124. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if antigen testing is being considered as a means for allowing pregnant women to be accompanied by a partner in hospital for the entirety of their labour and birth. [22443/21]
3. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if financial supports or incentives are available to employees who temporarily employ a person through the community employment scheme and then wish to employ that person on a part-time basis during or after their placement. [22454/21]
997. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the status of the plans for a service (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21710/21]
996. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the status of the plans for a primary care centre in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21709/21]
995. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the status of the plans for a primary care centre in Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21708/21]
924. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the status of his plans to regulate rogue crisis pregnancy agencies that seek to delay and misinform those seeking information on abortion services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21408/21]
905. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he plans to introduce measures to ensure care for women who initiate legal abortions in Ireland but whose abortion fails beyond the 12-week timeline and must travel abroad to receive an abortion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21357/21]
646. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the support and incentives available to part-time employees currently receiving the pandemic unemployment payment who are transitioning back into the workforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21444/21]
98. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if consideration is being given to allowing theatres to open at reduced capacity in summer 2021; and the level of virus suppression that would be necessary to facilitate the reopening of the sector. [21966/21]
68. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if Gaeltacht summer colleges and other youth summer camps will be permitted to go ahead in summer 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21965/21]
157. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health when the sections of the Health Identifiers Act 2014 which have not been commenced will commence; the current impediments stopping the progress of the sections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20999/21]
18. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport the status of the development and provision of funding of the Hazelhatch greenway; if additional funding will be made available for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20923/21]
2432. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider adapting change of ownership laws in relation to equine purchasing in order that the onus is on the seller to change ownership and not the purchaser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18112/21]
2431. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to enforce the issuing of equine identifications given the critical situation in relation to horse neglect and cruelty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18111/21]
2321. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if a person returning to Ireland from one of the designated mandatory hotel quarantine countries who was receiving essential medical treatment abroad and will require immediate follow-up medical treatment in Ireland upon returning will have to undergo mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20584/21]
2080. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will issue a directive requesting the HSE to ensure that patients from a general optician practice (details supplied) receive their overdue vaccines as soon as possible. [19767/21]
1934. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the details of the way in which alternative therapies used to treat speech and language difficulties such as music and equine therapies are certified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19341/21]
1869. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if there are training schemes available to general practitioners regarding the care of transgender patients especially following gender confirmation surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19183/21]
1515. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the way in which high risk persons such as those with a BMI over 40 who are under general practitioner care and do not have a hospital team will be contacted for their Covid-19 vaccination. [18118/21]
1144. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress that is being made to give non-binary persons legal recognition on legal documents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19159/21]
915. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education her plans to give incremental credit to teachers returning to Ireland who have previously worked as post-primary teachers in private schools outside of the EU in order to encourage more teachers to return to work in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18167/21]
688. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost rental targets in each of the years 2021 to 2025, inclusive. [18477/21]
650. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if outdoor drama practice for children can recommence in line with the proposed reopening of outdoor training for under 18s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19828/21]
647. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the level of talent-spotting engagement that takes place between RTÉ and the Arts Council regarding, for example, actors, screenwriters, comedy writers or playwrights. [19790/21]
646. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the initiatives in place to scout for local talent in the arts space. [19787/21]
544. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be provided for pensions for community employment scheme supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18359/21]
403. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport the status of the legislation for e-scooter regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19806/21]
360. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider allowing SEAI electric vehicle grants to be paid directly to the garage from which a taxi driver wishes to purchase an electric vehicle to facilitate more taxi drivers purchasing electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19247/21]
357. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport the current Covid-19 restrictions on aviation training; if flight lessons are permitted to go ahead; the capacity in which they are allowed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19216/21]
286. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the townlands in which the construction or build out phase has started in relation to the National Broadband Plan; the townlands in which construction will commence before the end of 2021; the number of premises that have been connected; the percentage that these comprise of the total number in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20470/21]
285. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the townlands in which surveying has been completed in relation to the National Broadband Plan; the townlands in which surveying is underway currently; the townlands in which it is planned to conduct surveying before the end of 2021, by county in tabular form; if he will report on the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20469/21]
257. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the broadband roll-out in rural towns (details supplied) in County Dublin. [19522/21]
114. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the mechanism to ensure the responsible and most effective spend of the potential €10.8 billion available to Departments and agencies for capital expenditure in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20406/21]
103. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if common themes were identified in the consultation process which has formed part of phase 1 of the review to renew examination of the national development plan; when the updated national development plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20405/21]
224. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to the creation of a database of open school places to assist both parents and schools that cannot accurately predict their waiting lists due to parents applying to multiple schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17922/21]
1231. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that pregnant women can be joined by their partners during prenatal scans and childbirth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17590/21]
1098. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the waiting list for over 3,000 gynaecological appointments in Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17250/21]
990. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if members of An Garda Síochána will be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16756/21]
920. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will implement a public health campaign on caring for mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic. [16571/21]
919. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will implement a public health campaign on accessing suitable therapy services for mental health treatment. [16570/21]
918. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the current public health information campaigns available on accessing mental health support. [16569/21]
909. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff working from home who have received a vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16501/21]
738. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider the request by an organisation (details supplied) for additional funding to support young members impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17576/21]
681. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if a moratorium will be considered on routine reviews of the carer's allowance until the pandemic is over; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17344/21]
623. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if the HSE will respond to the request by South Dublin County Council for an update on the school inclusion model pilot in Lucan, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17348/21]
570. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education her plans to officially accredit the first ever national training programme for SNAs in UCD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16507/21]
569. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education her plans to officially accredit the first ever national training programme for SNAs in UCD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16504/21]
476. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which contracts are awarded for the running of homelessness services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16779/21]
382. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the operation of the VAT refund scheme for charities; his views on the uptake of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17228/21]