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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Strategies (3 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 90. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Department’s defence strategy and protocol for the undersea cables regarding the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42606/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (3 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 622. To ask the Minister for Health for a progress report on the spending of the €110,000 which was allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a diabetes register (details supplied); if he will request the HSE to immediately begin recruiting for this new post; if he can confirm if unused funding from budget 2023 will carry over to 2024, while providing a timeline as to when the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (3 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 623. To ask the Minister for Health for a progress report on the spending of the funding which was allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a national paediatric diabetes audit in conjunction with NOCA, following the publication of a detailed feasibility study (details supplied); if he will request the HSE to immediately begin recruiting for these new posts; if he can confirm if unused...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: The 2022 sexual violence survey conducted by the Central Statistics Office paints a really grim picture here in Ireland. One in five women in Ireland has been raped with more than half experiencing some form of sexual violence. Most adults who suffered from this violence knew their perpetrator, which emphasises that these are not isolated incidents but are deep rooted societal issues. It...

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Enhanced Transport and Mobility Support Options for People with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister of State for being here with us in what I can imagine is an especially busy week for her in the run-up to the budget. All on this committee hope that she will get a very good budget allocation because the people we speak about so regularly on this committee deserve that. The NTA appeared before the committee last week and it gave a very positive update on much of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (4 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the exceptionally poor conditions of the prefabs being used to teach children at a school (details supplied); if she will urgently intervene to provide adequate accommodation for this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43037/23]

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]

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

Emer Higgins: 61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the implementation of a full W6 route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43038/23]

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]

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]