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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: There is a willingness.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: Under the St. Andrews Agreement recommendation, a board is to be installed for Waterways Ireland.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: Supporting the people of Palestine is something I am really passionate about. Last week I organised a meeting for the Fine Gael parliamentarians with Sadaka, the Ireland Palestine Alliance, to discuss what is the absolute horror that is happening in Gaza. I brought this and Ireland's participation in the South African International Court of Justice, ICJ, case up on the floor of the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: The Department of Education has spent over €10 million in six years posting payslips. This figure does not even account for printing. Optional digital payslips were introduced last year but there has not been a really high take-up, and that is because it is on an opt-in rather than an opt-out basis. Posting payslips is totally out of touch with society and out of kilter with how...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (24 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the existing capacity of second level schools in the Newcastle-Rathcoole school planning area to meet the demand for actual number of additional first year places required for 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 school years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3179/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (24 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the campaign by parents in Newcastle, County Dublin for the establishment of a school in their village; when the New Schools Establishment Group will next revisit the provision of an additional secondary school in the Newcastle-Rathcoole school planning area, specifically in Newcastle village; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (24 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: 220. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the closure of the endoscopy unit in Connolly Hospital and the postponement of the BowelScreen Programme; if his Department plans to mitigate the growing waiting lists as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3327/24]

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: I start by thanking the Tánaiste, his team and his officials for putting this motion together and giving us the opportunity to have a cross-party debate. Sadly, we are in a much darker place than we were when last we were here condemning what is happening in Gaza. No matter what side of the House we sit on, we are watching horror unfold before our eyes. This is true not just of all...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: Ireland did so.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: Hear, hear.

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.