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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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (22 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 223. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make lidocaine patches available on the medical card to patients with cancer in need of pain relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17580/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 45. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to place further restrictions on tourists travelling here from regions with a high incidence of Covid-19. [17191/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (21 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a refundable deposit scheme for purchases of plastic bottles to encourage recycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16737/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (21 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons whose driver licences expire face a long delay in obtaining replacements and are unable to drive until they receive them; his plans to extend the automatic extension of driver licences to persons whose licences expire after 30 June 2020 until the backlog is cleared; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Issues (21 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 247. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason persons living on houseboats are being evicted from the Grand Canal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16759/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (21 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on setting up a register of capabilities in which companies operating here could record details of the type of industry they are in, the research and development and production facilities they have and the experience, skills and qualifications their technical persons have in order to enable a university or researcher to tap into...