Results 721-740 of 3,425 for speaker:Emer Higgins

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: 189. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the section of her Department that was responsible for drafting the eligibility criteria for the live performance support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37046/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (8 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: 190. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it was her Department or Fáilte Ireland that drafted the eligibility criteria for the tourism business continuity scheme; the section of her Department or Fáilte Ireland that was responsible for drafting eligibility criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37047/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: 191. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the section of her Department that was responsible for drafting the eligibility criteria for the €88.5 million of pandemic support for sporting organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37048/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that are running summer catch-up programmes in an area (details supplied) in summer 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37055/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (8 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: 342. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the section of her Department that was responsible for drafting the eligibility criteria for the stability fund for community and voluntary, charity and social enterprises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37045/21]

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: The expansion of the LPT was parked for several years. I am glad that we are now dealing with this issue. In June 2020, the programme for Government committed to the introduction of legislation for a tax that put fairness at its heart. That is exactly what this legislation is doing. In the revaluation, most homeowners will face no increase in taxation. However, homes which were deemed...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Driver Test (13 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: I have been engaging with driving instructors across Lucan, Clondalkin, Palmerstown, Newcastle, Saggart and Rathcoole since the beginning of the year. I have been using their feedback to help shape my requests to the Department of Transport. I thank the Minister of State for taking action on some of the suggestions I have made on their behalf, in particular the move to online driver theory...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Driver Test (13 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister of State for the reply and I am really glad there is such progress being made for prospective drivers, with the acceleration of theory tests from 15,000 per month to 25,000 per month being a huge help, especially when combined with the 10,000 online theory tests. It is great to hear plans to accelerate that further to 50,000 tests per month. The fact that one in every...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (13 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: 127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the actions that are being taken to address the current waiting time of 4.5 to 5 years for orthodontic treatment in CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28644/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (13 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: 165. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the actions that are being taken to address the current waiting times for children’s services in CHO7 such as speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28643/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (13 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: 434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the issue of family carers who are in receipt of the lowest level of the pandemic unemployment payment who will cease to receive the payment from 7 September 2021 and will be unable to apply for jobseeker's allowance despite not having returned to their part-time work yet; and if she will...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: Children under the age of 12 will shortly be able to return home from holidays without a vaccine, PCR test or antigen test. They will soon be able to go for family dinners indoors in a restaurant without a vaccine, PCR test or antigen test, but they cannot go to summer classes, schools or camps, dancing classes, stage schools or coding workshops. They cannot be indoors with their friends...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: 134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a commercial landlord can be prevented from increasing the rent on a commercial property given the financial impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on many businesses; if rent protections are available to commercial tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38791/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (15 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to proposals from a group (details supplied) regarding income tax relief for owner-occupiers and VAT rebates for social landlords; his plans to implement these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38778/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Online Safety (15 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: 179. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to tackle pseudonymity on online platforms (details supplied). [38874/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Online Safety (15 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: 181. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the remit of the online safety commission will be extended to include an escalation point for content that constitutes online bullying. [38876/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Regulations (15 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: 180. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider bringing in regulations that would make digitally altered photographs illegal for advertising purposes unless the photographs were clearly labelled as edited. [38875/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (15 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: 182. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if indoor summer camps can be held under the Sporting Ireland guidelines which permits individual training. [38877/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (15 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: 206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if efforts will be made by his Department to improve regulation of voluntary housing bodies, including the introduction of robust formal inspection of private apartment complexes and the provision of technical assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38782/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 Jul 2021)

Emer Higgins: 366. To ask the Minister for Health the status of public health lists (details supplied). [32362/21]