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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Emer Higgins: I have five questions and I thank the Minister for the very comprehensive overview. I have a question on the homelessness task force, although it may not be strictly relevant to the Estimates. How will the metrics for that be set and how will progress be reported to this committee? There is the €600 million fund for the rates waivers being given to local authorities. How quickly...

Roadmap for Living with Covid-19: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Emer Higgins: Irish people are defined by their music, arts and culture. We thrive on this identity not only domestically but right across the globe. The arts, however, have been decimated by this pandemic and we must rebuild them. We can start small by allowing dance classes to return. We know that dancing bolsters physical and mental health. It improves posture and flexibility. It lifts our mood...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (1 Oct 2020)

Emer Higgins: 197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if taxable income as verified by the Revenue Commissioners' tax returns is used as the basis for calculations for pandemic unemployment payments; and if allowances such as car depreciation allowances are not being used to decrease income verified by the Revenue Commissioners. [27784/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (1 Oct 2020)

Emer Higgins: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the support available to students of families who would qualify for SUSI grants if it were not for the residency condition. [27777/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (30 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the evidence that demonstrates the impact of road safety advertisements; if the evidence shows that hard-hitting messages are more effective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27442/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status and timeline for the construction of the new permanent build for a college (details supplied). [27591/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 216. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 812 of 22 September 2020, if other countries such as Denmark are using an app to record the number of close contacts a user has daily; if consideration will be given to changing the app used here in order that the keys that are shared between phones are randomised once a day in the middle of the night to preserve the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Covid-19 advertisements do not feature hard-hitting messages on the impact of the virus similar to road safety and anti-smoking advertisements; his plans to target hard-hitting ads towards young persons highlighting the potential long-term health consequences to them if they contract Covid-19 and the impact if they infect older members of their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (30 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the evidence that demonstrates the impact of anti-smoker advertisements; if the evidence shows that hard-hitting messages are more effective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27441/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (29 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will facilitate the provision of pensions for community employment supervisors as per the recommendations of the 2008 Labour Court ruling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26539/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (29 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 800. To ask the Minister for Health the status of guidelines for maternity and prenatal care in Dublin hospitals within Level 3 restrictions; his views on the need to support women and their partners through their care [26434/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (29 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 831. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow mothers to be accompanied by their partners in maternity wards and during prenatal care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26573/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 799. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 tracker application will be updated such that when a person is identified as a close contact and takes the necessary action, his or her close contact notification expires in order that he or she is able to receive future notifications. [26433/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Paediatric Services (29 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 834. To ask the Minister for Health when a diabetic nurse in the paediatric ward of the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath will be appointed (details supplied). [26596/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 835. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the extended waiting list for patients awaiting appointments for ear, nose and throat procedures. [26597/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (29 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 932. To ask the Minister for Health when early intervention services for children with Downs syndrome will resume (details supplied). [27023/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (29 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 1014. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review and reform the systems in place for regulation of labelling on geographic indication, GI, spirit products. [26598/20]

Health (Amendment) (Professional Home Care) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: I am delighted to have the opportunity to second this ambitious Bill. For too long there has been an absence of regulations for professional home care. That cannot continue. Great trust is placed on home care workers. They have access to older people's homes and spend large amounts of time unsupervised with them. It is a credit to the professionalism of the home care industry that...

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (23 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: There is a real problem in my constituency. Many children in Lucan are having great difficulty getting to school. Social distancing rules have reduced capacity on our local Dublin buses and our school transport buses. What are the many small bus operators who run just one bus service a day supposed to do? It is just not financially viable for them to operate at half capacity. This...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (23 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the adult and child charter in the Education Act 1998 will be enacted; and the number of persons with a qualified primary degree in child welfare are employed within her Department. [25706/20]