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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress and the timelines for the delivery of new school accommodation for schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10924/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 706. To ask the Minister for Health if the new plan to clear the children’s waiting list for orthopaedic surgery will be fulfilled by the end of 2022 in view of the €19 million allocation. [11205/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (1 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 728. To ask the Minister for Health the reason HSE funding has been withdrawn from an exercise class (details supplied); the reason those attending the class have been asked to move from the free class to a class that will cost €80 per month in their nearest locations in Tallaght or Clondalkin, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11257/22]

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister and his Department for all their work on this legislation. I pay tribute to all of those who may be watching proceedings today, who have fought so hard to shine a light on Ireland's deeply dark past. I have no doubt these proceedings are difficult for many to watch and listen to for a range of reasons and I respect them for their continued courage. Tribute must also be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (1 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 793. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the recent changes to regulations in relation to the frequency of the collection of medical prescriptions; the reason for these changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11696/22]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Ms Frances Haugen (23 Feb 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank Ms Haugen for being with us. It is fantastic to have her and I thank her for all of the work she is doing in this space. Her bravery and insight have had ripple effects across the globe. Today is our chance here in Ireland, not just as a society or as legislators, but as a strategic location for the EU headquarters of many of the platforms in question, to use her industry...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (3 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 258. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when an organisation (details supplied) can expect to receive its successful funding under the sports capital grant 2020. [12191/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Community Growing Spaces in Ireland: Community Gardens Ireland (1 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank the witnesses for their passionate contributions. The all-Ireland pollinator plan and the national biodiversity action plans are key strategies to help us protect and enhance biodiversity across Ireland. I gather from the presentations that the witnesses’ concerns relate to nationwide plans not being necessarily supported by the roll-out of nationwide policies to underpin...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Community Growing Spaces in Ireland: Community Gardens Ireland (1 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: If we had nationwide targets that rolled down to a local authority level, it could work. I thank both of the witnesses for their time. I am from Brittas, which is not too far from Blessington, so I know it well. I wish them the best of luck with the community garden there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Community Growing Spaces in Ireland: Community Gardens Ireland (1 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I understand. That is a good idea.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I wish everybody in the House and working in the Houses of the Oireachtas a very happy International Women's Day. As we celebrate it, many of us are thinking of the women of Ukraine who are fleeing their home country because of a war of Russia's making. I fully support Ireland's commitment of 100,000 welcomes to 100,000 Ukrainians, but unfortunately, many of the women who will be coming...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I wish everybody in the Oireachtas a happy International Women's Day. I will use my time to highlight some of the areas in which we need to continue to make real progress for women. In recent years, we have delivered significant improvements in our country's approach to women's healthcare. The repeal of the eighth amendment, for example, was a momentous achievement for all of those who...

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I welcome this initiative to include hate speech and hate crime in the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union. I fully support Ireland's approval of the initiative to extend the list of EU crimes. In Ireland, hate crimes are on the rise. Hate crimes and related incidents increased by more than 80% in the first six months of 2021, according to Garda figures. On a positive note,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review by her Department of the policy on reading classes and schools; and when these findings along with relevant recommendations will be published. [12426/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the work carried out by his Department to help with the cost of attending further and higher education. [12588/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the recent increase in the number of apprentices; and the number of apprenticeships being offered and being taken up by students. [12589/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 705. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 bonus payment for healthcare workers in a clinical environment throughout the pandemic will be extended to children's residential service staff of Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13044/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (9 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to transfer the land for a proposed amenity (details supplied) from her Department to the Department of Health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13528/22]

Financial Resolution: Excise (9 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: We have had a turbulent two years. Unprecedented times are simply precedented now, or daily life. We have gone from the global emergency of a pandemic to the global impacts of war on European soil. We have gone from record savings just a few months ago to rates of inflation that I have never seen in my lifetime. The impact of that on family budgets cannot be underestimated. It can be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the work that has been carried out to address gender-based issues and concerns within the Defence Forces. [13478/22]