Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Parking Provision

Emer Higgins

109. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education 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]

School Meals Programme

Emer Higgins

140. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider adding the provision of lunch to coeliac children through the school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44368/23]

Constitutional Amendments

Emer Higgins

191. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the referendum to replace the article of the Constitution that refers to women’s “duties in the home” in November. [44374/23]

Legislative Programme

Emer Higgins

192. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the status of the Irish Corporate Governance (Gender Balance) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44375/23]

General Practitioner Services

Emer Higgins

227. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with the Revenue Commissioners to ensure GMS income declaration can continue to be paid through partnerships, as changing this practice could lead to financial uncertainties, disrupt GP services and contradict Sláinte Care's preferred partnership model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44373/23]

General Practitioner Services

Emer Higgins

564. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE no longer helps people find a GP who accepts medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44040/23]

Rail Network

Emer Higgins

54. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport for an update on plans to increase capacity on train lines serving Clondalkin, Hazelhatch and Adamstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43039/23]

Public Transport

Emer Higgins

61. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the implementation of a full W6 route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43038/23]

School Accommodation

Emer Higgins

121. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the exceptionally poor conditions of the prefabs being used to teach children at a school (details supplied); if she will urgently intervene to provide adequate accommodation for this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43037/23]

Defence Forces

Emer Higgins

75. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of previous and active missions that the Army Ranger Wing has been involved in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42607/23]

Departmental Strategies

Emer Higgins

90. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his Department’s defence strategy and protocol for the undersea cables regarding the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42606/23]

Departmental Funding

Emer Higgins

622. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health for a progress report on the spending of the €110,000 which was allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a diabetes register (details supplied); if he will request the HSE to immediately begin recruiting for this new post; if he can confirm if unused funding from budget 2023 will carry over to 2024, while providing a timeline as to when the HSE recruitment freeze will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42398/23]

Departmental Funding

Emer Higgins

623. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health for a progress report on the spending of the funding which was allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a national paediatric diabetes audit in conjunction with NOCA, following the publication of a detailed feasibility study (details supplied); if he will request the HSE to immediately begin recruiting for these new posts; if he can confirm if unused funding from budget 2023 will carry over to 2024, while providing a timeline as to when the HSE recruitment freeze will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42399/23]

Bus Services

Emer Higgins

161. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider establishing a rural link service between Maynooth/Celbridge in County Kildare and Newcastle, County Dublin, to serve the community of Newcastle, as they await the establishment of an orbital route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41919/23]

Bus Services

Emer Higgins

162. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the establishment of the W6 orbital bus route which is currently operating in two sections, as the W61 and W62; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41920/23]

State Properties

Emer Higgins

229. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 785 of 20 September 2023, to confirm that occupancy is based on employment at the location. [41957/23]

Primary Care Centres

Emer Higgins

259. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health when the primary care centre in Clondalkin will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41896/23]

Health Services Staff

Emer Higgins

260. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health to confirm the number of occupational therapists based in Rowlagh health centre, Clondalkin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41897/23]

Heritage Sites

Emer Higgins

71. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the issue of public access from the N4 to Castletown House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41847/23]

Heritage Sites

Emer Higgins

72. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will consider a CPO over the roadway that provides access from the N4 to Castletown House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41848/23]

Departmental Programmes

Emer Higgins

61. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to clarify how a rural, sparsely populated area within an illegible electoral division, adjacent to an already-eligible electoral division, can apply to be covered by the next Leader Programme. [41375/23]

Control of Dogs

Emer Higgins

65. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department would consider banning dangerous dog breeds, such as the American Bully XL; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41374/23]

Road Safety

Emer Higgins

148. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport his views on the operation of the average speed safety camera system which has been in operation on the M7 in Tipperary for almost 18 months in terms of road safety policy; if it is envisaged that this system will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41509/23]

Coast Guard Service

Emer Higgins

149. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that the new provider for the search-and-rescue helicopter service in Ireland will retain the existing crews, along with their existing terms and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41510/23]

Housing Schemes

Emer Higgins

328. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a circular to local authorities in relation to the administration of housing adaptation grants, given that different local authorities are administering the scheme to different grant caps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40987/23]

Housing Schemes

Emer Higgins

329. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that some local authorities do not cover tiling in relation to the construction of downstairs bathrooms, adaptation of bathrooms, is not covered by the housing adaptation grants scheme and that this actually means a price increase for the end user who requires their home adapted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40988/23]

