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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (21 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 1001. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on plans to provide new student accommodation for students at Dublin City University; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12544/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 1239. To ask the Minister for Health if maternity hospitals have a policy in place for dealing with expectant mothers who have previously experienced a late-stage pregnancy loss or still birth; if he will consider the introduction of a sticker system to alert health care staff when the medical file of a patient includes a history of late-stage pregnancy loss or still birth; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 1397. To ask the Minister for Health if he will revise the long-term illness scheme to cover persons diagnosed with Crohn's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13261/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (9 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline all the measures his Department and the Government have put in place to protect the business dealings of farmers, growers, fishers and food producers against unfair practices by buyers of their product [11796/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects Government to be in a position to appoint a agri-food independent regulator. [11797/23]

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

Emer Higgins: 134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that residents associations have the right to appeal planning decisions, and that successful appellants will have their fees covered, under the new Consolidated Planning and Development Act. [11845/23]

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

Emer Higgins: 207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the reform of electoral laws to prevent donations from non-citizens outside the State influencing elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10262/23]

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]

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: I am sharing time with Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan. I wish everybody in the Chamber a very happy International Women's Day. Today is a day to celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness of discrimination and drive gender parity. I pay tribute to my female colleagues in this Chamber and all the females who have gone before us. It is encouraging to see the number of women...

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]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: Mr. Heneghan outlined very concisely why names and addresses are an issue for residents' associations. My understanding is that this comes from situations in the past where groups were established purporting to be on behalf of the people when they are not necessarily on behalf of more than one or two people. That is probably what they are trying to establish through transparency. Is there...

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]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: I apologise for being late. I am also participating in a housing committee meeting at the same time and none of us have mastered the art of bilocation. I thank the witnesses. I read their statements beforehand, and found it interesting to listen to the dialogue around this. I thank each of the witnesses and their teams who work in challenging situations. From the testimony given, and...