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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: Where is that target of 219 outlined? I am looking at the table on the top of page 2 of the presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: Will Galway City Council hit its own target of 341?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: According to the table on page 2, in 2023, the target Galway City Council is setting itself is 341. This is the table at the start of page 2 of the statement Galway City Council has supplied to us today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: That is the Department's target. Where is 219 coming from then?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: But that is 341.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: Okay. Is Galway County Council to deliver 265 - the figure above it for 2022 - this year then?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: Okay. How is Galway County Council exceeding next year's target based on this year's homes running into next year, because the table does not show that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: I do not know who provides the table. It is what Galway County Council provided to us on page 2.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: This was issued to Galway County Council by the Department. Therefore, 341 is the target there for 2023.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: Is that issued to Galway County Council by the Department or is it set within the local authority?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: Where does the figure 219 come from? Is that set for Galway County Council by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: Therefore, Galway County Council will not meet the target it set for itself of 265. What was the target the Department set for the council?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: Is it correct that the 265 that Galway County Council will not meet are baked into the 341 for next year already and the homes have rolled on into next year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: I suppose that will skew the council's targets next year. It will only perhaps meet them, rather than exceed them, by whatever figure they gave me earlier.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: I thank the Chairman. I would appreciate that.
- Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: If I might, I will start by saying that I am a Fine Gael Deputy and I know that my party and all the Government parties are safe and welcoming spaces for us all to vocalise our own views. We all have the opportunity to do so in this Chamber as well. I believe all our colleagues do this. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate today. This Bill contains many...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: I raise with the Tánaiste the unreliability of Go-Ahead bus services. Since BusConnects in Lucan, we have new local routes, but they are not reliable. In Lucan, we have the L51 and L52 routes, as well as the 175 route from Citywest to UCD. These are Go-Ahead routes, and all problem routes. When these buses do not arrive, that has consequences. People are left stranded and stuck. I...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (13 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: This question asks for an update on the engagement the Minister has had with childcare providers in Dublin regarding core funding and if he will make a statement on the matter.
- Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: I welcome our distinguished guests. I thank the Minister for his response. The core funding scheme, Together for Better, which, as the Minister stated, started last month, is a significant move in the right direction. I believe it is the first important step in revolutionising the childcare sector and how we treat and value childcare providers. I am really pleased to hear that...
- Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)
Emer Higgins: I welcome that we are able to increase capacity. The baby rooms and the toddler rooms, as the Minister says, are where the new need is arising and coming on stream. We have an under supply of childcare in many areas within my constituency. Newcastle is a prime example of that where many parents are not able to get their children into childcare providers and, therefore, cannot go back to...