Housing Schemes

Emer Higgins

330. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that Revenue is now requiring applicants of the housing adaptation grants scheme to furnish medical evidence and a full break down of costs; if he can clarify whether there has been a change to the system, whereby grant allocations were based on net costs given that the applicant could reclaim VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40989/23]

Housing Schemes

Emer Higgins

331. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify whether both South Dublin County Council and Dublin City County Council are applying the clawback the same way for previously purchased homes under the affordable housing scheme part V. [40992/23]

Legislative Reviews

Emer Higgins

397. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice when the review of the Multi-Unit Developments, MUD, Act 2011 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40984/23]

Disability Services

Emer Higgins

484. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to increase funding to disability services in CH07 in order to provide badly needed residential care places to adults with complex needs, who currently have been recommended for such care but cannot be accommodated due to a lack of funding; and if he will do so in the case of a person (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41295/23]

Health Services

Emer Higgins

506. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the progress that has been made by his Department since the formation of the Government to develop and fully efficient and modern eHealth and ICT infrastructure. [40969/23]

Healthcare Policy

Emer Higgins

507. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the progress that has been made by his Department since the formation of the Government to promote women's health. [40970/23]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Emer Higgins

604. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures and policies his Department has in place to promote gender balance in apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40971/23]

Third Level Fees

Emer Higgins

605. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether he has contemplated exploring alternative measures to the one-time €1,000 tuition fee reduction that was introduced in 2022; and if, in the event that he decides to proceed with the €1,000 fee reduction, he is considering directing these funds solely toward recipients of the full SUSI grant, who would derive the greatest benefit from such a measure. [40972/23]

Foreign Birth Registration

Emer Higgins

33. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of an application to the foreign birth register (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40595/23]

Foreign Birth Registration

Emer Higgins

34. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of an application to the foreign birth register (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40596/23]

Schools Building Projects

Emer Higgins

296. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the development of a new primary school for Adamstown, Lucan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39965/23]

School Accommodation

Emer Higgins

297. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education the status of the progress and timelines for delivery of a new school accommodation for post-primary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39966/23]

School Accommodation

Emer Higgins

298. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education the status of progress and the timelines for the delivery of new school accommodation for schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39967/23]

State Properties

Emer Higgins

785. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the policy in relation to occupancy of States assets at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40415/23]

Mental Health Services

Emer Higgins

933. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will work with the HSE to provide urgent access to CAMHS for a person (details supplied) who cannot be discharged from the CHI nephrology ward until support is secured. [39884/23]

Planning Issues

Emer Higgins

821. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider drafting a statutory scheme to provide a remedy for householders who are adversely impacted by vegetation from public and private lands, including the obstruction of natural sunlight (details supplied); and to advance a proposed scheme, to be managed by local authorities, in order to provide for certain rights and responsibilities, with the resolution of disputes, enforcement, and appeals in a cost-effective and efficient process that provides for the health and safety of householders including the common law applicability. [37325/23]

Climate Action Plan

Emer Higgins

1614. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health how he will ensure the HSE delivers on its commitment in line with Climate Action Plan 2023 and legally binding commitments under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Acts 2015-2021. [37691/23]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Emer Higgins

1747. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health to extend audiology services to all adults on a needs basis. [38349/23]

Childcare Services

Emer Higgins

995. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what steps are being taken to ensure that early learning and childcare funding is invested into smaller independent childcare operators as well as larger childcare chains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35954/23]

Childcare Services

Emer Higgins

996. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to naíonra preschools that are having to recruit staff from outside Ireland and as a result are unable to offer their service through Irish; and the steps he will be taking to support the naíonra format; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35955/23]

Rail Network

Emer Higgins

74. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport to examine the possibility of increasing weekend services on the Adamstown train line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34556/23]

Bus Services

Emer Higgins

75. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport to provide a report on the NTA's demand need assessment along the 68 and 69 bus routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34557/23]

Public Transport

Emer Higgins

76. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on proposals to increase public transport capacity along the C-spine in Lucan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34558/23]

Schools Building Projects

Emer Higgins

108. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education the status of the progress and timelines for delivery of a new school accommodation for post-primary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34433/23]