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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (25 Nov 2021)

Emer Higgins: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to support the victims of crime. [57739/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (25 Nov 2021)

Emer Higgins: 155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the introduction of new criminal legislation to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. [57738/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (25 Nov 2021)

Emer Higgins: 274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way the jobs of those currently employed by local employment service and job clubs will be safeguarded in view of the move towards a new model of local employment service delivery; the learnings that have been taken by her Department from RFT 1 in order to improve the new model of local employment and service delivery;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Nov 2021)

Emer Higgins: 332. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a group (details supplied); his plans to meet with the group; the current actions being taken to lessen the waiting times for children awaiting surgery for spina bifida; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58079/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Nov 2021)

Emer Higgins: 349. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing measures to support women with the financial cost of hormone replacement therapy as a treatment for severe symptoms of the menopause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58153/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (30 Nov 2021)

Emer Higgins: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided by his Department to support the wellbeing of students which is particularly important given the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. [58540/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Nov 2021)

Emer Higgins: 223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing commencements in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58305/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Nov 2021)

Emer Higgins: 224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing completions in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58306/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Nov 2021)

Emer Higgins: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the projected housing output new build in the Housing for All Strategy; his views on whether the 2022 figure is likely to be met or exceeded based on the most recent data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58307/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (30 Nov 2021)

Emer Higgins: 226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Town Centre First Initiative; and when he envisages making an announcement in this regard. [58308/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (30 Nov 2021)

Emer Higgins: 541. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to provide a primary health centre for Adamstown; if a site has been agreed for the proposed health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58432/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (1 Dec 2021)

Emer Higgins: 98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the system for reimbursement of public representation allowances and expenses for councillors; if it is to be paid and claimed in the same way as the parliamentary standard allowance for members of the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if not, if it is to be made available by local authorities to be drawn down on an annual,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (1 Dec 2021)

Emer Higgins: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the cancellation and no-show rates for PCR tests. [59392/21]

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Emer Higgins: I would like to use this as an opportunity to welcome the historic investment we have in the delivery of much-needed social and affordable homes in this budget. Young people, as we all know, feel locked out of the housing market. I do not want to live in a city or in a country where home ownership is something to which my generation cannot aspire. That is why I am glad that budget 2022...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Emer Higgins: -----as is its opposition to Housing for All.

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Emer Higgins: Budget 2022 will help provide for many families up and down this country in so many ways, but in particular on housing.

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Emer Higgins: I just want to say to Deputy Doherty that I sit on the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government, and Heritage. Day-in and day-out and week-in and week-out I am working cross-party with some of his colleagues to try to ensure the housing crisis is resolved, and I very much do not like him coming in here telling me that I do not care as I do not think that is a fair thing to say. ...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Emer Higgins: -----where they put forward some ideas as to how savings and cash flow could be utilised to help invest in things like approved housing bodies. It is unrealistic to say their savings, even if the Central Bank rules allowed it, would resolve this issue. It is a complex and multifaceted issue and problem and that is why we need a variety of funding streams to deliver a variety of homes, be...

Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)

Emer Higgins: In recent years, we have delivered significant improvements in our country's approach to women's healthcare. The repeal of the eighth amendment was a landmark decision and the recent budget announcement to provide free contraception to young women was welcome, but women's healthcare goes far beyond contraception and family planning. Menopause can be a challenging time for women physically,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (7 Dec 2021)

Emer Higgins: 59. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the fund for the upgrade of community centres that was announced as part of budget 2022 will be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60005/21]