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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the exclusion of glass bottles in the recently announced deposit return scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60562/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if extenuating priority consideration can be given to applicants for the one stop shop full grant house BER improvement scheme in cases in which a person is terminally ill and requires their home to be made warmer and more comfortable for health reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60588/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 260. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 29 November 2022, if he will provide a sectoral breakdown as between pharmaceutical, financial services, aircraft leasing, migration-work permits, interstate adoptions, miscellaneous notarial certs and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60664/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures are in place to assist people who feel their pension was devalued by mismanagement through wind up, (details supplied). [60584/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider adapting the living-alone allowance criteria to allow a person to rent a room in their home to an international healthcare worker who has come to Ireland to work, without this impacting on their living alone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60608/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 392. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that are in place to support mothers of children under three years of age who cannot find childcare before they return to work after maternity leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60193/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank the witnesses for attending. I apologise, as I got the opening statements but had to duck out for another meeting after being in attendance online. I thank the witnesses for sharing their expertise. This is an important topic, first and foremost because it is about the safety of people's homes. Second, the taxpayer has had to step in to compensate people as a result of the issues...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: Will Mr. Ó Coigligh explain how market surveillance is carried out and what it achieves from the end user's perspective? Is there a register that people can check to see the results of the market surveillance? How does that information get out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: The office has the market surveillance in place, and we have stronger legislation. Nobody has failed the production standard. We should not see a slip in that because the regulations are in place, the audits are happening, the annual checks are taking place and, up to this point, the culture has changed. Is that a fair statement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: Moving to the corrective actions taken so far, what have the reasons for and trends behind them been?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: What of the annual checks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: Yes, okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: That is 95 clients.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: I just want to follow up on the questions relating to the Donegal quarries. We are at a bit of a disadvantage here because the report was only published earlier today. It runs to 61 pages and includes quite hefty appendices. All I have had time to study in depth is what has been published on www.gov.ie. It clearly states that following receipt of a notification from the NSAI of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: So the audit was not of all quarries in County Donegal, which is what is stated on the Department's website-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: That should be clarified in the documentation that is in the public domain. I thank our guests for that information.

Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: I love my job because being a Deputy can have an impact. I am particularly excited to talk about legislation that will have a serious impact. Put simply, the Bill will allow for councillors in local government to take maternity leave for the very first time but the added benefit of it is that it will encourage more women into politics. I am a member of the Joint Committee on Housing,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2022)

Emer Higgins: 29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of affordable housing under Housing For All in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59369/22]