Results 1-20 of 151 for long speaker:Emer Higgins

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...knows, have fought for years, often before the birth of their deeply wanted and much-loved child, for legal recognition of their families' rights. While I absolutely welcome these much-needed and long-awaited changes-----

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Acting Chairman. I will do so. While I absolutely welcome these much-needed and long-awaited changes, the legal underpinning of familial rights and their recognition, validation and realisation, I accept the legislation is not perfect, which is why I wanted to speak to the amendment. The Bill is not perfect - I do not think any legislation is - but in this instance, as the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Schemes (28 May 2024)

Emer Higgins: .... This growth is not just confined to the capital city but is spread across the country, with 68% of the new jobs being created outside of Dublin. Furthermore, the survey provides a decade-long perspective on employment trends, offering valuable insights into the evolution of Ireland's industrial and services landscape. Over the seven-year period from 2017 to 2023, there has been a...

Business Support Package: Statements (Resumed) (23 May 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...% to date. I encourage businesses that have not registered to do so now. They have until Wednesday. It is a two-minute process. All that businesses need to do is register online. There is no long application form and their local authority sends them a pin code. This is a really quick and easy way of getting cashflow back into their businesses. It is important to acknowledge the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (2 May 2024)

Emer Higgins: .... This growth is not just confined to the capital city but is spread across the country, with 68% of the new jobs being created outside of Dublin. Furthermore, the survey provides a decade-long perspective on employment trends, offering valuable insights into the evolution of Ireland's industrial and services landscape. Over the ten-year period from 2014 to 2023, there has been a...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...December of last year and a €400 lump-sum payment for people receiving the carer's support grant, which was paid in November 2023. In addition, the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, has acted to provide a pension solution for long-term carers. A range of other supports for carers, provided by the Department of Social Protection, are not based on a means assessment. These include the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Consultations (18 Apr 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...to stay in employment until the age at which they can first access the State pension, which is 66. The measure will improve older workers’ adequacy of income in retirement and reaffirm our long-standing policy to support longer and fuller working lives. The membership of the Pensions Commission included representation of workers, employers, civil society, academics, and those...

Rare Diseases: Statements (6 Mar 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...to therapies and medicines for their rare diseases. We are talking about people's lives that can be transformed if they have access to the right treatment. How can we deny them this through long wait times?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: .... We should make health and wellness tax deductible and start with those people who are working from home because they need it most. That would be good for workers and society as a whole. In the long term, it would be good for the healthcare system. My question to the Tánaiste is whether he would look at prioritising health and wellness for workers, in particular, those working...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (28 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: 146. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to next review the long-term illness scheme with a view to expanding the list of illnesses. [9471/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...on the construction plan for a new school building (details supplied) that is in danger of losing their approved contractor if delays persist, which would be a very costly set back to this already long-awaited urgent building project; when approval will be issued to the design team to commence construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7750/24]

Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...for research development and innovation, which responded to the community’s outcry for more fundamental research. It was the only programme offering funds for fundamental research in Ireland for a long time. SFI funds all kinds of awards, individual, projects and big centres. Big centres are where researchers from across Ireland collaborate under a common theme. That is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: Peamount Healthcare is a facility in my constituency which I know very well and does incredible work in rehabilitating people and providing long-term nursing care and support. I know resources are always an issue in any of these facilities but is there an opportunity for support to be provided in the interim in an outpatient perspective for people in that situation, if expertise is...

An Bille up an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...and, instead, move us closer to greater equality for all women. While this upcoming referendum represents significant progress towards achieving gender equality, it is crucial also to recognise how long it has taken to get here. That begs the question how much longer we have to wait for more reforms. Delays like this, in fact, are reflective of a broader issue that is observed...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...when I look around this Chamber, I can see clearly that the family of 1937, when the Constitution was originally written, has changed and that the Ireland of 1937 is no more. We have come a really long way in those recent years. Our small island has become increasingly more tolerant and more welcoming of all sexualities, gender identities and family structures. We are better at...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...is in harmony with European standards as well as environmental commitments. Key reforms in the Bill focus on aligning national, regional and local planning strategies and fostering a coherent, long-term, plan-led system. That is the kind of vision we need in politics and in planning. The Bill elevates the status of ministerial guidelines. They will no longer be just suggestions;...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...due to a diversion of resources but I understand that the Department officials are working collaboratively with the Attorney General on this important legislation. The Taoiseach and I know how long families, particularly families through surrogacy, have been waiting and now they are told that things were deprioritised over the summer and legislation we were expecting a number of months...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...Minister with a list, although I am sure her Department has it. I will mention in particular my former secondary school, Holy Family Community School, Rathcoole, that expected to break ground on a long-awaited building this year, but is still caught up in red tape in the Department. The Department design team sought final clarifications from the school and its design team, which were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Future of the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...of that to this role and to this really important office because it is really important we have someone who is eminently qualified because this is an extremely important new agency. It has been a long time in the making and is backed up by legislation. It offers huge potential for Ireland not only for planning, skills and technology improvements but also for monitoring, protection,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (18 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she acknowledges the long-term benefits of supporting organisations such as CASP Clondalkin Addiction Support Programme, which aim to reduce crime through addiction recovery and support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45658/23]