Results 1,241-1,260 of 1,434 for speaker:Emer Currie

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 1236. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on her plans to examine and expand the access and inclusion model and make it available to younger children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30380/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Programmes (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 1237. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on how we can continue to build up the Equal Start Programme, ensuring children experiencing disadvantage will access and participate fully in early learning and childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30381/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 1238. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of making available an extra hour of ECCE each day in the second year of preschool; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30382/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 1239. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of Early Learning and Childcare and School Age Childcare closures, by county in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30383/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 1240. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of services providing a baby room for babies aged 0-1, by county; the number of baby rooms available in each county in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30384/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 1241. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of community childcare facilities who have entered the sector in each of the past five years, by county; and the number of community childcare providers who have left the sector in each of the past five years, by Local Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30385/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 1552. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his/her Department’s engagement with the WRC to restore pay parity between Section 38 and Section 39 workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30159/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 1553. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider making the three-year retention of the medical card permanent for people with intellectual disabilities and autism who gain employment, in order to remove barriers to work and support long-term inclusion in the workforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30162/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 1554. To ask the Minister for Health the funding streams available for Section 39 organisations to provide for sensory equipment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30165/25]

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

Emer Currie: 1656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of third level courses for several roles (details supplied); the number of students that selected these courses as their first preference on their application to the CAO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29994/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 1658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider expanding social care qualifications through the Springboard+ initiative for staff working in Section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30161/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 1673. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timings for the next round of the community recognition fund allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29092/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 1674. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timings for the next round of the community centres investment fund allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29093/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electricity Generation (11 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is still the Government’s intention to proceed with ‘private wire’ legislation to allow data centre operators to connect to their own source of power generation; if it is still the plan to publish the proposed legislation in the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30879/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Safety (11 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a unmanned aircraft systems policy framework; if this policy framework will address individuals’ concerns regarding noise pollution, disturbances to wildlife, and other environmental implications caused by the use of drones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30324/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Cybersecurity Policy (11 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline his Department’s activities and plans to support the development of Ireland’s cybersecurity industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30873/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Small and Medium Enterprises (11 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the supports and guidance currently available to SMEs in relation to implementation of the NIS2 Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30872/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (11 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is intended to commence the relevant sections of the Planning and Development Act 2024 relating to designation of urban development zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30871/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (11 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 283. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of services that have engaged with the Department regarding the sustainability fund or case management support for services that are having difficulty with viability under core funding; the number of services that have availed of additional supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Programmes (11 Jun 2025)

Emer Currie: 307. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the progress made to date in delivering the national bioinformatics roadmap, including key milestones achieved; to provide details on the current number of full-time equivalent bioinformaticians employed in the National Genetics and Genomics Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30875/25]