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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Chairman. I confirm I am in a very cold Leinster House today. I will perhaps follow on from some of what Senator Cummins mentioned. I totally agree with what he said about the cleaning up of our register of electors. It is critical it is done in a sensitive as well as an efficient way. With my background coming from private sector employment, it frustrates me no end that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: I thank all our guests for being here with us. Today's presentations are encouraging. The figures are not where we want them to be but are encouraging nonetheless. It is really good to see that the preventive scheme is working, that homeless HAP is being used as a successful intervention for families and that the eviction moratorium the Government introduced during level 5 is working. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: It does indeed. I thank the witnesses for their responses.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: 3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if special exemptions were given to supermarkets that also sell homeware to allow for click and collect during level 5 given that this seems to be the case in a particular store. [4583/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: 9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if click and reserve which then facilitates collection from shops is allowed in level 5. [4744/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: 82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the introduction of a new form of tenure in cost rental (details supplied). [4592/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the locations in which the 400 cost rental homes will be built; and his plans for future developments in the years thereafter. [4593/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: 84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the eligibility criteria for the cost rental scheme; and the income thresholds for single applicants and couples. [4594/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: 85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the cost rental homes will be new dwellings or if existing dwellings will be repurposed and used for these developments. [4595/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: 86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role that local authorities will play in the provision of cost rental homes; and the agency which will have oversight for the provision of cost rental homes. [4596/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: 87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the other jurisdictions with cost rental accommodation which have been examined in drawing up legislation. [4597/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: 88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding from his Department that will be allocated to the roll-out of cost rental affordable accommodation. [4598/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: 261. To ask the Minister for Health when clarification will be provided to the medically vulnerable as to the category they will be included in under the vaccine roll-out programme. [4745/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vaccination Programme (27 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: 693. To ask the Minister for Health the position of veterinarian staff under the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3710/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (27 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: 768. To ask the Minister for Health the reason, further to correspondence from this Deputy over the past three weeks, he has not met or engaged with academics who have a proposal that could reduce Covid-19 ICU admissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3976/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: 796. To ask the Minister for Health if supports are available to access PPE by persons who are caring for an elderly person or a person with a disability in their home who has contracted Covid-19 in order to protect the carer. [4113/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vaccination Programme (27 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: 865. To ask the Minister for Health the vaccination categories that paramedics, ambulance staff and fire brigade staff come under. [4426/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Treatment (Abstractions) Bill 2020 and Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: I will go next, if that is okay. I thank everybody who worked on this legislation. It is an exciting piece of reforming legislation which has the potential to transform electoral registration and empower more people to become active participants in democracy. People in Dublin had the opportunity to trial voter.ieand it has been a huge success and has proven to be user-friendly. Students'...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance if community centres can avail of the Covid restrictions support scheme initiative. [3136/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Jan 2021)

Emer Higgins: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide certainty to leaving certificate students regarding the way their results will be determined in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3142/21]