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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (30 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: It is agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (30 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: I do not think that dog grooming salons were categorised in the same way as hair salons were during the Covid-19 period. I remember you could get your dog’s hair done but not your own.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (29 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is considering extending the treatment benefit scheme to cover the cost of medical microblading for eyebrow replacement in those suffering hair loss due to illness, cancer treatment or alopecia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15738/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (29 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to introduce publicly funded IVF. [15880/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Rental Sector (28 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 230. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered increasing the rent-a-room tax-free threshold to encourage more homeowners to take up the scheme and to increase available rental supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15357/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (28 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the prohibitive effect that rising insurance premiums are having on person's looking to open indoor play facilities; if this is a matter that the Cabinet Committee Sub-Group on Insurance Reform is considering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14652/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the scheme announced under budget 2023 to install solar panels in schools; when this scheme will be open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15001/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Conservation (28 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider introducing a scheme to fund energy efficiency improvement projects in schools, such as the construction of weather porches to conserve heat; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15002/23]

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

Emer Higgins: 434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial implications for a person with a diagnosis of autism and in receipt of disability allowance who inherits a home from their parent and the recipient is not a home owner or owner of other property; if the social protection payment is in any way affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15358/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (28 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 509. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department can provide a list or database of private medical professionals who can carry out an assessment of needs the HSE approves of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14933/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (28 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 510. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a child who is on a waiting list for speech and language assessment cannot also be on a waiting list to be assessed for potential autism spectrum disorder diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14934/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Meetings (28 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: 589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a request from a group (details supplied) to engage with it in relation to the Firearms Expert Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15305/23]

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

Emer Higgins: 609. To ask the Minister for Health if a child who is assessed privately for a speech and language disorder can seek access to HSE supports based on the opinions of a private medical professional; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14931/23]

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

Emer Higgins: 610. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department can provide a list or database of private speech and language therapists that are approved by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14932/23]

Safe Staffing Levels in Hospitals: Statements (23 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: I am glad to contribute to this debate. As a Dublin Deputy, staffing levels in the hospitals in our capital are a massive concern to me and my constituents. This is because they are far from safe. I know of one hospital whose accident and emergency department has almost 50 nursing vacancies and where, when there should be 18 nurses working on any given day, there is often half that number....

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with European Ombudsman (23 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: I thank the European Ombudsman for being here with us. I apologise, as I missed her opening statement. I am on the governing authority of UCD and attended a meeting of that authority this morning. I have come straight here but I read Ms O'Reilly's statement in advance. I apologise in case I am overlapping with any of the other questions she has already covered off. On the European...

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with European Ombudsman (23 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: That is really interesting. It is great to hear that the matter it is being tackled. Ms O’Reilly is right. It is such a generational thing as well. People, including us, as public representatives, have to be conscious that they are receiving documents every day of the week by means which did not exist ten or 20 years ago. I thank Ms O’Reilly for all the work she and her...

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with European Ombudsman (23 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: Super. I thank Ms O’Reilly. That is really insightful. It is great that she is so willing to share tips with regard to what she has learned. All this committee wants to do, and I am sure this is true of everyone in every her office, is streamline process in order that we are putting the complainant at the heart of it and that he or she will get a sympathetic response and the facts...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: It is interesting. We receive many different petitions here and unfortunately, while we might agree with the sentiments behind a petition, it would often cost millions of euro to act upon them. This does not sound like it would require a money message - forgive the term. It sounds as though this might be really practicable and that we could look at it. I personally agree with the thrust...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

Emer Higgins: I wish to raise with the Taoiseach the waiting lists for children's disability services in community healthcare organisation, CHO, 7. Nationally, the Taoiseach will be aware of the huge waiting times for assessment, diagnosis and treatment for children. In my area of CHO 7, the problem is particularly acute. We have some of the longest waiting lists in the country. We have had the...