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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...

National Marine Planning Framework: Motion (29 Apr 2021)

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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Apr 2021)

Emer Higgins: It is encouraging that we are preparing to ease restrictions. We are only able to do that because of the success of the vaccination roll-out plan and the sacrifices made by people up and down the country. Young people in particular have made significant sacrifices and lost out on many rites of passage. That is why it is so important that driving lessons are considered in the context of...

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Emer Higgins: I extend my congratulations to the Minister, Deputy McEntee, her husband, Paul, and their extended family on the arrival of their new baby boy. Covid-19 has had an enormous impact on the mental health of the nation. In a year filled with so much isolation, how could our mental health not be affected? In a year of restricted funerals, how could there not be a tailback of grief? The Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Community Employment Schemes (29 Apr 2021)

Emer Higgins: 3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if financial supports or incentives are available to employees who temporarily employ a person through the community employment scheme and then wish to employ that person on a part-time basis during or after their placement. [22454/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Apr 2021)

Emer Higgins: 124. To ask the Minister for Health if antigen testing is being considered as a means for allowing pregnant women to be accompanied by a partner in hospital for the entirety of their labour and birth. [22443/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Apr 2021)

Emer Higgins: 125. To ask the Minister for Health the location where healthcare workers who are returning from maternity leave and who have not yet been vaccinated such as a person (details supplied) will receive their vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22444/21]