Results 101-120 of 1,319 for speaker:Emer Higgins in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (22 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to tackle animal cruelty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17469/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (22 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 199. To ask the Minister for Health his plan to help persons with Alzheimer's disease; his further plans to increase resources and staff to help those affected; when daycare centres to help persons with dementia will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17468/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (22 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 223. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make lidocaine patches available on the medical card to patients with cancer in need of pain relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17580/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Regulations (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an employer that only provides a member of staff with a laptop due to the fact they are required to work in multiple locations is in breach of health and safety legislation or guidelines by refusing to also provide a monitor to ensure the employee does not suffer from posture difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support taxi drivers as they recover from loss of income as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18382/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Directives (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the EU package travel directive covers purchases through a travel agent of a flight only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18383/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the requirement to wear face coverings to taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18385/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of National Lottery funding provided to sports organisations in each of the years 2005, 2010 and 2015; the amount planned for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18433/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the upgrade of the Kildare line will result in extending DART services to Hazelhatch or opening Kishogue train station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18605/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of nitrous oxide seized by customs each year since 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18610/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to force owners of private houses that are left vacant to sell them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18617/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when details will be provided on the way in which the process of appealing leaving certificate grades will work; the estimated cost involved; when appeals will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18386/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will be extended to qualified self-employed professional tourist guides until March 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18381/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 775 of 14 July 2020, if a directive has been issued to her Department in relation to the processing of applications for the pandemic unemployment payment for sole traders over 66 years of age and in receipt of a contributory or non-contributory State pensions and still working; if not,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 779. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests for supplying nitrous oxide for human consumption in each year from 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18431/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 796. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of nitrous oxide seized by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18609/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 797. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which gardaí distinguish between legal uses of nitrous oxide and illegal use under the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 or other relevant legislation or statutory instrument; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18611/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 981. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department plans to have completed gathering evidence on the abuse of nitrous oxide by young persons; the plans he has to create a strategy to tackle this issue on completion of gathering this evidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18402/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 999. To ask the Minister for Health when data from the HSE and Trinity College Dublin on drug trends in summer 2019 at music festivals will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18606/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 1000. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths recorded in the HRB’s national drug-related deaths index in which nitrous oxide was implicated; if two recent deaths in Tallaght, County Dublin and in Millstreet, County Cork which the media have reported as being as a result of nitrous oxide abuse will be recorded in the HRB’s national drug-related deaths index; and if...