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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progression of schools in the mid-western areas of Dublin that have stage 2b planning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24959/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (13 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding available for retrofitting and making older homes more energy efficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25238/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (13 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the citizenship applications of front-line health care workers living in direct provision will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25209/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: Vaccines are already paying dividends in society. This week people in their 40s will be invited to register for their vaccinations, which is hugely welcome news and progress. We are all very encouraged to hear the Chief Medical Officer telling vaccinated people to begin their lives again with caution and to trust in the vaccines. In that context, will the Taoiseach consider excluding fully...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: Home ownership has become a pipe dream for many my age. That is the sad reality. Young people feel hopeless and locked out of the housing market. This is fundamentally wrong and must change. That is why I am so glad this Government is committed to changing that and has backed up that commitment with historic investment. We want to make renting and home ownership accessible, affordable...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (18 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the efforts to resolve the community employment supervisors’ pension issue. [26216/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (18 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work that she is engaging in to tackle youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43681/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce and or expand supports including payments, training and skills courses to help persons get back to work following the lifting of Covid-19 necessitated restrictions. [26215/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the current timeline for the installation of temporary school buildings for a school (details supplied); the way the school will be accommodated if these buildings are not provided by the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25866/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021 (18 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: I congratulate the Minister of State and his team on all the work they have done in respect of this ground-breaking proposal for legislation that will have a lasting impact, not just in Limerick but also, possibly, in other cities too. The proposal for directly elected mayor of Limerick was voted on by the people of Limerick. As my colleague, Senator Cummins, stated, Limerick could become a...

Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: The gender pay gap in Ireland is 14%. This means that women in Ireland are effectively working for free for a quarter of the year. That might make sense if women did 14% less work, worked 14% fewer hours or put in 14% less effort, but we all know that is not the case. In fact, it is often acknowledged that women have to work twice as hard as their male counterparts to get noticed in work...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (19 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to ongoing discussions taking place between CIÉ management and the membership of the CIÉ 1951 pension schemes; if he will intervene to resolve the issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26696/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to encourage schools that will not be taking part in the 2021 summer provision scheme to do so; if children who attend schools not taking part in the scheme can be accommodated elsewhere; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26896/21]

Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (20 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: I wish to begin by condemning the violence in Palestine and Israel. I have stood in the West Bank and in places like Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Ramallah. I have crossed the border at Kulandia and gone through the checkpoint alone in the darkness of night. I stood in Hebron during Passover when hundreds of heavily armed Israeli soldiers burst out from a military zone into a Palestinian...

International Travel and Aviation: Statements (25 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: I welcome the European green certificate, which will be a key step towards reopening Ireland. The pandemic has seen us introduce restrictions that we, as a Government and a nation, never imagined we would see. Public health considerations and saving the lives of the most vulnerable among us were always at the forefront of those decisions but we are all looking forward to the day when the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for submission of a planning application to South Dublin County Council for a purpose built school on the school site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27736/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (26 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: All of us know women who have suffered miscarriages or couples who have gone through a miscarriage. If people do not believe they do, it is because those women and couples have not shared that experience with them, which is okay. That is why so many couples wait until the three-month mark to announce their news. The sad reality is that one in five pregnancies ends in miscarriage. As a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (26 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: I acknowledge all of the work the Minister has done to support families. He recently extended the period of parental leave to five weeks for both parents, which is really welcome and a great way of supporting modern families. As Deputy Carroll MacNeill has said, we now have an opportunity to further show our support for parents by introducing paid leave for early pregnancy loss. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: My questions have really been asked by Senator Fitzpatrick. I am just wondering how this will work from a practical perspective. Is someone allowed to be both a witness and a member of a committee? Is Deputy Ó Broin planning to act in both capacities or will he recuse himself as a member of the committee for the purpose of today's meeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: When I watched the Cambridge Analytica story unfold, I watched it with horror. Normal politicians did. Today, I would like to find out whether Sinn Féin watched it unfold and wondered how it could use that strategy for its political gain. I had intended to put a number of questions to the general secretary of that party, but instead they selected a politician to give political answers...