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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Online Safety (24 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that online safety and awareness is currently incorporated into the school curriculum at primary and post-primary school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57484/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Online Safety (24 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: I ask the Minister the way in which online safety and awareness is currently incorporated into the primary and post primary curriculum, please.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Online Safety (24 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister for that update. We all acknowledge that we are living in a very different world now from the one we were in ten or even 15 years ago. Children nowadays have so many more pressures on them and much of that is as a result of the online developments. Online gaming and social media are now an everyday part of many teenagers, if not most teenagers, lives. While that has...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Online Safety (24 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: It is fantastic to see that the responsible and ethical use of technology is very much at the core of this because that is what we want young people to do, which is to behave responsibly online towards their peers and, above all else, to stay safe. I am aware that the Minister mentioned Webwise in her initial contribution and I have had many dealings with them. They are one of many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister of State for the update, particularly on the ADHD app for adults, which is a good development. I commend her on last week's opening of the National Forensic Mental Health Service in Portrane and the relocation of the Central Mental Hospital from Dundrum, which was a major achievement. The Minister of State has an important brief. It takes care of some of the most...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (24 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the current level of interest in starting a career in the Defence Forces in comparison to previous years, particularly among women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57486/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the availability of ASD specific school places at primary school level in the Dublin mid-west area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57485/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (24 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that some principals who act as secretary to the Board of Management in their school receive the allowance for principals who act as secretary to the Board of Management, while other principals in this position receive the larger secretary Board of Management allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58638/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Covid-19 capitation grant to provide for enhanced cleaning services and the purchase of necessary cleaning supplies in schools will be continued going forward to allow schools to maintain the current level of cleanliness achieved with assistance from this grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58639/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (24 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 347. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will re-examine the electoral divisions in the Clondalkin electoral area which are included in the Leader programme, in preparation for the new programme commencing in January 2023, in order to ensure that the full catchment of the rural areas of Baldonnel and Newcastle are included in the programme, with particular...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that a person would be ineligible for energy efficiency upgrades, such as attic and wall insulation, if they choose not to upgrade their heating system; the way in which his Department can include persons who use home heating oil in the retrofitting programme in order to help towards their household bills...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 240. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a two-tiered BIK system based on a person’s income, given the impact that the BIK changes introduced in Budget 2023 will have on workers during the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57640/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will examine the matter of decreasing insurance premiums for retired individuals no longer commuting to and from work by car; if this is a matter which the subgroup on insurance reform is considering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57954/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a potentially offensive contact name (details supplied) given to persons appealing a decision on their social protection payment; if this is a matter that she can change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57510/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to an issue (details supplied) being experienced by haulage drivers when they attempt to claim social welfare during periods of unemployment; if she will take steps to remedy the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57914/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the accommodation recognition payment for households accommodating Ukrainian refugees will be increased, given the current increase in the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57960/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 324 and 325 of 6 October 2022, if she will provide a wider breakdown of the locations from which scrambler bikes referenced were seized in 2021 and to date in 2022. [57964/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 580. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to the establishment of the national psychology placement office as recommended in the HSE psychology report of January 2021; when he expects the office to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57286/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 581. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy for the management of urgent cases within children’s disability network teams; if a CNDT can carry out a diagnostic assessment without instruction from the assessment of needs’ division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57288/22]