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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (25 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 470. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on foster carers who give up work to care for children being eligible to avail of the full State pension (contributory); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19093/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (25 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 471. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine additional payments for foster carers in order to recruit more foster carers into the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19094/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (25 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 472. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown on the number of payments foster carers are currently entitled to; what those payments were in monetary value from 2009 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19095/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (18 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the detention of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who has been held in Vakilabad prison in Mashhad, Iran since 3 October 2022; if he is engaging to assist in their release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16404/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (18 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered introducing age-related grants for solar panels for houses of elderly people in a bid to combat both fuel poverty and climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17352/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Litter Pollution (18 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on how innovation and digitalisation is being used to tackle littering; if microchipping a percentage of disposable coffee cups is being considered as a way of identifying litterers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17353/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (18 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 487. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the availability of fragrance-free options for detergents and cleaning products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17354/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what measures are in place to assist teachers in the south Clondalkin area to support high-risk students given the waiting lists for CAMHS are so long; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16846/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 665. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when DEIS bands will next be reviewed. [16839/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the use of Eircodes as a method of assigning DEIS status to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16840/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a holistic view of special education needs within her Department ensuring that the building unit team and the NCSE liaise with one another; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16843/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (18 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many additional post-primary SEN places will be available in the Clondalkin area from September 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16844/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (18 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 742. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022 – 2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16787/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (18 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 888. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to conduct a review of the implementation of the hot school meals programme to ensure it is receiving optimum uptake from students and schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16841/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Recognition (18 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 923. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how a person under 18 years of age who has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria by a clinical psychologist can acquire a gender recognition certificate. [17547/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 1244. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with the HSE to investigate whether providing group speech and language therapy while children await therapy sessions would be possible to ensure that more children get access to speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17318/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 1245. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered allowing children to access therapies in a neighbouring CHO, if that CHO has capacity to offer additional services and their own CHO does not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17319/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 1332. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to improve the resourcing of genetic services in Ireland for the detection and treatment of rare diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16081/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 1364. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to transition the current Covid-19 vaccine roll-out programme from being administered at vaccine centres to being solely administered through pharmacies and GPs in order to best utilise the healthcare budget and staffing resources being used to run current vaccination centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16405/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Emer Higgins: 1370. To ask the Minister for Health what progress is being made with regards to reinstating public health nurse check-ups for infants and children in Newcastle, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16431/23]