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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]

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...

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...

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

Emer Higgins: We are increasing the rent credit to €750. We know that renters are not availing of the credit in the way that we had hoped. I encourage anyone renting to draw down the €500 credit for this year and €750 credit for next year. These measures are more than just numbers on paper. These measures will make a difference to people, families and businesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: I thank the witnesses for being here with us today and for everything they, and all the doctors and physicians they work with, do for society day in, day out. This committee has been set a very tough challenge in a very tough timeframe. It is only because of expert witnesses that we are able to inform ourselves. We are all very aware that if we change the laws, and it is an "if" at this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: That is super. Will Dr. Twomey keep us up to date on that? If a further review or further consultation with RCPI members is done, it would be really interesting for us to hear about it and have a wider lens on whether there are diverging views within the organisation. Professor Landers summed up the situation, in line with my layperson's interpretation, as that there would likely be very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: This might not be a very fair question but would Professor Landers be confident or comfortable in saying that if the law did change, once conscientious objections were baked into it, members of his industry would be able to work within the new parameters of that new law, if one existed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: That is understood and agreed with. I thank Dr. Lyne and Dr. O'Shea for their submission. It is a very small number of doctors they are here speaking on behalf of. I take on board Dr. O'Shea's point that that is how it started with the last big societal debate we had when it came to a healthcare issue around choice. I was particularly interested in what Dr. O'Shea put forward on how this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: On what Dr. O'Shea said there about it initially being conservative, we have heard so much in this committee about the slippery slope and people's concerns that we might start at a point but things might move. If we were to be conservative initially and legislated for this with a review in two years, how would Dr. O'Shea respond to members of the public who feel that all we are doing is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: However, if the safeguards are changed it is different.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: Earlier this week, I attended a public meeting organised by the Taoiseach's constituency colleague, Fine Gael Senator Emer Currie, who is with us today in the Chamber. It related to the Silver Bridge, which links Waterstown Park in Palmerstown to the Strawberry Beds in Lucan. The bridge is currently being repaired and restored through a €1.5 million investment but it is not being...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (17 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 190. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that a company (details supplied) sufficiently handled the consultation process for upcoming redundancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44734/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (17 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 291. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of buyout contracts that disadvantage Irish creatives in the audio-visual industry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44731/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 510. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the recent shift to charge €30 for blood tests in hospitals, the reason for this change; the measures being considered to address the resultant financial burden on patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44732/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Road Safety (17 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 511. To ask the Minister for Health if hospitals routinely conduct blood tests for alcohol or drug traces in patients admitted after serious car accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44733/23]