Results 2,801-2,820 of 3,425 for speaker:Emer Higgins

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (13 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the citizenship applications of front-line health care workers living in direct provision will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25209/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (11 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a property (details supplied) is still not included in the intervention area for the roll-out of fibre optic cables despite being told that the premises had been excluded from the AMBER area due to an anomaly and that this would be remedied on the high-speed broadband map. [24016/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 302. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if dancing and performing arts are now included in the guidelines for sports for the duration of Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24349/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: I thank the representatives of AILG and LAMA for being here today. I thank them for all of the work that went into their submissions and making sure that councillors are kept informed of everything that happens at a national level. I was a member of the South Dublin County Council for a decade so I am well aware of the amount of commitment and hard work that councillors need to do their job...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: Everyday, I am being contacted by constituents in their 30s and 40s in cohorts 4 and 7 who are coming up against roadblocks in the roll-out of the vaccination plan. They are attending GPs who are not administering vaccines, or who are not administering the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. This is proving hugely difficult for people, in particular people who are not under the care of a hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (6 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance if the staycation grant could be adapted to allow mobile home owners claim tax back on their annual fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23541/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (6 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 236. To ask the Minister for Health the position of his Department with regard to the use of selective and price comparison style price lists for tobacco products in retail stores; if his attention has been drawn to recent requests by HSE inspectors to remove these from display in stores; and if there is planned legislation to prevent the use of selective tobacco price lists which are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (5 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: Recently, €5 million in funding for a connected hubs fund was announced. This is a really welcome initiative for people who are looking to work flexibly or closer to home. The fund is, however, targeted at existing remote working hubs, which means that prime locations such as Rathcoole on the N7, or Lucan and Adamstown just off the N4, cannot apply. Will projects in these areas be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (5 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister of State for that reply. Remote working can really help us with our housing plans as well as it will give people the freedom to live outside of our urban town centres and big population areas. I will take this opportunity to commend the Government for the approval the Cabinet gave for the new Housing for All initiatives this week. We will have our first scheme for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (5 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of progress regarding the town centre first initiative; when this process is likely to conclude and be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22615/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (5 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: We need foreign investment in our housing markets but we need it to stimulate the supply of housing by funding the building of apartment blocks. We do not need what happened in Maynooth. That is the exact opposite of what young couples of my age who want to own their own homes need. That is why we need the Minister to limit the powers of these investment funds. They should not be allowed...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: Right now, pregnant women in maternity hospitals across the country are going through appointments, scans and the early stages of labour on their own. If one walks past any maternity hospital, one will witness tearful goodbyes as pregnant women, in one of the most nerve-racking experiences of their life, leave their partner and enter the hospital without the security or the comfort of having...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Members (5 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans to introduce maternity leave for councillors; the meetings that have been held to date to progress this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22614/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: House Sales (5 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to allow digital signatures to be used on all key property documents needed for housing transactions. [23164/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (5 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to extend the Luas to Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23089/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (5 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to redeploy unemployed Irish aviation staff into freight work such as the recent cargo flights to deliver medical supplies to India; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23167/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (5 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which climate change and climate science is currently being taught in the primary school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23277/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: 561. To ask the Minister for Health the reason those with chronic neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis are no longer part of cohort four for vaccination; and if he will consider including those with a number of underlying health conditions within the high risk and very high risk cohorts for vaccination. [22814/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Engagement with the Office of the Planning Regulator (4 May 2021)

Emer Higgins: I welcome Mr. Cussen for appearing before the committee for this important discussion. As he said in his opening remarks, this theme is very much linked to local democracy. Like many other members, I come from a local authority background having served as a county councillor for almost a decade. I represent Dublin Mid-West which stretches from Palmerstown and Lucan through to Clondalkin...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2021)

Emer Higgins: I welcome the Bill and applaud the ambition behind it. If the past year has taught us anything, it is that governments can take extraordinary action to tackle extraordinary issues. The Bill will, I hope, be a significant step towards tackling the climate crisis. It is, without doubt, the most ambitious climate action legislation this country has produced. Its provisions are nationally...