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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: I thank our guests for being with us today. We, as a committee, have a tough task and we benefit from the expertise that is shared with us. It is especially helpful for us to learn from international experience. They say that hindsight is 20:20 vision and we get to benefit from our guests' hindsight as we decide whether to recommend legislation in this area. I thank Dr. Crowe for her...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (23 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: 231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on the situation confronting gardaí enlisted post-1995 who are required to retire at age 60 years but are ineligible for their full pension until 66 years of age; what measures are in place to bridge this pension gap, which compels numerous retired Garda members to depend on social welfare; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (23 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reassess a school's application (details supplied) for a weather porch at their front door, given a senior architect from the buildings unit recently confirmed that the lack of weather porch and heavy front doors is an issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2933/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (23 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: I concur with Senator Cummins. It is disappointing that the meeting is not going ahead. This was an opportunity for the Peter McVerry Trust to put its perspective on the record of the Dáil. I appreciate there are two ongoing investigations and nobody at this committee would want in any way to interfere or prejudice those investigations. At the end of the day, however, this is an...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: We all watch in absolute horror as the horrific scenes from Gaza get more and more devastating. More than 23,000 people in Gaza have been killed since the Hamas attack, 70% of whom were women and children. Yesterday, I convened a meeting with my Fine Gael colleagues and Sadaka – The Ireland Palestine Alliance. That group's biggest concern right now is Gaza's newest deadly threat,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: There is a supplementary question from Deputy Mairéad Farrell.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: There is another supplementary question from Deputy Gould.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: The Minister without interruption, please.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister. That is very helpful.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: We have a slight alteration to the schedule. There was a request to swap Questions Nos. 82 and 79 and I have agreed to that, so we will now move to Question No. 82 in the name of Deputy Colm Burke.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: 224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of women who have been affected by the change from the old 'W' PPS to a new PPS format; and the steps her Department has taken to ensure these women, particularly older adults, are notified and assisted during this transition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2156/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: 314. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that are being taken to ensure public awareness and accessibility of vitamin D supplements in accordance with new recommendations issued by the Department of Health, regarding the extended use of vitamin D supplements by children and adults throughout the winter season up to St. Patrick’s Day; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: I thank the CCMA and the HSE for being here with us today. It is very important to have our local authorities and our health services here because they are the key enablers of people with disabilities to become part of a fully inclusive society. That is what we are here to talk about today and I thank them and all of their teams for all they do. My own local authority team suffered quite a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: Is that for CHO 6?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: Peamount Healthcare is a facility in my constituency which I know very well and does incredible work in rehabilitating people and providing long-term nursing care and support. I know resources are always an issue in any of these facilities but is there an opportunity for support to be provided in the interim in an outpatient perspective for people in that situation, if expertise is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: Yes, for example.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: Thank you.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: 78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for a breakdown of the property upgrades completed through the warmer homes scheme over the course of 2023, by local authority area. [56824/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: 342. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details of the amount of money claimed by the agricultural sector in VAT 58 reclaims annually for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1051/24]