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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (5 Apr 2022)

Emer Higgins: 233. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a forum for members of the public to make submissions to the primary medical certificate review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17416/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Apr 2022)

Emer Higgins: 472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the commencement date for phase two of a school development (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17818/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (5 Apr 2022)

Emer Higgins: From the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, we are joined by Mr. Declan Meally, director of business, public sector and transport and Ms Orla Coyle, programme manager, public sector and regulatory programmes. Unfortunately we have received apologies from Mr. Les Carberry from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications who cannot be with us today. Members have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (5 Apr 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank Mr. Meally for his comprehensive statement. There is not a member here from Fianna Fáil, so I will go to Sinn Féin first. I call Deputy Ó Broin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (5 Apr 2022)

Emer Higgins: Yes. Unfortunately, Mr. Carberry, who was due to be with us, firstly had some technical difficulties, then beyond that found out he had Covid, so he cannot be here with us today. Apologies were received from the Department. I understand that other staff in the Department were at a conference, so were unable to substitute for Mr. Carberry at short notice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (5 Apr 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank Mr. Meally for his opening statement and I thank Ms Coyle for her contribution. We have heard about a situation where the climate gets warmer so we need more comfortable homes and offices that are better for the environment. We have increased competition from a business perspective and improved security of energy supply. That is the Ireland in which I want to live. They have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (5 Apr 2022)

Emer Higgins: Is Mr. Meally familiar with the Tallaght district heating system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (5 Apr 2022)

Emer Higgins: How does Mr. Meally view the system?

Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I welcome the publication of the women’s health action plan. Its publication speaks to the tide change that is happening in the area of women’s health. It is something I very much support. Women’s health goes far beyond just family planning. I am glad to see this action plan recognising the many facets and areas of women’s health that need and deserve...

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Annual Report and Related Matters: Discussion (31 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank the ombudswoman for her statement. I hope that is the correct term.

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Annual Report and Related Matters: Discussion (31 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I do not know if the Ombudsman can get into this level of detail, but did somebody intercept their communication and put it into-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Annual Report and Related Matters: Discussion (31 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: Wow.

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Annual Report and Related Matters: Discussion (31 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank Ms McGovern for those remarks which are greatly appreciated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Independent and Adequate Standard of Living and Social Protection - Safeguarding: Discussion (31 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank all of the witnesses for their presentations. I have one overall question for them but will first outline what I have gleaned from today's proceedings. From what Sage Advocacy shared with us, it is clear there is international best practice. It is clear that without reinventing the wheel, we could take on some of what is being done in, for example, Toronto and Scotland. It is...

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Annual Report and Related Matters: Discussion (31 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: No, that is absolutely fine. I thank the ombudsman for her statement and for sharing her insights with us. One of my roles within Fine Gael is that I am the spokesperson on finance technology. That is because I worked in the area before I became a Deputy. I will focus my contribution and questions on cryptocurrencies. We all know about the prevalence of phishing scams, fraudulent phone...

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I welcome the more than 14,000 Ukrainian people who have already arrived into Ireland. A couple of weeks ago they could not possibly have imagined packing up their lives and moving to the far side of this Continent. I hope that their time here, whether long- or short-lived, brings them the safety and support they so badly need and deserve. Ukrainians arriving at Dublin Airport are being...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: No one who lives in Lucan, as I do, can sign up as a new patient with a GP; their books are full. However, as the census will show, it is a rapidly growing area, home to not one but two strategic development zones. Despite Sláintecare, people cannot access their medical first port of call, the GP in their community. A constituent has been waiting for four years to get on a GP's books....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (30 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 147. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in reducing smoking rates in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16907/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (30 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 148. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date to provide a primary care centre to serve the four district areas of Saggart, Rathcoole, Newcastle and Brittas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16908/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assist in providing transport to a child (details supplied) who has been assigned a place in a special educational school but cannot attend as the family does not have access to suitable transport. [16673/22]