Questions asked 9 total

• Health 4 questions

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of care workers employed by the voluntary and private sector who have yet to receive the €1,000 bonus payment for frontline workers during the Covid-19 pandemic; when such payments may be made; the reasons for the delay in making the payment given the ongoing challenges presented by the rising cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49887/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the criteria in the next phase of the upcoming HSE tender for homecare in order to ensure the best offers of quality care services from homecare providers; if a mechanism has been developed to determine a fixed price paid to providers; the way in which this mechanism will reflect the cost of providing care and market conditions such as the payment of a living wage, mileage and travel time; the way in which this pricing mechanism will reflect inflation over time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49888/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if provision will be made for apprenticeships, on-the-job training, or earn-as-you-learn schemes within the forthcoming Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2022; if he supports such a move as a means to help alleviate the ongoing recruitment and retention crisis within the homecare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49889/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health when the Human Tissue (Transplantation Post-mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill will be discussed in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49912/22]
• Education 2 questions

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if her Department will provide for the installation of contactless refill water units in all schools, colleges and universities as part of an initiative to support water conservation and plastic reduction as part of a climate action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49483/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the number of Ukrainian children that have been unable to secure school places in the Fingal area (details supplied); the way that she plans to accommodate these children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49485/22]
• Environment 1 question

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the deposit return scheme for plastic bottles and aluminium cans, for which the regulations were signed in November 2021 to achieve the separate collection targets for plastic bottles in Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the European Council of 5 June 2019, will come into operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50052/22]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if the flight paths of commercial airlines are prohibited or restricted from flying over Ballyboughal, County Dublin from the new north runway especially given the huge increase in the number of airlines flying over the village since the north runway opened which is impacting on the daily lives of residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49486/22]
• Finance 1 question

  • 2022-10-12 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Finance the charges for import and VAT on a package from another EU member state (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50431/22]