Results 2,081-2,100 of 2,154 for speaker:Emer Currie

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department carried out an assessment on the impact the introduction of excise on vaping products will have on cross-Border trade given that excise will not be applied to vaping products in Northern Ireland. [55612/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the Revenue Commissioners will collect and publish data on the enforcement of the electronic products tax. [55613/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance the penalties that will be in place for suppliers, including retailers, who are found to have supplied product without registering for and paying electronic products tax. [55614/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2026 (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to publish the Research and Development Compass referred to in his Budget 2026 speech; if he will engage with key stakeholders, including industry representatives, to ensure that proposed reforms are practical and reflect the realities of how R&D is conducted in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55878/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2026 (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Research and Development Compass will benchmark Ireland’s R&D tax credit regime against those of other EU or OECD countries to assess international competitiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55879/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2026 (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance the intended purpose and format of the forthcoming Research and Development Compass referenced in his Budget 2026 speech; if he will confirm whether it will take the form of a stand-alone publication or inform the development of a wider policy framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55880/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a policy is in place on the payment of legal fees to applicants taking judicial reviews against the State or public bodies, in the case of a settlement between the applicant party and the State or the public body. [55582/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Government has benchmarked the roll-out of public service AI initiatives against similar programmes in other jurisdictions; whether lessons from international best practice have informed the adoption of AI in areas such as legal research, document summarisation, data breach identification, and high-volume disclosure; and if his...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Budget 2026 (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 132. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure that a review of the grow digital voucher and the possible reintroduction of the Enterprise Ireland online retail grants will be considered as part of the review of the supports provided by his Department’s agencies announced in Budget 2026. [55579/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Budget 2026 (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 133. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details being considered as part of the Budget 2026 commitment to promote and leverage the productive use of AI in companies to ensure the benefits are optimised. [55580/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific responsibilities and powers of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in relation to the enforcement of take-back obligations on distance sellers to protect consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55589/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline on the revised stage 1 submission for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55542/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline on arranging a stage 1 stakeholders meeting for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55543/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when site data for Irish wetland birds surveys since 2021 will be made available online. [55567/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, as part of the increased expenditure of €3 million allocated to the Data Protection Commission in Budget 2026, he will ensure increased funding is provided for enhanced guidance to help Irish businesses with digital compliance, including enhancements to the DPC website and introduction to a business helpline. [55581/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Veterinary Services (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review and update current veterinary medicines regulations to permit the legal use of sarcoid cream as an evidence-based treatment for equine skin conditions in line with international best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55616/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Veterinary Services (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider aligning Irish veterinary medicines regulations with those in Northern Ireland and other EU member states in the interest of regulatory consistency across the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55617/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Veterinary Services (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that sarcoid cream (details supplied) has been safely and effectively used by equine veterinarians worldwide for over three decades; and the scientific or regulatory rationale for continuing to prohibit its use in Ireland. [55618/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Veterinary Services (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has assessed the reputational and financial impact on the Irish equine sector of prohibiting products such as sarcoid cream that are recognised as standard treatments internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55620/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (15 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department and by the Veterinary Council of Ireland on legal fees, investigations and fitness to practice proceedings in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55619/25]