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Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: Got it. Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I congratulate my colleague, Deputy Donohoe, who after delivering six budgets as Minister for Finance delivered his first as Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. This budget is not just about numbers. It is about a reflection of our priorities as a Government. Despite the current...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: I welcome this year's budget. I know it will help families and households, but I have had a lot of contact from local businesses in my area that are excluded from the increased cost of business scheme. In particular, pubs and supermarkets in Lucan and Palmerstown are among those businesses that have been in touch. They are in the hospitality and retail sectors, which are really...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (11 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for a statement on members of the Defence Forces pay; how it compares with members of An Garda Síochána; and whether there are any plans for pay increases.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44366/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Parking Provision (11 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a school (details supplied) in securing the neighbouring plot of land for the purposes of parking and other activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44369/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (11 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider adding the provision of lunch to coeliac children through the school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44368/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Constitutional Amendments (11 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 191. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the referendum to replace the article of the Constitution that refers to women’s “duties in the home” in November. [44374/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Programme (11 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 192. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the status of the Irish Corporate Governance (Gender Balance) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44375/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (11 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 227. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the Revenue Commissioners to ensure GMS income declaration can continue to be paid through partnerships, as changing this practice could lead to financial uncertainties, disrupt GP services and contradict Sláinte Care's preferred partnership model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44373/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: I thank all our witnesses for being with us here today and for sharing their personal testimonies and experiences and putting them on the public record. Mr. Ahern summed up what we as a committee have ahead of us. It is a big task in quite a tight timeframe. We rely on the expertise of people who work in this industry and people who have been through this journey. Donal sounds like a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: It does. Could Mr. Curran tell us a little bit about it? I know that he has got his meeting tomorrow but I would appreciate if he could tell us about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: I am aware that we have done a lot on the international context already. I apologise if I did miss that but we have definitely had people from other areas and perhaps it is something that we as a committee could look at as well and how we could deeper explore the system. I will leave it there because I am aware that we are tight on time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: My first question is for each organisation. Do they believe there are 50,000 missing landlords?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: Does anyone else have anything to offer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: Dr. Michael Byrne made the point in his contribution that the likes of Revenue’s data on the rent-a-room scheme might need to be included in this overall conversation too. I believe there was, anecdotally, quite an increase in the uptake in rent-a-room last year, but the year prior to that, there were almost 11,000 units – as in individual houses – where there could have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: "We do not know" is the answer, effectively.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: Does anyone else have anything to add?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: That makes sense. I compliment the research that was done. It was funded by the RTB and the ESRI. Some 100,000 tenancies were looked at and a report on the private rental market was published last month. Dr. Byrne had it in a nutshell when he talked about the property price register. There has to be some way for us to capture this information. As legislators, we need this kind of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 564. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE no longer helps people find a GP who accepts medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44040/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. Earlier this week, I highlighted a discrepancy in the HSE guidance for GP care. Its website states that if three GPs decline somebody care, they can contact the HSE and it will assign them a GP, but it appears that last month it stopped doing this. That means people who cannot access healthcare can no longer get an intervention from the HSE to provide them with...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (5 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on plans to increase capacity on train lines serving Clondalkin, Hazelhatch and Adamstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43039/23]