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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (14 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: The C spine is up and running in Lucan. It has been a very big change and there are definitely still some teething problems but, by and large, many people have felt the benefit of it. The night-time schedule has been especially welcome. People who have not felt the benefit are those used to having a bus service to the city centre but no longer do so. I am talking about people living in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (14 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: I will also take this opportunity to bring to the attention of the Minister of State the withdrawal without any prior notice of a very important bus service in my area. On 6 June, I got a note from a commuter who used the 68X every morning to get to work. He was letting me know that after a full week of going down to the bus stop and waiting for his regular morning bus to get to work, it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (14 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: I want to take the opportunity to raise an anomaly for public transport users. With the 90-minute TFI fare at the moment, someone is better off if they pay for their bus journey by Leap card than if they had purchased in advance the annual tax-saver ticket. In fact they are 20% better off. The tax-saver scheme was introduced to provide a tax-efficient benefit to commuters. It is no longer...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (14 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: 86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timelines for the implementation of BusConnects in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30692/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (14 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: The question relates to the implementation of BusConnects in Dublin.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Postal Voting (14 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: 464. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department received correspondence from An Garda Síochána pertaining to irregularities in the postal voting system in County Sligo in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28897/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: 995. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when works on a school building project (details supplied) will begin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29730/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: 1303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of scramblers and quad bikes seized by An Garda Síochána in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the local authorities in which these vehicles have been seized; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29450/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: 1531. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the visiting hours for long-stay patients in a hospital (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29671/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: My apologies. I have just come from the Dáil; I thought it would be quicker to get to my office than across to the committee rooms. I thank the witnesses for attending. I am particularly interested in what was said regarding the streamlining of planning enforcement, both from an enforcement notices perspective and also from a planning injunctions point of view. I hear repeatedly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: Yes, that is perfect. I appreciate the responses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank our witnesses for being here. Their legal opinions, expertise and international experience are key pieces of the puzzle for us, because this committee has been tasked with making recommendations in a particularly complex area in a tight timeframe, as has been said. As we have heard, this is urgently-needed legislation and we are all here to prioritise this. Regarding Ukraine, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: I know I am out of time but if it is possible, could we get a written reply with guidance on best practice in other jurisdictions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: Thank you Chair and I thank all four of our guests for being here today. When Ms Embury started her contribution I was thinking it would have been great to have her in for the legal session earlier. The more she spoke, however, I understood why she is speaking at this session because she has so many insights around surrogates, their personality types and the supports that they need. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: Before I ask the other witnesses to come in, I would like to say to Ms Holub that she has been through so much in the last year and I am really sorry when she came to Ireland that she found herself with added stress and a legal responsibility she never signed up to. That is what all the members of the committee want to rectify.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: I am a member of the special committee that was established to make recommendations on legislating for international surrogacy. We are working hard to a really tight timeframe to make that happen. In our committee room, stories have been shared and tears have been shed. We have heard from legal experts, international experts, researchers, psychologists and medics, and we have heard the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (2 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: 66. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of parents who availed of parents' leave in 2021; and when the extension of parents' leave from five to seven weeks will be introduced. [24227/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Prevention of the Exploitation or Coercion of Surrogates and Intending Parents: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank all our guests who have contributed to the meeting. We have heard some very personal stories and I acknowledge how difficult it must be for people to share them. I thank Ms Cohen, in particular, for getting up at 5 a.m. to attend remotely. I absolutely commend Ms O'Shea and Ms Reid on their courage in coming here to outline their especially personal circumstances and to fight for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Prevention of the Exploitation or Coercion of Surrogates and Intending Parents: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: I fully agree on that. Is there enough signposting towards the counselling service? Is there anything that we, as politicians, can do to increase awareness of the services provided?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Prevention of the Exploitation or Coercion of Surrogates and Intending Parents: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: Do Ms O'Shea and Ms Reid have any advice for families going through these discussions? They might like to use this as an opportunity to reach out to those families.