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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
932. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health when early intervention services for children with Downs syndrome will resume (details supplied). [27023/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
835. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the extended waiting list for patients awaiting appointments for ear, nose and throat procedures. [26597/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
834. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health when a diabetic nurse in the paediatric ward of the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath will be appointed (details supplied). [26596/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
831. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health his plans to allow mothers to be accompanied by their partners in maternity wards and during prenatal care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26573/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
800. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the status of guidelines for maternity and prenatal care in Dublin hospitals within Level 3 restrictions; his views on the need to support women and their partners through their care [26434/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
799. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 tracker application will be updated such that when a person is identified as a close contact and takes the necessary action, his or her close contact notification expires in order that he or she is able to receive future notifications. [26433/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
523. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will facilitate the provision of pensions for community employment supervisors as per the recommendations of the 2008 Labour Court ruling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26539/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 September 2020
114. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education when the adult and child charter in the Education Act 1998 will be enacted; and the number of persons with a qualified primary degree in child welfare are employed within her Department. [25706/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2020
812. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will alter the Covid-19 tracking app to allow users to clearly see the number of close contacts that their app records on a daily basis in order to encourage users to reduce their number of close contacts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25377/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2020
759. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if gyms and dance studios will be closed if a county enters phase 3 of the Covid-19 roadmap [25048/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2020
648. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice her plans to increase garda numbers in Rathcoole, County Dublin in response to the increase in crime and an increase in population. [24932/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2020
569. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to ensure that persons who are required to retire at 65 years of age do not have to sign on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25619/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2020
568. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reduce youth unemployment and support young persons impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic in returning to the workforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25618/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2020
517. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are obstacles to processing claims being put before employees of a company (details supplied) by her Department or the company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24950/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2020
501. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to implement the Duffy Cahill report and employers' levy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25470/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2020
293. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht her plans to have the tourism trade back up and running safely by March 2021. [25471/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2020
241. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if the process for claiming tax credits when working from home will be simplified by automatically providing a tax credit or part thereof for each day a person works from home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24945/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2020
230. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the way in which claims for employment wage subsidy scheme by employees of an airline (details supplied) are being processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24950/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2020
203. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport when Kishogue rail station will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24946/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2020
67. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport when Kishogue rail station will open resulting in a local train service for commuters in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24527/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2020
131. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the details of all Covid-19 cases for the most recent 14-day period available by South Dublin County Council electoral division [24263/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2020
130. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if a 14-day view of Covid-19 cases will be published by electoral division regularly (details supplied) [24262/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2020
65. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Defence his strategy to increase funding for the salaries of members of the Defence Forces. [24276/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2020
38. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the workers eligible for a tax credit for a work uniform; if childcare providers qualify for this tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24352/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 September 2020
788. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if dance classes can have more than six participants if they have the space to socially distance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23992/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 September 2020
41. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the system for providing medical cards to persons on palliative care; if a means test applies; the length of time the application process takes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23277/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
1469. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the beef finishers scheme will be reviewed to incorporate cattle from here that are slaughtered in Northern Ireland (details supplied). [22471/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
1387. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if organised sports training within indoor facilities can do so in multiple pods of six; if there is a limit of six on the total number of attendees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22517/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
906. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice the legislation that prohibits the sale of alcohol online; the way in which legislation could be extended to prohibit the sale of psychoactive substances online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21455/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
904. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice the policy in relation to the prevention of the online sale of psychoactive substances in cases in which it is clear from customer comments on the website that the substance is being acquired for human consumption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21425/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
815. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration his views on crèches inserting a clause in their terms and conditions stating that full fees are applicable for all closures due to exceptional circumstances beyond their control in view of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21746/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
795. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the powers he has to prevent the online sale of solvents to children in cases in which it is clear from customer comments on the website that the solvents are being inhaled by customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21457/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
794. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the ability he has to prevent the online sale of solvents to children in cases where it is clear from customer comments on the website that the solvents are being inhaled by customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21454/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
350. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht if the National Archives hold the original applications of former RIC officers to two committees that sat between 1922 and 1923 and 1935 to inquire into resignations and dismissals from the force due to nationalist sympathies; the reference numbers for the files; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21458/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
250. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if organised sports training within indoor facilities can do so in multiple pods of six; if there is a limit of six on the total number of attendees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22516/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 July 2020
66. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the training and further education supports that will be put in place as part of the July stimulus to help jobseekers to upskill and reskill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18799/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2020
88. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the availability of activation and back-to-work schemes in order to support persons to return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18800/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2020
1014. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 738 of 21 July 2020, the details on the number of users who have chosen to register their location in these areas when signing up for the application, in view of the fact the application requests users to provide their location when they register and that the locations in the question are included in the drop-down list from which users select; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18678/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2020
1002. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if a report from the HSE and Trinity College Dublin on drug trends in summer 2019 at music festivals due to be published shortly records use of nitrous oxide; if so, the proportion of attendees at music festivals in 2019 who used nitrous oxide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18619/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2020
1001. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if guidance issued to retailers on the sale of nitrous oxide without breaching the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18608/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2020
1000. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths recorded in the HRB’s national drug-related deaths index in which nitrous oxide was implicated; if two recent deaths in Tallaght, County Dublin and in Millstreet, County Cork which the media have reported as being as a result of nitrous oxide abuse will be recorded in the HRB’s national drug-related deaths index; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18607/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2020
999. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health when data from the HSE and Trinity College Dublin on drug trends in summer 2019 at music festivals will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18606/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2020
984. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the number of cases of nitrous oxide abuse recorded by the national poisons information centre in each year since 2015 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18432/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2020
981. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health when his Department plans to have completed gathering evidence on the abuse of nitrous oxide by young persons; the plans he has to create a strategy to tackle this issue on completion of gathering this evidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18402/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2020
797. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which gardaí distinguish between legal uses of nitrous oxide and illegal use under the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 or other relevant legislation or statutory instrument; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18611/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2020
796. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of nitrous oxide seized by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18609/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2020
779. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests for supplying nitrous oxide for human consumption in each year from 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18431/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2020
606. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will be extended to qualified self-employed professional tourist guides until March 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18381/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2020
605. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 775 of 14 July 2020, if a directive has been issued to her Department in relation to the processing of applications for the pandemic unemployment payment for sole traders over 66 years of age and in receipt of a contributory or non-contributory State pensions and still working; if not, her plans to issue such a directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18380/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2020
468. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills when details will be provided on the way in which the process of appealing leaving certificate grades will work; the estimated cost involved; when appeals will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18386/20]