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Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: It is very frustrating for commuters. They are suffering because of a lack of buses and capacity. They are not thinking about the implementation of BusConnects. They just want to get to work, school or college on time. Has the electrification of the bus depots held back the number of buses we have on our roads?

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: I am flagging capacity issues and we are not seeing the increase in buses that we need. Will Mr. Creegan answer my question with respect to the electrification of the bus depots? Competitions launched in 2021 and 2023 were cancelled. It seems that only three of our nine bus depots have charging points. Is that why we do not have the fleet that we need to provide capacity?

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: Some of the answers I have received from the NTA have indicated that the fleet is an issue, including the electrification of the bus depots.

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: Do we have buses that are not being used? Mr. Creegan said that the NTA is investing in the fleet over time. Do we have buses that are not being used at the moment?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: The programme for Government commits to a policy framework for drones to guide high-level strategic planning and development, supporting innovation and addressing other concerns. While that is necessary, it omits a fundamental issue: the impact of commercial drone operations on local communities. Some say there are no regulations at all, which is not true, but it is air and ground...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: Yes, and more coming - up to a million in a year.

Committee on Children and Equality: Priority Issues Facing the Department: Minister for Children, Disability and Equality (12 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: I thank the Minister and her Department team. I look forward to working with her. Core funding is working for many parents and providers but the nature of our work is to focus on those it is not working for. While I know it was before the Minister's time and a different Minister was in charge, when the adjustments were brought in, was the Department fully aware of the impact this was going...

Committee on Children and Equality: Priority Issues Facing the Department: Minister for Children, Disability and Equality (12 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: We are seeing massive jumps in childcare funding and that is great. We communicated to parents that they would be getting on average a 25% uplift. I am looking for information from the Department as to whether that was delivered. Where did the subsidies bring us? I am aware of a family who have had to leave their childcare place. They could not afford it because of the changes. It is an...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on his Department's efforts to fulfil the Programme for Government commitments to target dumping blackspots and use tools like CCTV and drones to monitor dumping hotspots to catch and penalise offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30323/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 355. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver testers in each driving test centre as of 31 May 2025; the number of driver testers who retired in 2025 to date, by month; the number that are due to retire by month in 2025 and the number by test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30084/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 356. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has actively engaged with individuals and organisations within the disability sector in relation to recent and planned changes to Dublin Bus routes under the BusConnects programme; if the National Transport Authority could engage directly with people with disabilities and representative organisations to better...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will formally announce the reforms of how teachers get CID, changing from the current two consecutive years for CID to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29863/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 634. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of the post-primary schools in the Cabra-Phibsborough school planning area. [29938/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list the primary schools in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area. [30124/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 647. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list the secondary schools in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area; the number of first-year places available in each school between 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30123/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students currently attending secondary schools within the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area (SPA); the number of these students that reside within the same SPA; the number of students attending these schools who reside outside of the SPA; to provide a breakdown of the SPAs which these students are travelling from,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of sixth-class students enrolled in several schools (details supplied) in each of the past five years, by school and by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30126/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected number of junior-infant enrolments in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area in September 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, tabular form. [30127/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 652. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the data sources used by her Department to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and where additional school accommodation is needed at primary and post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30128/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how her Department uses child-benefit data to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and where additional school accommodation is needed at primary and post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30129/25]