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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Emer Higgins: I call Deputy Lahart.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Emer Higgins: The Deputy has come to the end of his time so-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Emer Higgins: I apologise

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank Mr. McLoughlin and the teams for all they are doing in Citywest because it is incredible work. We have about three minutes if Senator Cummins would like to take the last slot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Emer Higgins: That is great. I would like to thank each of our witnesses for their participation in a really constructive meeting. I wish to convey on behalf of this committee our thanks to all of their staff and teams in both Fingal County Council and South Dublin County Councils and indeed to our own team in our Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. This meeting is adjourned...

Creeslough, County Donegal: Statements (8 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: I offer my sincere condolences to the people of Creeslough, the community at the centre of this tragedy, and to the family and friends of Shauna Flanagan Garwe and her dad, Robert Garwe, Catherine O'Donnell and her son, James Monaghan, Leona Harper, Jessica Gallagher, Martin McGill, Hugh Kelly, James O'Flaherty and Martina Martin - sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, nieces, nephews, aunts and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Emer Higgins: Okay, super. And what is the position in Fingal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Emer Higgins: He cannot do so now as it is Senator Boyhan's time.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reviews (8 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 251. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on his Department's retail banking review; the outstanding work to be completed in respect of this; the timeline for when it will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54277/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (8 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 267. To ask the Minister for Finance if a 50% discount on VRT for new cars for taxi-driving would increase the number of taxis. [54565/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (8 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 268. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the regulations concerning VRT for taxi vehicles; and the way in which these rules integrate with EU laws. [54566/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if gambling awareness workshops have been rolled-out in secondary schools in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54275/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (8 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the future educational needs of children in Newcastle, County Dublin, will be catered for; if a post-primary school could be accommodated on Department-owned land next to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54888/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of approved funding for capital works that has been made available to a school (details supplied) over the past five years; if she will provide an update on the need for a new school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55136/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (8 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 794. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the childcare subsidy announced in budget 2023 is applied as a reduction on the hourly rate as opposed to a monthly deduction, given many providers charge a fixed daily rate regardless of the length of time a child is in childcare for, and that parents paying the daily rate who do not avail of a full...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (8 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 874. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that should be taken by a person living in Ireland under international protection refugee status who wishes to bring their parent to Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55146/22]

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

Emer Higgins: 1163. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the timeline for administering the Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment to healthcare professionals working in private sector nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55168/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mortality Rates (8 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 1239. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to address Ireland's excess mortality rate of 16.8% as of August 2022; if his attention has been drawn to the actions that are being taken by the EU countries that recorded excess mortality rates below 5.5% in August 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55580/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Schools Building Projects (9 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a building for a school (details supplied). [55666/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Schools Building Projects (9 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on tendering for the long-awaited extension of a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55667/22]