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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (24 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 236. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he could provide an overview of the new increased cost of business scheme; to confirm whether the scheme will be based on individual rate numbers rather than being per business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46654/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46171/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for her Department's decision not to approve accessibility modifications, including a ramp for wheelchair access to the PE hall and a wet room/shower facility, in the recent SEN room reconfiguration project at a school (details supplied), given the importance of promoting equality of access as stated in section 6 of the Education...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: Vitamin season is upon us as we approach the winter and we all try to boost our immunity against colds and flus. I ask the Government to launch a vitamin D public awareness campaign because we know vitamin D works. Six separate Irish studies over the past two years have shown a connection between vitamin D and improved immunity against Covid-19 which, as we know, is still circulating in our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: I thank the witnesses for being with us to discuss the concept of a directly elected mayor for Dublin. The citizens assembly did a lot of work on this and produced a comprehensive report after many Saturdays and weekends of deliberation. Despite this, it is very difficult to sum up the vision of a directly elected mayor for Dublin in a report. Ms Graham hit the nail on the head for me when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: Will Ms Graham give us an indication of how having a Dublin mayor with responsibility for transport would work successfully from a practical perspective in ensuring there is a level of collaboration and integration with the directors of services in the four local authorities, the NTA and the Department of Transport?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: That is very useful. We will all feed into the proposed Bill. It is very difficult for the witnesses attending these sessions because we are not working off a detailed framework. We are almost trying to create one. I appreciate Ms Graham's input. What she said is really useful.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (25 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 196. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify if CORU's draft registrations plans will dilute standards from level 9 to level 8 criteria for training and remove vital elements of training such as personal therapy and supervision within training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46928/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: I thank the witnesses for being with us to discuss this important issue. Ms Carthy summed up the situation in her closing remarks about how many failings there currently are in access to polling stations and access to adequate public transport. This committee has discussed those issues again and again. She also mentioned access to education, employment and personal assistant services,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: The Seanad, good Lord. My colleagues will shoot me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: For Dublin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: Super. That will be a first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: Those 24 months offer so much opportunity for people who want to get involved in the political system at this time. Whatever we can do as a committee, as parliamentarians and within our own parties to convince them as well and to make that a more accessible process for people with disabilities, that is what we are here to do. Will the witnesses let us know their views on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: Is it possible to furnish a list?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: Can it be furnished to the committee and to DFI also as it would be useful to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: I thank Mr. O'Leary.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (26 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if home extensions that commenced in the period between the issuing of circular PL 04/2023 and the guidance note for local authorities on a temporary waiver in respect of development contributions, which seemed eligible based on the circular but were not included in the guidance note, are eligible for the development waiver,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: I thank all our guests for being here with us today. There is a thriving business community in Dublin and we are lucky to have that. I was an employee in Fingal, a councillor in South Dublin County Council and now I am a Deputy for Dublin so I have had the pleasure of working closely with Fingal Chamber of Commerce, South Dublin Chamber of Commerce and Dublin Chamber of Commerce and I look...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Autonomy and Assessing Decision-making Capacity: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Emer Higgins: I thank all the witnesses for being here with us today. As Deputy Gino Kenny said, we are halfway through our deliberations on a really complicated topic, so we really appreciate the witnesses' expertise and time today. My time is limited. I only have seven minutes, which is to include the witnesses' answers. This is the same as everyone else. I will put my initial questions to Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Autonomy and Assessing Decision-making Capacity: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Emer Higgins: Dr. Duckworth did the undoable by summarising 12 months of work in about 180 seconds. That is a really powerful way of putting it; to choose between different ways of dying. I thank him.