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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 577. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to attract GPs to growing suburban areas such as Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61861/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of a new primary school for Adamstown, Lucan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62495/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank the witnesses for attending. I apologise, as I got the opening statements but had to duck out for another meeting after being in attendance online. I thank the witnesses for sharing their expertise. This is an important topic, first and foremost because it is about the safety of people's homes. Second, the taxpayer has had to step in to compensate people as a result of the issues...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: Will Mr. Ó Coigligh explain how market surveillance is carried out and what it achieves from the end user's perspective? Is there a register that people can check to see the results of the market surveillance? How does that information get out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: The office has the market surveillance in place, and we have stronger legislation. Nobody has failed the production standard. We should not see a slip in that because the regulations are in place, the audits are happening, the annual checks are taking place and, up to this point, the culture has changed. Is that a fair statement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: Moving to the corrective actions taken so far, what have the reasons for and trends behind them been?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: What of the annual checks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: Yes, okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: That is 95 clients.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: I just want to follow up on the questions relating to the Donegal quarries. We are at a bit of a disadvantage here because the report was only published earlier today. It runs to 61 pages and includes quite hefty appendices. All I have had time to study in depth is what has been published on www.gov.ie. It clearly states that following receipt of a notification from the NSAI of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: So the audit was not of all quarries in County Donegal, which is what is stated on the Department's website-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: That should be clarified in the documentation that is in the public domain. I thank our guests for that information.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (15 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that his Department is taking to tackle the issue of illegal dumping; if CCTV is being used to combat this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60628/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the way he expects Ireland’s cybersecurity infrastructure to change in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57487/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Archives (15 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 8 September 2020, if his officials can provide an update on this search; if the search has been completed; if so, the items found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62913/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (15 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 213. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are regulations in place to ensure that smaller and local media organisations are included in advertising campaigns run by Government Departments and publicly funded bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62889/22]

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (17 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: I do indeed. I thank the Ceann Comhairle. In 2020 as the Covid crisis first hit our shores, the Tánaiste led our country through the most difficult months. He showed what a fine Taoiseach he was through his focus on the well-being of our citizens, his clear plan to deal with the crisis and, above all, his commitment to forming a Government to lead. Tomorrow people across the world...