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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (9 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the measures his Department is taking to ensure that political parties’ electoral spending accounts are fully compliant, transparent and publicly accountable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10263/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (7 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the tax-free allowance for pensioners to bring it in line with the new allowance for workers. [11283/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (7 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the 41% exit tax charged on life-wrapped funds sold by life assurance companies and from exchange trade funds. [11282/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (2 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cycle paths his Department has identified to cut carbon emissions and ease traffic congestion in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9939/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (2 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether new battery storage projects are required to participate in and apply to the renewable electricity support scheme to ensure community participation in energy projects with a mandatory community benefit fund to be used for the wider economic, environmental, social and cultural well-being of the local community;...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (2 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request that Córas Iompair Éireann provide a detailed explanation, including all of the outstanding information sought by the statutory ‘1951 Scheme’ Committee of Trustees, in respect of the failure of the CIÉ board to act in a timely manner in relation to investment decisions from the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (2 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will compel Córas Iompair Éireann to provide answers to the questions posed by Elected Trustees in relation to Agreed Actuarial Protocols, as outlined in their Elected Trustee Bulletin, dated 20 February 2023. [10781/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (2 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a campaign asking that he not sign any amending statutory instrument changing the benefits of members of the CIÉ ‘1951 Scheme’ because the ‘1951’ Committee of Trustees’ independent actuary has confirmed that the ‘1951 Scheme’ now meets the Minimum...

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Protection (2 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 288. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline plans for a facility (details supplied). [10618/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (28 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: 102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on his latest announcement regarding a new low-cost State loan to retrofit homes; the expected uptake of this loan in the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9940/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (28 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties some motorists are having with securing fully comprehensive motor insurance because they have not been able to renew their NCT in time due to considerable delays with the NCT appointment service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9921/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Repatriation Costs (28 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: 312. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the campaign to repatriate the remains of a historical figure (details supplied) from Belgium to Ireland; if his Department will be assisting with the repatriation effort given the heritage significance of the person's final resting place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9514/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (28 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: 333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered allowing new teachers with practical experience in subjects relevant to that which they teach (details supplied), to start out on a higher pay scale based on their prior non-teaching experience; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9468/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: 416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person applying for home caring in the context of State pension (contributory) must have a date of birth after 11 September 1946, even when they have paid in excess of 520 paid contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10012/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (28 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: 600. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a change in the model of care for a hospital (details supplied) from a walk-in urgent care clinic for children to an appointment-only service; the feasibility of changing this clinic back to a walk-in service to better meet parent’s and children’s emergency needs; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: 598. To ask the Minister for Health if he will follow up with the HSE to request that a reply is issued in relation to a representation made to it (details supplied). [9801/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (21 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: 165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his Department’s progress in delivering a low-cost loan guarantee scheme to encourage homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades under the national retrofitting and home energy upgrade programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8416/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the delays professional public service drivers are experiencing in terms of getting out on the road due to the time lag between applying for a test and the test date, combined with the average time it takes to process a CPC card after a driver successfully completes the test. [8304/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will authorise the issuing of a temporary 31-day CPC card to drivers who successfully complete their professional driving test in order to get newly qualified bus drivers out on the road serving local communities quicker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8305/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (21 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered amending the student teacher Gaeltacht grant to provide full State funding of mandatory Gaeltacht placement for all student teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8819/23]