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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (29 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: 110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of PPS numbers that have been allocated to date in 2022; and the breakdown of figures by category, newborn child and so on. [34623/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (30 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: 20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's plans to accommodate Ukrainian students living in Citywest, County Dublin, with school places given the existing constraints on school waiting lists in the Dublin mid-west area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34861/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (30 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: 101. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the code of practice on the right to disconnect introduced on 1 April 2021; the number of cases that have since been brought to the Workplace Relations Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35149/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: 124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the all-island strategic rail review; the expected timeline for completion of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35115/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 Jun 2022)

Emer Higgins: 155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of section 254 applications that have been granted to a group (details supplied) by local authorities in the past three years; the number that have been refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35140/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (5 Jul 2022)

Emer Higgins: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Revenue Information Office at Cathedral Street, North City, Dublin 1 will be open to members of the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35284/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (5 Jul 2022)

Emer Higgins: 360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the preliminary census figures indicate that there will be a need for further schools to serve the Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, Citywest and Brittas areas; if additional educational supports are required for the areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36028/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Support Services (5 Jul 2022)

Emer Higgins: 456. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the family support services available to families in Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, Citywest and Brittas; if he will report on the progress in recruiting a child and family support network for this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36027/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (5 Jul 2022)

Emer Higgins: 490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the further education and training services available to young persons in Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, Citywest and Brittas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36026/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2022)

Emer Higgins: 568. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to developmental checks by public health nurses not being offered to families in Lucan, Co. Dublin; the action that he proposes to take to ensure that babies receive these checks to ensure early intervention where required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36025/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2022)

Emer Higgins: 809. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to developmental checks by public health nurses not being offered to families in Lucan, Co. Dublin; the action that he proposes to take to ensure that infants receive these checks to ensure early intervention where required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36022/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (5 Jul 2022)

Emer Higgins: 810. To ask the Minister for Health to report on progress for a primary care centre in Citywest; the services that may be provided there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36023/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2022)

Emer Higgins: 811. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the health, disability, counselling, addiction and mental health services accessible to persons, including young persons living in Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, Citywest and Brittas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36024/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Jul 2022)

Emer Higgins: 874. To ask the Minister for Health the way that his Department is supporting children with speech and language communication needs in the classroom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34862/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Jul 2022)

Emer Higgins: Nursing homes and their clients have been through the mill in the past two years. They have overcome the kind of challenges we could not even fathom until we had to face them. Today, they are facing new challenges in the context of keeping their doors open, retaining talent and delivering top-class services, all while facing skyrocketing energy bills. The gas bill of a nursing home in my...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2022)

Emer Higgins: Before I was elected, there was a protest outside a restaurant a few hundred metres away from Leinster House. On a dark evening, workers came together to demand fairness and transparency when it came to their hard-earned tips. Since then, the hospitality industry has been through the wringer, enduring lockdown closures, shorter opening hours, and adapting to make even the unimaginable work...

Irish Corporate Governance (Gender Balance) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Jul 2022)

Emer Higgins: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank colleagues from across the House for their expressions of support for this Bill, and all members of the Cabinet for agreeing this week to support it. I thank the Ministerfor Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, and the Minister of State, Deputy English, for being present. I thank solicitor and...

Irish Corporate Governance (Gender Balance) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Jul 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister and the Minister of State not only for being in the Chamber but also for outlining the Government's position on and support for the Bill and the ethos behind it. I thank my Fine Gael colleagues who spoke in support of the Bill in the Chamber, in particular, Deputies Bruton, Richmond, Carroll MacNeill and McHugh. Deputy Carroll MacNeill is right when she says that it...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (7 Jul 2022)

Emer Higgins: 35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure measures that his Department has taken to reskill and retrain those who have been affected in their employment as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31031/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (7 Jul 2022)

Emer Higgins: 250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the provision and affordability measures that are in place to assist the purchase of creches and childcare facilities, which were deemed necessary in developments given the number of units and demand in a particular area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36894/22]