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Duncan Smith

Labour Party Dublin Fingal East TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

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547
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
93,576
words spoken in the chamber
Across 293 contributions
361
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
162
topics asked about
Across 20 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 547 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 293 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 12 2
February 2025 40 11
March 2025 46 10
April 2025 34 16
May 2025 27 14
June 2025 31 19
July 2025 19 13
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 34 8
October 2025 31 23
November 2025 24 31
December 2025 17 18
January 2026 16 16
February 2026 34 18
March 2026 19 14
April 2026 25 9
May 2026 41 30
June 2026 51 12
July 2026 15 11
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 12 9
October 2026 19 9

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 187 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Dublin Fingal East 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Labour Party 29 November 2024 to now
Duncan Smith Written 21 May 2025 · to Health
189. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if there are any proposals to include Venlafaxine in the free HRT scheme, given this is commonly prescribed for women who cannot take HRT due to previous cancer, as this medication is an alternative prescribed for the many women unable to take HRT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26372/25]
Duncan Smith Written 20 May 2025 · to Education
419. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the proposed secondary school in a location (details supplied); what discussions her Department has had with the planning authority; when this school project will be delivered given the planned population increase over the coming years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25217/25]
Duncan Smith Written 20 May 2025 · to Education
420. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the proposed primary school in a location (details supplied); if land acquisition has been completed; when she expects construction to commence, and when this school will be completed given the population will increase dramatically in the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25218/25]
Duncan Smith Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
595. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if a deserted wives’ payment for a person (details supplied) will be put back on, as she is a permanent resident in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25336/25]
Duncan Smith Written 20 May 2025 · to Justice
650. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list of all new Garda stations opened in the last eight years by location, excluding renovations to existing Garda stations, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25219/25]
Duncan Smith Written 14 May 2025 · to Foreign
7. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any arms have been transferred through Shannon Airport by any nation for use by the Israeli army; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24522/25]
Duncan Smith Written 13 May 2025 · to Foreign
275. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the State recognises the historical fact that a genocide was attempted against the people of Armenia, in 1915, by the Ottoman Empire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23785/25]
Duncan Smith Written 13 May 2025 · to Housing
659. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a complete list of all affordable housing schemes in Louth including the number of units under construction; when they will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23229/25]
Duncan Smith Written 13 May 2025 · to Housing
660. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a complete list of all affordable housing schemes in Kildare; the number of units under construction; when they will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23230/25]
Duncan Smith Written 13 May 2025 · to Housing
661. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a complete list of all affordable housing schemes in Meath; the number of units under construction; when they will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23231/25]
Duncan Smith Written 13 May 2025 · to Housing
662. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a complete list of all affordable housing schemes in Dublin; the number of units under construction; when they will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23232/25]
Duncan Smith Oral 8 May 2025 · to Defence
153. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the planned negotiations for a radar detection system; the expected cost of the system; a timeline for the delivery of the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23068/25]
Duncan Smith Written 8 May 2025 · to Defence
238. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there is a hierarchy of undersea cable infrastructure in terms of protection; to outline the State's plans to protect the undersea networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17132/25]
Duncan Smith Written 7 May 2025 · to Foreign
18. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of the attendees at the Government Trade Forum, chaired by him on 28 April 2025; to provide a list of all those invited; to provide a list of attendees from meetings on 4 April, 21 March and 26 February; to provide copies of any documents, minutes or agendas circulated in advance of, or after, the four meetings to …
Duncan Smith Written 7 May 2025 · to Housing
244. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm that local authorities are now in a position to allocate funding for the tenant-in-situ scheme, as previously stated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22097/25]
Duncan Smith Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Education
69. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education to provide assurances that an individual (details supplied) will receive an offer of a school place for September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21340/25]
Duncan Smith Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Taoiseach
175. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Taoiseach the reason subsistence allowance was removed from a group of persons working with the Central Statistics Office (details supplied); and if a circular exists detailing the reason it was removed will be provided. [19370/25]
Duncan Smith Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Foreign
186. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the allocations of €1.5 million to OCHA and UNHCR respectively are the same as those included in Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 3 April 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19016/25]
Duncan Smith Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Foreign
199. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, due to the challenges to the distribution of aid in Burma-Myanmar posed by the military junta, any measures are being taken to ensure the aid being provided will reach the people most in need of assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19017/25]
Duncan Smith Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Transport
382. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide clarity on the delivery of a multi-storey car park at Portmarnock train station; the reason the project has not been advanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19008/25]
Duncan Smith Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
826. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the lack of education provision in Donabate (details supplied) for children with ASD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19021/25]
Duncan Smith Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Social
1420. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the financial supports that exist for self-employed people who pay PRSI class S who are diagnosed with a serious illness such as cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19495/25]
Duncan Smith Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Social
1421. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the criteria for the invalidity pension; the length of time the applicant must be out of work to apply; the period of absence by which will be out of work to apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19496/25]
Duncan Smith Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Justice
1544. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the provision of promised reforms in relation to parental alienation as promised by the Minister in 2024, and based from a Department report in 2023 which cited the concept of parental alienation as highly controversial; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19015/25]
Duncan Smith Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1821. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to a Ukrainian family (details supplied) in desperate need of accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19076/25]