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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bioeconomy Sector (8 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: 62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department has been working to increase awareness and take-up of opportunities in the bioeconomy sector including within the EU Bioeconomy Strategy (details supplied). [41484/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of extra personal vacation days which are allowed for a teacher to take at the present time with the provision of a substitute teacher to cover the leave if the five days normally allowed have been reduced; and if there are plans to restore this number of days. [41869/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (8 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: 448. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Blue Skies initiative will be rolled out to the high growth area of Saggart, Rathcoole, Newcastle County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41304/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: 607. To ask the Minister for Health if guidance will be provided to the HSE to safely facilitate both expectant parents to attend scans and ultrasounds in maternity hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41334/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: I have two questions. One concerns the balance of rights between the landlord and the tenant. The second concerns the public consultation issue, which we have been discussing for the last while. If the landlord and the tenant are both experiencing hardship, who loses out? How is that determined? Mr. Lemass gave an explanation when Senator John Cummins asked whether a tenancy is protected...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: I refer to a situation where both have valid cases. Who loses and who wins?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: To go back to the tenants and landlords, if, for example, a landlord has been on the EWSS for two or three weeeks throughout that long period because perhaps they are self-employed, does that stack up against a tenant being on the PUP for the whole duration? How are we deciding which of those cases wins out?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: Participants in sports such as gymnastics, basketball and karate are getting back to training in sports and community halls throughout the country. They need that outlet to keep physically healthy and active and for mental health as a coping mechanism to help them deal with this strange world we live in now. They also need it as a social outlet, even if it means reconnecting with people...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister for her reply. This is the third time I have raised the issue of dancing in the Chamber, and she is the first Minister to take on board what I and the dancing community have said. It is exciting to hear her give us this clarification today. It is a promise to rectify the anomaly and to treat equally children who dance and children who do sport. The Minister's actions...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Unemployment (3 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: 12. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to combat youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39723/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Unemployment (3 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: Can the Minister imagine being told this time last year that she would have to wear a face mask when walking down Grafton Street? The changes we have seen, including in our economy, have been unbelievable. This time last year, our unemployment rate was at just 5%, meaning that 95% of people were working. Today, the number on the PUP is three and a half times that unemployment rate, with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Unemployment (3 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: Those are stark statistics. Almost half of under-25s are now unemployed, and when students are removed from that, we are still talking about one in three Irish people under the age of 25 being unemployed. That is absolutely startling. The Minister has today outlined a comprehensive response to that in terms of incentivising employment opportunities, apprenticeships and third level and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (3 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: 18. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39722/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: 366. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to roll out the Sligo scheme in terms of cataract treatment to other areas of the country; the financial benefits which would apply if this scheme was rolled out; if waiting lists would be reduced; the timescale for such a roll out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40971/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees (2 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: 95. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will make the necessary funding available for the implementation of the Workplace Relations Commission's agreement of August 2019 between a union (details supplied) and city and county childcare committees. [40590/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (1 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason no driver theory test appointments are available to be booked in the next ten months (details supplied). [39871/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (1 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: 387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will increase the number of language units, given that there has been no resource increase since 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39757/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (1 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: 479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the provision of pensions for community employment supervisors will be facilitated as per the recommendations of the 2008 Labour Court ruling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26410/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (1 Dec 2020)

Emer Higgins: 526. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the ECCE programme 2020 will not run to coincide with the local school calendar (details supplied). [39622/20]