  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the active strength at 30 March 2021 by rank of the army reserve and naval service reserve; and the number of army reserve and naval service reserve of all ranks that will reach compulsory discharge age by the end of December 2021. [22904/21]
• Housing 2 questions

  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of eviction notices served from March to December 2020 and from 1 January to 27 April 2021. [22995/21]
  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he has taken since entering Government to prevent so called cuckoo funds buying entire housing developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22996/21]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2021-05-05 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the status of the passage into law of the forthcoming road traffic (miscellaneous provisions) Bill to tackle the misuse of scramblers and other off-road bikes and machines in public places and on public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23142/21]
• Education 1 question

  • 2021-05-06 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the reason a student who has medical confirmation of health issues including extreme anxiety and as a result of said health issues has missed a lot of school cannot apply for an exemption from Irish on health grounds (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23443/21]