Results 2,041-2,060 of 2,154 for speaker:Emer Currie

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the methods his Department is currently assessing to speed up the planning process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54812/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (14 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department are evaluating to reduce building costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54816/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (14 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will assess the amount construction costs will be reduced if planning application wait times are reduced by 25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54821/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress which has been made by local authorities in updating regional strategies under the revised national planning framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54817/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is evaluating amendments to the housing needs and demand assessment process to assist with housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54818/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (14 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work his Department is undertaking to ensure that there is no net decrease in land supply from rezoning by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54819/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 687. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work his Department is undertaking to reduce overcrowding in prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54796/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (14 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 688. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures his Department is evaluating to reduce legal costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54797/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (14 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 690. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has evaluated the development of a development consent order system similar to the system available in England in order that major infrastructure projects can avoid the need to secure consent for different features of the project under different regimes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54800/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Reviews (14 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 689. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reforms his Department are evaluating to reduce the cost of judicial review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54798/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 691. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful applicants currently waiting to be called to begin training in a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54801/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Bodies (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the specific responsibilities and powers of Coimisiún na Meán in relation to the enforcement of take-back obligations on online distance sellers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55588/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Bodies (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in view of the fact that Ireland’s municipal waste recycling rate has remained at 41% for the past decade, well below the EU target of 55% for 2025, if he will outline the measures his Department is taking to ensure that distance sellers are meeting their legal obligations in relation to waste collection,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Bodies (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in view of Ireland’s municipal waste recycling rate remaining at 41% for the past decade, well below the 55% target for 2025, his Department has assessed the merits of introducing a pay-on-behalf system to address non-compliance by distance sellers with their waste and recycling obligations; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Bodies (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 28. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he will take to rectify the imbalance in obligations for product take-back and recycling between domestic retailers and distance sellers, with a view to ensuring that all businesses placing products on the Irish market are subject to equivalent environmental compliance requirements. [55573/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Bodies (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider commissioning an assessment of the costs incurred by Irish retailers as a result of distance sellers who fail to comply with their take-back obligations under extended producer responsibility schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55586/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Bodies (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 32. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the specific responsibilities and powers of the Environmental Protection Agency in relation to the enforcement of extended producer responsibility rules as they apply to distance sellers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55587/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Infrastructure (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 23. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the intended scope and purpose of the newly announced National Biomethane Market; if this initiative will extend beyond biomethane production to include investment in market infrastructure such as refuelling facilities, grid injection points and logistics support for biomethane-powered transport; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Infrastructure (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 24. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which the National Biomethane Market will differ from or complement the National Biomethane Strategy; whether the market will address barriers such as access to refuelling infrastructure for biomethane heavy-duty vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55569/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Infrastructure (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 25. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timeline for industry consultation on the design of the National Biomethane Market; whether stakeholders in the transport and logistics sector will be invited to participate in shaping the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55570/25]