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Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: I am pleased to be discussing this legislation and the changes that will come in as a result of budget 2023. Our social protection system, and our social welfare system before that, has always been instrumental when it comes to supporting and protecting people when they need help the most, whether through times of illness or unemployment or when people reach an older age or need maternity...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that a person would be ineligible for energy efficiency upgrades, such as attic and wall insulation, if they choose not to upgrade their heating system; the way in which his Department can include persons who use home heating oil in the retrofitting programme in order to help towards their household bills...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 240. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a two-tiered BIK system based on a person’s income, given the impact that the BIK changes introduced in Budget 2023 will have on workers during the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57640/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will examine the matter of decreasing insurance premiums for retired individuals no longer commuting to and from work by car; if this is a matter which the subgroup on insurance reform is considering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57954/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a potentially offensive contact name (details supplied) given to persons appealing a decision on their social protection payment; if this is a matter that she can change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57510/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to an issue (details supplied) being experienced by haulage drivers when they attempt to claim social welfare during periods of unemployment; if she will take steps to remedy the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57914/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the accommodation recognition payment for households accommodating Ukrainian refugees will be increased, given the current increase in the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57960/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 324 and 325 of 6 October 2022, if she will provide a wider breakdown of the locations from which scrambler bikes referenced were seized in 2021 and to date in 2022. [57964/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 580. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to the establishment of the national psychology placement office as recommended in the HSE psychology report of January 2021; when he expects the office to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57286/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 581. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy for the management of urgent cases within children’s disability network teams; if a CNDT can carry out a diagnostic assessment without instruction from the assessment of needs’ division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57288/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 702. To ask the Minister for Health if the support of a dietitian is available to persons living in Newcastle, County Dublin and Clondalkin, Dublin 22 who have recently been diagnosed as coeliacs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57970/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 703. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that first-year students from a school (details supplied) are being asked to travel to a HSE facility in Cherry Orchard to avail of the HPV vaccine which is normally administered in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57971/22]

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (17 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Danny Healy-Rae - to discuss the critical situation in Kerry about accommodation for a person with intellectual disability for residential care. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan - to discuss the recruitment crisis in An Garda...

Dublin City Safety Initiatives and Other Services: Statements (17 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: As a Dublin Deputy, I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate on safety in our capital city. Dublin is a brilliant city. It is a place I am proud to live and work in. It is a place to which people come from all over the world to visit and stay. Of course, we are not without our problems, and this is especially so when it comes to safety on our streets. Building stronger...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (17 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 10 November 2022, if she will confirm that Castlelyon Green, Newcastle is in the catchment area for schools (details supplied); and if so, if she will arrange for the catchment area maps to be updated and recirculated to all the local schools. [57050/22]

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: Hear, hear. I concur with that and thank everybody for making this meeting happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister of State for the update, particularly on the ADHD app for adults, which is a good development. I commend her on last week's opening of the National Forensic Mental Health Service in Portrane and the relocation of the Central Mental Hospital from Dundrum, which was a major achievement. The Minister of State has an important brief. It takes care of some of the most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Regulations: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister of State and his team for being here. In the past ten months, we have welcomed 47,000 Ukrainians and 17,000 refugees from other countries. We have never seen anything like that before in Ireland or Europe. It is the biggest movement of people since the Second World War. Of course, the catalyst this time has been the illegal invasion of Ukraine. I firmly believe that...