Results 1-20 of 28 for cork speaker:Emer Higgins

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Emer Higgins: ...their efforts. I have four questions that I would like each local authority to answer and then I will have specific comments and questions relating to their presentations. I will go first to Cork City Council and then to Galway City Council. What is the current social housing waiting list in Cork City Council?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Local Authorities (30 Apr 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...,985.98 357,380.00 477,365.98 Cavan 130,896.00 318,158.00 449,054.00 Clare 90,675.00 290,695.00 381,370.00 Cork City 303,822.64 266,051.00 569,873.64 Cork South 690,869.62 151,468.00 842,337.62 ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Emer Higgins: Fantastic. I thank the witnesses. As regards Cork, I love the ambition behind the statement that targets are a minimum. That is a massive statement to make in a committee room such as this. I thank the council for that. Is 691 properties its target for 2022 , or is that what it expects to achieve?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (18 Apr 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...the development, implementation and oversight of nine Regional Enterprise Plans (REPs). The South-West REP is implemented at a regional level by a Steering Committee made up of stakeholders from Cork and Kerry. Patricia Quane is Chair of the South-West REP Steering Committee and is supported by a Programme Manager based in Cork County Council. The South-West Steering Committee last met...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Analysis of the Issues Paper (12 May 2022)

Emer Higgins: ...on what is an exceptionally important topic. I say a special thank you to Professor Conor O’Mahony, the special rapporteur on child protection from the School of Law in University College Cork for joining with us and for sharing his own legal expertise with the committee.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (14 May 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...Total Submissions Carlow County Council (101) 948 Cavan County Council (102) 1116 Clare County Council (103) 1834 Cork City Council (104) 3789 Cork County Council (105) 4722 Donegal County Council (107) 2288 Dublin City Council (108) ...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (17 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: .... Deputy Bernard J. Durkan - to discuss the ongoing mistreatment of mothers engaged in custody issues. Deputies Denise Mitchell, Dessie Ellis and Joan Collins - to discuss Spring Lane halting site in Cork and the lack of improvements since the report of the Ombudsman for Children and a visit by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community. Deputy Pat...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Emer Higgins: Unlike Cork, unfortunately, it is not a target as a minimum. The officials spoke about limited vacant homes in the city. GeoDirectory, probably combining Galway City Council and Galway County Council figures, found that Galway was quite well above the average when it came to vacancies and the vacancy rate. The North and Western Regional Assembly found similar. What is Galway City...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: ...the number of deaths recorded in the HRB’s national drug-related deaths index in which nitrous oxide was implicated; if two recent deaths in Tallaght, County Dublin and in Millstreet, County Cork which the media have reported as being as a result of nitrous oxide abuse will be recorded in the HRB’s national drug-related deaths index; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (9 May 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...Council (101) 1504 941 Cavan County Council (102) 2385 1115 Clare County Council (103) 3474 1828 Cork City Council (104) 9333 3737 Cork County Council (105) 6404 4721 Meath County Council (106) 3801 2315 ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (2 May 2024)

Emer Higgins: ... 55.32% Cavan County Council (102) 2385 1010 42.35% Clare County Council (103) 3474 1643 47.29% Cork City Council (104) 9333 3482 37.31% Cork County Council (105) 6404 4274 66.74% Meath County Council (106) ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (25 Apr 2024)

Emer Higgins: ... 613 40.76% Cavan County Council (102) 2385 634 26.58% Clare County Council (103) 3474 1113 32.04% Cork City Council (104) 9333 2786 29.85% Cork County Council (105) 6404 3238 50.56% Meath County Council (106) ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Emer Higgins: Brilliant. That is encouraging. Also encouraging is the information that has been provided on dereliction in Cork and the 22 sites in respect of which compulsory purchase orders, CPOs, were issued, with 619 already delivered and 200 more in the pipeline. I would be interested to hear if they had any best practice that they could share with other local authorities that are struggling in this...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...408 25.84% Cavan County Council (102) 2063 325 15.75% Clare County Council (103) 3115 838 26.90% Cork City Council (104) 9074 2118 23.34% Cork County Council (105) 12094 2304 19.05% Meath County Council (106) ...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: ...housing. It also means supporting people who want to purchase privately like first-time buyers or those who want to downsize. The Minister clearly outlined that in areas like Dublin and Cork where affordable is most needed, it will be prioritised and delivered. He indicated that sites in these areas will have up to 80% or 90% affordable and 10% social housing. That is good and where we...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (2 May 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...3,500 3,815 3,916 Cavan 6,506 6,534 6,942 Clare 4,286 5,266 5,184 Cork 24,962 25,585 25,769 Donegal 4,209 4,308 3,479 Dublin 66,704 70,785 74,681 ...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (9 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...the need to discuss the out-of-hours service in the midlands and north west; and (12) Deputy David Stanton - the need to discuss the urgent need to upgrade the N25 between Carrigtwohill and Midleton, County Cork. The matters raised by Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh, David Stanton, Bernard J. Durkan and Chris Andrews and have been selected for discussion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Future of the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...and I am curious to find out a little bit more about that and whether that would have potential when it comes to the likes of flood mitigation. I am conscious that homes in Wexford and are Cork currently under water after Storms Babet and Ciarán in the last number of weeks and those coastal areas are often worst affected. My main question relates to the actual organisation but if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Emer Higgins: ...estates as quickly as possible. Water is a key service when it comes to that. I have had a situation in my constituency, and have seen and know of similar situations in Dublin South-West and Cork, where estates have been built but there have been delays in getting people into homes, or people went into homes but did not get water, because the connections were not happening when they...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on a Ban on Herbicides in Public Areas: Discussion (12 May 2022)

Emer Higgins: ...awareness as to what the rules are currently and what is safe and unsafe and legal and illegal. Mr. Walsh's second recommendation was in terms of all local authorities following the path of Cork City Council. Each local authority has its own jurisdiction when it comes to these things. However, if we were to look at that blanket synergy, if you like, we would probably need a directive...