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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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (29 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allow Irish students who have been accepted to begin studying medicine in Ukraine in the next academic year beginning September 2022 to instead commence their studies in an Irish institution until it is safe to travel to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15863/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 634. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 bonus payment for healthcare workers in a clinical environment throughout the pandemic will be extended to Covid-19 community swabbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15854/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank all the witnesses for coming. From the County and City Management Association, CCMA, we are joined by Mr. Frank Curran, chair of the housing, building and land use committee, Mr. Eddie Taaffe, programme co-ordinator of the Local Government Management Agency, LGMA, housing delivery co-ordination office, and Ms Margaret Geraghty, assistant programme co-ordinator at the same office....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I invite Mr. O'Connor to make his opening statement on behalf of the Housing Alliance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Chairman. I thank all our guests and their teams, not just for attending and talking us through this but for all the work they do to deliver homes and get people into them, which we all support. My number one concern in this area, which previous speakers also raised, is the delivery of targets and the ability to hit them. When the targets for Housing for All were set last...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (24 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department provides electric vehicle charging points for spaces owned by management companies; the number of electric vehicle charging points that are owned by management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15660/22]