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Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: I thank Ms Mullins and Mr. Torpey for being here with us today and for sharing their experience. I welcome all our visitors. It is really important for us, as a committee, to understand the impact on local communities, staff and patients when decisions like these are taken. I thank the witnesses for coming in here to articulate that. They have articulated it very well. It is also...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: Was that just earlier during Covid in person, or have there been no meetings at all?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and the Optional Protocol (Resumed): Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (19 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: I apologise. I was next door at the Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage and I missed the Minister's opening remarks. I thank him for being here and giving us the update on 2022. I recognise the considerable body of work that was involved in the legislative programme for last year, not just when it comes to the matters pertaining to this committee, but all of the work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and the Optional Protocol (Resumed): Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (19 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: It is encouraging that the Minister referred to recruitment and retention, because we all know and we all feel it from our constituents. We all know the massive impact the lack of resources is having on children's lives and those of their parents, brothers and sisters. That improving the relationship between the HSE and parents is one of the Minister's key priorities has to be massively...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister of State for being with us to take us through this and also for representing Ireland at COP15 in Montreal. It is really important he was there. As it happened, he was only there briefly due to domestic matters but it was an important sign and signal of Ireland's support for everything that is happening on a biodiversity level. On the protocol itself, Article 5.2 and...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: It is very good to hear what those next stages are going to be and what that implementation programme will look like. I am aware that the committee has quite a heavy agenda, but this is a very important issue. Could we ask the Minister of State and his officials to come before us on a twice-yearly basis in order to provide updates on the implementation programme, on how things are going...

Climate Action Plan 2023: Statements (18 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: I am delighted that on the first sitting day of the Dáil in 2023 climate is the top of the agenda. This is where it needs to be. It is not just climate but climate action. Our action plan for this year is critical. There is no doubt that solving the climate crisis is a priority for Irish people. Unfortunately, while awareness and the will to make change is growing, so too are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (18 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: 124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a person who is in receipt of an invalidity pension, but is not in receipt of a fuel allowance, can also qualify for the warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1736/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (18 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to increase the number of RSA driving test centres located in south Dublin, given that currently there are only two test centres located in south Dublin which is leading to significant delays for those waiting for a driving test appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1494/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Irregularities (18 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: 323. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that are in place to assist persons who feel that their pension was devalued by mismanagement through a company wind-up but who cannot be assisted by the ombudsman given that the pension scheme in question no longer exists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1014/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (18 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: 372. To ask the Minister for Finance the current position in regard to the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; if new members have been appointed; if so, the date from which they were appointed; and if he will outline their terms and conditions of engagement. [2110/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (18 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: 373. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appeals that have been heard to date by the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; the total number of appeals that are on hand waiting to be heard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2111/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (18 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: 374. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal basis for the secretary and secretariat of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal, in the absence of a DDMBA Chair and Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2112/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (18 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: 371. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 17 February 2022, if the tax exemption limit for persons aged 65 years and over will be reviewed, given the Exchequer surplus in 2022 which may make it possible to increase the tax exemption limit while remaining within the fiscal parameters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2082/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: 670. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the absence of school bus supports available to pupils living in Newcastle, County Dublin, and attending the nearest feeder school (details supplied); the reason for the lack of school bus supports for these students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63322/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: 690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63480/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: 778. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on an application by a school (details supplied) for a permanent building to replace the existing prefabs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1762/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: 1189. To ask the Minister for Health the State investment that was given toward the construction of a facility (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63314/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (18 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: 1190. To ask the Minister for Health the State investment that was given toward the renovation of a specialist intellectual disability service at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63315/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (18 Jan 2023)

Emer Higgins: 1391. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress in delivering the primary care centre in Lucan; the services that may be provided there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1087/23]