Questions asked 24 total

• Further and Higher Education 6 questions

  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of craft apprentices registered to date in 2023 under the action plan for apprenticeships; if he will provide a breakdown of new registrations by trade; the number of female registrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8639/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentices who have taken up full-time employment in Ireland following completion of their programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8640/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new trainers recruited since the inception of the action plan for apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8641/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on clearance of Covid-related backlog and associated delays in processing new registrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8642/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans that exist to introduce a media campaign to attract young people to the construction sector similar to that undertaken for the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8643/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of receipts collected from the National Training Fund levy for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8644/23]
• Environment 4 questions

  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the actions his Department is taking to address the risk of lung cancer from radon gas which is estimated to be responsible for 350 cases of this cancer a year; if he has plans to implement radon testing of homes in high radon areas; if he has considered providing free radon testing for homes in those areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8292/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the plans he has to provide grant aid to homeowners to install radon barriers in older housing stock in areas with high levels of radon gas; if plans have advanced under the National Radon Control Strategy; the specific actions that he has taken in the past 12 months on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8293/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of times the interdepartmental and agency group responsible for the National Radon Control Strategy met since February 2022; to provide dates for those meetings and a copy of the minutes for each of those meetings; the membership of the group; the attendance at each meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8294/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider an issue that an electrical consumer (details supplied) is having; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8663/23]
• Defence 3 questions

  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if recruitment is currently open to the Reserve Defence Force; if not, when recruitment will re-open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8719/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current strength of the Permanent Defence Force, by rank, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8720/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of females serving in the Permanent Defence Force; the number of same for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8721/23]
• Health 3 questions

  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will outline his information in relation the extent and causes of the current excess mortality rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8563/23]
  • 2023-02-22 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on an application for funding for a section 39 organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8966/23]
  • 2023-02-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has made a decision regarding Ireland's participation in the EU4Health Joint Action on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease; if the decision is not to participate in the joint action as a full member, if he will consider making a commitment for Ireland to become an observer member on this joint action, in order that the Government can track the benefits of the joint action with a view to future full participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9356/23]
• Housing 3 questions

  • 2023-02-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the waiting time figures for emergency calls for ambulances for the north Dublin area; the measures being taken to reduce them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9359/23]
  • 2023-02-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of any retention issues among emergency response paramedics in the health services. [9360/23]
  • 2023-02-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are sufficient ambulance and paramedic staff in both the National Ambulance Service and Dublin Fire Brigade serving the Dublin area; if there are unfilled vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9361/23]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the current position regarding the national speed limit review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8723/23]
• Education 1 question

  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if her Department has any plans to add more special school places for north Dublin in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8303/23]
• Social 1 question

  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payments paid out over the past three years, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8724/23]
• Justice 1 question

  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice 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]
• Finance 1 question

  • 2023-02-23 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Finance his views on overcoming the barriers affecting people requiring life cover who have been refused from life assurance companies due to underlying health conditions; if there are plans by the State to introduce life cover at a reasonable cost to policy holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9355/23]