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Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: I am glad to contribute to this debate today. I thank the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, for making his officials available for briefings on this Bill to the Oireachtas committee, and for engaging with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage to address all our questions, our concerns and our ideas. I understand the concerns about the limits on debate time and the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: Post-primary schools in Dublin Mid-West are bursting at the seams. Secondary schools in Lucan, Clondalkin, Rathcoole and Citywest are all operating waiting lists. That means school administration teams are under pressure. It means parents are stressed out and that we are creating anxiety for children. Research carried out independently in Clondalkin suggests there could be a shortfall...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of a new primary school for Adamstown, Lucan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62495/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Insurance Industry (13 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 101. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the action plan on insurance reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61855/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (13 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to backdate the pension payments of those who were retired during the banking collapse of 2007 and 2008 and who had their pension cut due to austerity measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61678/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial supports that are available in the interim to an individual who is awaiting the result of a post-mortem following their husband’s death and who cannot claim their husband’s life insurance policy to cover funeral expenses and so on until the full death certificate is issued (details supplied); and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Death Certificates (13 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that can be taken to speed up the issuing of a full death certificate in cases in which months have elapsed and the interim death certificate will not suffice in order to process insurance claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61940/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Bodies (13 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 539. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a request for engagement with a group (details supplied) in light of ongoing negotiations on the World Health Organization's pandemic treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61692/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 577. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to attract GPs to growing suburban areas such as Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61861/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank all of the witnesses for their presentations and for engaging with the committee. I also thank them and their teams for everything they do daily to help us in the housing emergency. I have questions and comments which I have framed around a few themes, including stock and the funding propositions the witnesses have spoken about. I also have a few general process questions which may...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: I ask that all of the witnesses comment on accessibility, percentages and current vacancy levels. I also ask that any of the witnesses whose organisations have CALF units to comment on those.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: SLI workers are currently assigned for six months. Is that long enough? Does Ms Randall feel that it would create longer tenancies and get people more settled and in situ for longer if it was longer on a case-by-case basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: What is the position with regard to vacant stock and differential rent?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: What about vacant stock?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: Perhaps Ms Randall could circulate them afterwards?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: What is the benchmark trending at?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: I am sure someone must have it if it is a KPI