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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister of State. I call Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: We have a number of speakers still. Do members want to make a decision as a committee as to what-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: We will go for ten minutes. We have four speakers and I ask that each will try to keep it short to try to give the Minister of State time to respond, if the Minister of State's response is what people want.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: I remind the Deputy that we have our own guillotine-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: I thank all of our guests for being here with us today. I thank the Chair, the Acting Chair, all of the committee members and all the witnesses who have attended over the last number of months. This is our last meeting of this special committee. In the past few months, we have heard from healthcare professionals, palliative care professionals, theologians, legal experts, NGOs and from those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: We heard from international experts that other countries took it out of the HSE, effectively.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: There are safeguards already in place

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: I appreciate that. I am wondering whether there are particular safeguards we would need to introduce in terms of this particular legislation on top of what already exists.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: Does Dr. Ní Bhriain think the existing safeguards are sufficient? Is that what Dr. Ní Bhriain is saying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: Perhaps I could get other views on that second question as to whether this could operate independently of the HSE, if we legislated for it, or whether it is more appropriate that it would fit within the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (7 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: 135. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the cost of doing business grant will be available for businesses; the criteria, and how many businesses will be supported through it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5022/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister of State for that update. It is welcome news that they will be delivered as quickly as possible but I would still like to know what "as quickly as possible" means. What kind of a timeframe are we looking at? I would like to take this opportunity to ensure that the Minister of State, the Minister for Education and her Department are aware of the primary schools that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter, which is on the urgent need for approved school building projects in Dublin Mid-West to begin construction. This is something I have raised consistently in this Chamber in my tenure as a TD. As the Minister of State may be aware, we are facing a school places crisis in my constituency. As I said in the Dáil both this week and last...

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...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: Today, I raise again school places in my constituency. We are facing a school places crisis in Dublin Mid-West. As I said in the Dáil last week, we have school buildings waiting for the go-ahead for new builds and extensions and there are students who do not know where they will go to post-primary in September. This morning I received a reply from the Department of Education on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: I thank all the witnesses for joining us online today. I appreciate they are Zooming in from different time zones. We appreciate their expertise in this field, including their research. It is important that we have an idea of the international landscape we are operating in while we navigate our way through this complex topic. Two themes came up in today's opening statements that I would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: I have a question on that. Professor Nordentoft touched on it in her opening statement. Have surveys been done on that or is that anecdotal evidence? Is there data to back that up? It is quite an interesting comment and I am sure it is the case, all right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: If the professor could send that evidence and the report on to the committee, it would be very helpful.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Electricity Supply Board (30 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: 230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a ESB pension increase (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3890/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (30 Jan 2024)

Emer Higgins: 475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the funding for the national childcare scheme in each county; the number of providers participating in this scheme, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3898/24]