Results 841-860 of 1,073 for speaker:Emer Currie

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (26 Feb 2025)

Emer Currie: 73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will publish the study to assess incentives to encourage greater use of active travel as a mode of transport, including an assessment of international best practice, as committed to under action 45 of the Sustainable Mobility Policy. [8201/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (26 Feb 2025)

Emer Currie: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that are being but in place to install additional publicly available charge points around Ireland during 2025 in order to achieve Ireland’s EU 2025 targets under the Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation. [8202/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (26 Feb 2025)

Emer Currie: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has assessed the impact of private ticketing systems operated by commercial transport providers on fare integration and passenger accessibility; and the steps being taken to ensure a more unified ticketing system across public and private operators. [8203/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (26 Feb 2025)

Emer Currie: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of tax relief for tax saver tickets for bus, rail and Luas services in 2024. [8198/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (26 Feb 2025)

Emer Currie: 115. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of the Life Sciences Strategy; if stakeholder engagement is planned; which Department will be responsible for overseeing its execution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8204/25]

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: I note media reports yesterday that stated two thirds of the most recent recruit class from Templemore will be deployed to the streets of Dublin city. Like all Members of the House, I warmly welcome the deployment of additional gardaí to our capital's streets and communities. I sincerely thank those recruits for signing up, but if it is true that 98 out of 150 new Garda recruits are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: The Government has a responsibility to increase Garda numbers nationally. That commitment is reflected in the programme for Government but I have a duty to highlight the challenges in Dublin West and the K district, one of the most demanding policing districts in the country. There are significant and concerning differences in garda numbers in the K district versus neighbouring districts....

International Security and International Trade: Statements (20 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: Last week, An Taoiseach, in line with his elected mandate, admirably represented all of us in Ireland when he met President Trump, as did the Tánaiste in Philadelphia and New York. However, the future of Irish-US trade remains under a cloud. The threat of a spiralling transatlantic trade war is the latest in a series of significant challenges to global trade and supply chains. That is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (20 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the town centre first model will be applied to suburban villages in Dublin west. [12026/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the allocation of cost-rental properties in Dublin west for essential workers. [12025/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (20 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand EV charging points at the State's airports to facilitate more EV drivers and an increase in EV car rental; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13031/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (20 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA's next generation, account-based ticketing project can be expanded to include more forms of commercially operated sustainable transport, including bike rental schemes, short-term car rental schemes and taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13032/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (20 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider providing tax relief on certain foods for families with children who have severe food allergies, similar to the supports available for coeliacs and diabetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13221/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (20 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on allocating a portion of cost-rental properties in Dublin for essential workers. [8175/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the allocation of funding towards tenant-in-situ schemes for Dublin for 2025. [8176/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 359. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider expanding the eligibility criteria for domiciliary care allowance to include families with children who have severe food allergies, to help meet the financial costs associated with their condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13222/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (20 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 411. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the age of eligibility for children starting the ECCE scheme can be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13026/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (20 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 412. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider a second lower age eligibility criteria for children starting the ECCE scheme to prevent families from missing out on a full-year of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13027/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (20 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 413. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when she intends to evaluate the eligibility of the ECCE programme, as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13028/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (20 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 414. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when she intends to explore making available an extra hour of ECCE each day to families in the second year of preschool, as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13029/25]