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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (18 Apr 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...regional enterprise ecosystem. A Mid-Term Progress Report was published recently on my department’s website which provides updates on implementation across each strategic objective. IDA Ireland is committed to the pursuit of balanced, compact regional development and is targeting half of all investments from 2021-2024 to regional locations. As part of its current strategy,...

Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: I welcome the Research and Innovation Bill and what it represents for the future of Ireland, and I commend the Minister, Deputy Harris, for introducing it. Ireland has always been a land of research, of innovation and of scholars. This Bill is about bringing those values to the fore. Taighde Éireann will be an amalgamation of the Irish Research Council and Science Foundation Ireland...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...are watching horror unfold before our eyes. This is true not just of all of us in this Chamber but of all of us across the nation and the globe. Many of us feel helpless and want to shout "Stop". Ireland has done this. We were one of the first countries to call for a ceasefire. The cold and brutal reality, though, is that others are benefiting from the horror happening in Gaza. The...

Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...will. The people of Palestine have lived under occupation for decades upon decades. I visited Palestine and I have seen that myself in areas like Hebron, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Ramallah and Kulandia. I have seen how Israeli soldiers treat people there in their own land. However, nothing, and I mean nothing, excuses the attacks Hamas carried out on innocent civilians at a music...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...restored through a €1.5 million investment but it is not being reopened. Obviously it would cost an awful lot more than that to ensure it is safe to be reopened to pedestrians. There are also land ownership issues at play. Paul from the Rebuild the Silver Bridge campaign and Joe from the Liffey Valley Park Alliance spoke at the meeting while Senator Currie gave a very good...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Parking Provision (11 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a school (details supplied) in securing the neighbouring plot of land for the purposes of parking and other activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44369/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...were the issues within their own organisations, which we also need to look at. From a Construction Industry Federation perspective we know there are developers and speculators who are sitting on land and sitting on planning permissions. We know that we have situations, and we certainly have had very high-profile situations in the past, where we have not been able to occupy whole new...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (24 May 2023)

Emer Higgins: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to noise pollution being generated by flights landing and departing from Dublin Airport from 5 a.m. onwards, in contravention of the DAA commitment to ensuring there are no departures before 9 a.m.; and if he will intervene to resolve the noise pollution which is impacting residents along the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...getting a feel for what is happening in the planning world. I encourage other councillors to do that. What I hear today is that this measure in the medium term is likely to dampen development land prices but in the short term it could create inflation. That is a concern. If that is a real concern, my main question is what we can do to insulate ourselves and the market from that. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...from what Mr. Jones's colleague said earlier. He is right that the fiscal rules should come into play. The most important factor behind this move is that we want to release development zoned land to produce housing in the middle of a housing crisis. It is great to hear Mr. Jones play down the concern and explain why it should not in any way be a reason not to move forward on something...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...and apologise for missing the first half of the meeting as I had a prior engagement. The Leas-Cathaoirleach's question dealt with what I was going to ask. In particular, it is in regard to the land value sharing elements for what was rural land when it is still being farmed. In short, is that an exemption?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Emer Higgins: In situations where the local authority members may make the decision on the basis of guidance from the local authority that that piece of land is currently being farmed and is currently zoned RU, or rural, it would make sense if we included it in a local area plan, LAP, and, therefore, would make sense if we included it in a development plan. Where the owner or the farmer is not requesting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Emer Higgins: When decisions are being made about zoning, the Department is not dealing with specific sites usually but a large sale of land. It is coming at it from the bird's eye perspective of the land being capable of being serviced and that it could go ahead rather than from the planning perspective, and examining everything from sight lines to how close it is to the other, and all of those issues....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...builds. I am wondering about the money behind these. Figures from the Department are showing that, in some cases, it is costing up to 50% more to build a three-bedroom house on a council's own land. What implications is that having for the budget? What figures are currently baked into the budget? Does the budget need to be revised to make sure those targets are hit? It seems a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...based on the preliminary Central Statistics Office, CSO, data and the real-time lived experience of the delivery of homes? That would be helpful. I was disappointed by CIF's statement on zoned lands and the need for an assumption of permission on zoned land prior to applications being made. That simplifies a complex situation. All of us who have worked on development plans deal know...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: I will start with two questions for CIF and Wind Energy Ireland that they have had much time to think about because I raised them in my first contribution. I ask about the zoned land and the simplification of that. I ask Wind Energy Ireland about the design envelope flexibility and how we bake repowering back into this legislation to make it work. I was interested to hear Ms....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: This was the question around zoned land and how there should be a presumption that all zoned land should be getting planning permissions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: I apologise for cutting across. They are saying a huge tranche of land should be looked at in the context of being there for future residential development. In my contribution earlier, I said that does not take account of the likes of, for example, protected structures or ecological factors. It is not site specific and does not look at whether that site is serviced from ESB and water...

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

Emer Higgins: ...lists while also providing an opportunity to accelerate affordable and cost-rental delivery, which we need to do. If we are allowing for accelerated housing delivery on certain local authority and State-owned lands, and if this is to be driven by local authorities, then we will need to look at the tenure mix on these lands to cater for everybody.