Results 161-180 of 1,319 for speaker:Emer Higgins in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (29 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 932. To ask the Minister for Health when early intervention services for children with Downs syndrome will resume (details supplied). [27023/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (29 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 1014. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review and reform the systems in place for regulation of labelling on geographic indication, GI, spirit products. [26598/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (30 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the evidence that demonstrates the impact of road safety advertisements; if the evidence shows that hard-hitting messages are more effective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27442/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status and timeline for the construction of the new permanent build for a college (details supplied). [27591/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 216. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 812 of 22 September 2020, if other countries such as Denmark are using an app to record the number of close contacts a user has daily; if consideration will be given to changing the app used here in order that the keys that are shared between phones are randomised once a day in the middle of the night to preserve the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Covid-19 advertisements do not feature hard-hitting messages on the impact of the virus similar to road safety and anti-smoking advertisements; his plans to target hard-hitting ads towards young persons highlighting the potential long-term health consequences to them if they contract Covid-19 and the impact if they infect older members of their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (30 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the evidence that demonstrates the impact of anti-smoker advertisements; if the evidence shows that hard-hitting messages are more effective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27441/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (1 Oct 2020)

Emer Higgins: 197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if taxable income as verified by the Revenue Commissioners' tax returns is used as the basis for calculations for pandemic unemployment payments; and if allowances such as car depreciation allowances are not being used to decrease income verified by the Revenue Commissioners. [27784/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (1 Oct 2020)

Emer Higgins: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the support available to students of families who would qualify for SUSI grants if it were not for the residency condition. [27777/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (6 Oct 2020)

Emer Higgins: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on tests for driver licences in view of circumstances in which persons have been given an appointment for February 2021 but require a licence to be able to take up employment now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28782/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (6 Oct 2020)

Emer Higgins: 275. To ask the Minister for Finance the support that will be made available to persons on the pandemic unemployment payment or employment wage subsidy scheme that receive notification from their bank that they have now withdrawn their mortgage holiday; his plans to discuss the issue with the major banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28634/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Deaths (6 Oct 2020)

Emer Higgins: 491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legislation that outlines the time frame in which deaths must be reported; the current time frame; her plans to shorten same in view of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28309/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Management Companies (6 Oct 2020)

Emer Higgins: 590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a management company is obliged to invite all owners that pay service charges to the AGM of the management company under the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011. [28703/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (6 Oct 2020)

Emer Higgins: 663. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade the Covid-19 testing system here by using a new test (details supplied) that only takes 15 minutes to provide results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28307/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Products Regulatory Authority (6 Oct 2020)

Emer Higgins: 664. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a study conducted on levels of vitamin D (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28308/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Oct 2020)

Emer Higgins: 20. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the measures being taken to help businesses that have no income to alleviate the pressures of commercial rents that have remained the same. [28966/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gender Balance (7 Oct 2020)

Emer Higgins: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of female head teachers; the number of female teachers who applied for the position of head teacher in 2019; the number of male head teachers in all girls secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28956/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (13 Oct 2020)

Emer Higgins: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status and timeline of plans for the delivery of the Luas to Lucan, County Dublin. [30185/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (13 Oct 2020)

Emer Higgins: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to address the increasingly high cost of motor insurance, in particular for young drivers and drivers of vehicles such as caddies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29899/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Oct 2020)

Emer Higgins: 134. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason dance has been excluded from new guidelines issued by the arts unit in her Department on the activities allowed children’s arts and culture under level three restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30168/20]