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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 964. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to current shortages in supply of hormone replacement therapy patches and gel for the treatment of severe menopause symptoms; if he is undertaking measures to improve access to these menopause supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14457/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 969. To ask the Minister for Health the way that he defined exposed healthcare settings in the context of the Covid €1000 bonus; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Tusla staff working in residential facilities, caring for teenagers, donned full PPE. [14491/22]

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

Emer Higgins: 1004. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to difficulties in accessing speech and language therapy and occupational therapy in CHO area 7; and the actions his Department is undertaking to improve resourcing of these therapies in CHO7. [14669/22]

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

Emer Higgins: 1005. To ask the Minister for Health if progress has been made in implementing a diagnostic centre to service CHO area 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14670/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank everyone for their presentations and insights. It is very encouraging to see the focus on cost rentals and unlocking vacant housing and getting them back into stock and supply. I have a non-funding-related question. Earlier, Mr. Jordan said he is involved in an advisory capacity in the shared equity scheme. I would be interested to hear his perspective on that. What does that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: It would be great to be kept in the loop as it evolves. I believe that will be a key lever in helping to improve affordability in the market.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the work that has been carried out to address gender-based issues and concerns within the Defence Forces. [13478/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in delivering new school accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13476/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of her Department’s work to provide adequate SNA support in primary schools; and the position in relation to the request for an exceptional review for additional SNA support by a school (details supplied). [13477/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payments that prevent a person under the means test threshold from receiving the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13626/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Enterprise Sector (10 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 413. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a company (details supplied) that is in receipt of funding under the social enterprise small capital grants scheme 2021 will receive its designated funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13636/22]

Financial Resolution: Excise (9 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: We have had a turbulent two years. Unprecedented times are simply precedented now, or daily life. We have gone from the global emergency of a pandemic to the global impacts of war on European soil. We have gone from record savings just a few months ago to rates of inflation that I have never seen in my lifetime. The impact of that on family budgets cannot be underestimated. It can be...

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I welcome this initiative to include hate speech and hate crime in the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union. I fully support Ireland's approval of the initiative to extend the list of EU crimes. In Ireland, hate crimes are on the rise. Hate crimes and related incidents increased by more than 80% in the first six months of 2021, according to Garda figures. On a positive note,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (9 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to transfer the land for a proposed amenity (details supplied) from her Department to the Department of Health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13528/22]

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I wish everybody in the Oireachtas a happy International Women's Day. I will use my time to highlight some of the areas in which we need to continue to make real progress for women. In recent years, we have delivered significant improvements in our country's approach to women's healthcare. The repeal of the eighth amendment, for example, was a momentous achievement for all of those who...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: I wish everybody in the House and working in the Houses of the Oireachtas a very happy International Women's Day. As we celebrate it, many of us are thinking of the women of Ukraine who are fleeing their home country because of a war of Russia's making. I fully support Ireland's commitment of 100,000 welcomes to 100,000 Ukrainians, but unfortunately, many of the women who will be coming...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review by her Department of the policy on reading classes and schools; and when these findings along with relevant recommendations will be published. [12426/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the work carried out by his Department to help with the cost of attending further and higher education. [12588/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the recent increase in the number of apprentices; and the number of apprenticeships being offered and being taken up by students. [12589/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Higgins: 705. 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 children's residential service staff of Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13044/22]