Results 3,281-3,300 of 3,425 for speaker:Emer Higgins

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when details will be provided on the way in which the process of appealing leaving certificate grades will work; the estimated cost involved; when appeals will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18386/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will be extended to qualified self-employed professional tourist guides until March 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18381/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 775 of 14 July 2020, if a directive has been issued to her Department in relation to the processing of applications for the pandemic unemployment payment for sole traders over 66 years of age and in receipt of a contributory or non-contributory State pensions and still working; if not,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 779. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests for supplying nitrous oxide for human consumption in each year from 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18431/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 796. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of nitrous oxide seized by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18609/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 797. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which gardaí distinguish between legal uses of nitrous oxide and illegal use under the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 or other relevant legislation or statutory instrument; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18611/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 981. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department plans to have completed gathering evidence on the abuse of nitrous oxide by young persons; the plans he has to create a strategy to tackle this issue on completion of gathering this evidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18402/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 999. To ask the Minister for Health when data from the HSE and Trinity College Dublin on drug trends in summer 2019 at music festivals will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18606/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 1000. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths recorded in the HRB’s national drug-related deaths index in which nitrous oxide was implicated; if two recent deaths in Tallaght, County Dublin and in Millstreet, County Cork which the media have reported as being as a result of nitrous oxide abuse will be recorded in the HRB’s national drug-related deaths index; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 1001. To ask the Minister for Health if guidance issued to retailers on the sale of nitrous oxide without breaching the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18608/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 1002. To ask the Minister for Health if a report from the HSE and Trinity College Dublin on drug trends in summer 2019 at music festivals due to be published shortly records use of nitrous oxide; if so, the proportion of attendees at music festivals in 2019 who used nitrous oxide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18619/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 984. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of nitrous oxide abuse recorded by the national poisons information centre in each year since 2015 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18432/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 1014. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 738 of 21 July 2020, the details on the number of users who have chosen to register their location in these areas when signing up for the application, in view of the fact the application requests users to provide their location when they register and that the locations in the question are included in the drop-down list...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (23 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister for his reply. Unfortunately many people of my age and indeed many of my friends cannot afford to buy their own homes despite having good jobs. If the average worker cannot afford to buy a home then we are failing them. Today a person on the average industrial wage for a full-time worker can borrow just €175,000. That is not much use to a person who may want to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (23 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister. This is a significant issue for me and is one of the reasons I am here today. It is a massive issue for my generation. I want to work hand-in-hand with the Minister to deliver affordable homes for people across Lucan, Clondalkin and right across this country.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (23 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: We all know how badly needed social and affordable housing is. No one should be living in homeless hubs or caught in a never-ending rental trap. However, it is extremely difficult for people who are paying high rents to also save for mortgage deposits. Covid-19 will exacerbate this problem for many people, couples and families. When will the criteria for affordable purchase and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Medical Research and Training (22 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will allow medical students to undertake one-month summer placements in hospitals in 2020. [17539/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Medical Research and Training (22 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to allow medical students to undertake one-month summer placements in hospitals in 2020. [17540/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (22 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to tackle animal cruelty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17469/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (22 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 199. To ask the Minister for Health his plan to help persons with Alzheimer's disease; his further plans to increase resources and staff to help those affected; when daycare centres to help persons with dementia will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17468/20]