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Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: I am delighted to see this Bill progressing. It will take vital steps to define categories of harmful and age-inappropriate online content. It will empower the media commission to create binding online safety codes and provide a mechanism for complaints of harmful online conduct. These are all important steps in the correct direction and the Bill is Ireland's opportunity to change things...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (22 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: 12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will adjust the eligibility for the 19 to 24-year-old Leap card to include third-level students who are 18 years old given that many private operators now charge more for a child ticket than a young adult ticket under the newly introduced scheme, resulting in 18-year-old college students who use private operators not being...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (22 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: Will the Minister consider adjusting the eligibility for the Leap card for 19- to 24-year-olds to include third level students who are 18? There is an unforeseen knock-on effect here where, ironically, private operators now charge more for a child ticket than a young adult ticket under the new scheme the Minister introduced, which has been a huge success throughout the country. This means...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (22 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: That is fantastic news. I am very pleased to hear that. I thank the Minister for that positive response. I agree with him that this has been a very positive scheme. It is fantastic that it is being improved, expanded and extended all the time. Right now, 18-year-old students are not eligible for either the Leap card for 19- to 24-year-olds or the student Leap card. Therefore, they have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (22 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: I commend the Minister and his Department on all the work that has been done to make public transport more affordable and accessible. It is just so important at present when we consider the two crises we are in, namely, the cost-of-living crisis and the climate crisis. We know both these issues are having a massive effect on our young people and that they are very passionate about them....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: 42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the feasibility of extending the age limit for school transport drivers to 72 years of age to allow older drivers who are in possession of a full public service vehicle licence, a full driving licence and who are certified as medically fit to drive, and to assist with the current shortage of school transport drivers; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: 189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the L51 and L52 bus route services provided by an organisation (details supplied); the number of morning, afternoon and evening L51 and L52 services that were cancelled per month in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46436/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (22 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current average pupil-teacher ratio for mainstream classes in primary schools, not including special educational needs classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46430/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (22 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current average pupil-teacher ratio for mainstream classes in post-primary schools, not including special educational needs classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46431/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the optical support schemes that are available for schoolchildren aged between 12 and 18-years-old to provide financial support towards the cost of optical services, glasses, lenses et cetera; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46437/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Local Authority Elected Members) Bill 2022: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister of his State and all his team who have worked on this. I particularly thank the subgroup, on which Councillor Lorraine Hall was the Fine Gael representative. I know she put an awful lot of work into it. It is to be hoped that it will have results from which she and many other women will benefit. It is an important step forward. The Minister of State described it as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Local Authority Elected Members) Bill 2022: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: Super. I again thank the Minister of State, his team and the subgroup. This is such a positive step forward. It will make council chambers across the country more welcoming spaces for women. We all need to make sure that politics is more welcoming for them.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary ASD places that will be available for September 2023 in the Clondalkin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46161/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary ASD places that will be available for September 2023 in the Clondalkin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46162/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: 122. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that is being made with regards to reinstating public health nurse check-ups for infants and children in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46164/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I raise with the Taoiseach the serious backlog in national car test, NCT, appointments. The Covid-19 lockdown obviously had a part to play in creating the backlogs, but these do not seem to have been caught up with. The fastest appointment it is possible to secure at my local testing centre in Fonthill is in March 2023, some six months away. People are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: 91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the provisions in place for Budget 2023 to include a windfall tax on energy providers profiteering from the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45750/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (20 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: 94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the feasibility of introducing energy price capping to provide customers with stability of price during the current cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45751/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the feasibility of adding beauticians, hairdressers and childcare workers to the existing list of workers who can claim flat-rate expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45770/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2022)

Emer Higgins: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of nitrous oxide canisters seized by the Revenue Commissioners on a monthly basis in each of the years of 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45791/22]