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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Nothing About Us Without Us - Achieving Equal Rights and Equity for Women with Disabilities: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: I thank all of our witnesses for their attendance today. They have given compelling, passionate and personal statements and for me, the lived experience is the best tool when it comes to shaping and updating public policy. I thank them all for the role they are playing in doing that. I also wish all of the witnesses and my colleagues a happy international women's week. I was struck by a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020 (Resumed): Land Development Agency (9 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: I thank Mr. Coleman and all his team for the work that has gone into this area and for his detailed contributions. It is great that we are talking about the Affordable Housing Bill in tandem with the Land Development Agency because together those two Bills represent the Government's response to the affordable housing crisis. It is great to hear Mr. Coleman talk about further sites that have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020 (Resumed): Land Development Agency (9 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: Was I that bad that I have made Mr. Coleman leave?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020 (Resumed): Land Development Agency (9 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: I can recap them if that is helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020 (Resumed): Land Development Agency (9 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: Mr. O'Neill was saved by the bell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020 (Resumed): Land Development Agency (9 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: I appreciate that. My question is, given that as a backdrop, what level of comfort can Mr. Coleman give councillors that the LDA is not overriding some of their powers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020 (Resumed): Land Development Agency (9 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: Not really. While I appreciate that we need to engage, I am talking about meaningful engagement. I have been speaking to many councillors who feel their democratic powers are being potentially eroded by the LDA. We may be running out of time but if somebody was able to address that particular point and the development levies, that would be really helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020 (Resumed): Land Development Agency (9 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: That is really helpful. I thank Mr. O'Neill. Would anyone like to come in on section 183?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (10 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: 143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the development of a remote working hub in Adamstown, County Dublin. [13374/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Policy (10 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: 259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the recently adopted European Union Aviation Safety Agency rules in relation to flying drones will impact on the older regulations; and if it will be possible to retrospectively classify drones with a CE class mark. [13418/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: 445. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the Ireland Fellows Programme for 2021; the way it has been adapted in the wake of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13360/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: 446. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the progress being made on the implantation of Ireland’s Better World strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13361/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: 447. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way the Irish embassy in Ethiopia is delivering the Irish Aid programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13362/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: 448. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way that the Irish embassy in Liberia is delivering the Irish Aid programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13363/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: 449. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way that the Irish embassy in Kenya is delivering the Irish Aid programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13364/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: 450. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way that the Irish embassy in Malawi is delivering the Irish Aid programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13365/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: 451. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way that the Irish embassy in Mozambique is delivering the Irish Aid programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13366/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: 452. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way that the Irish embassy in Sierra Leone is delivering the Irish Aid programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13367/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: 453. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way that the Irish embassy in South Africa is delivering the Irish Aid programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13368/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)

Emer Higgins: 454. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way that the Irish embassy in Tanzania is delivering the Irish Aid programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13369/21]