Results 1,861-1,880 of 2,154 for speaker:Emer Currie

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Schemes (30 Sep 2025)

Emer Currie: 810. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department allows for the backdating of payments under the national childcare scheme in cases where administrative errors occur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52005/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (30 Sep 2025)

Emer Currie: 811. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1013 of 17 September 2025, to clarify an issue (details provided) regarding the building blocks extension grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52006/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (30 Sep 2025)

Emer Currie: 846. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the removal of graffiti on the bridge outside Connolly Hospital; if estate management have contacted Fingal County Council’s bridges engineers to resolve questions surrounding the ownership of the bridge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51247/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (30 Sep 2025)

Emer Currie: 938. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the definition of 'specialist stores' that will be permitted to sell vaping products under new legislation currently being prepared by her Department; if these stores will include retailers registered under the retail licensing system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52120/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 Sep 2025)

Emer Currie: 939. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progress made to date on the Obesity Action Plan committed to in the Programme for Government; when specific actions are expected to flow from the plan; if she will conduct stakeholder engagement and consultation as part of her plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52121/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Sep 2025)

Emer Currie: 940. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to introduce and expand access to medical retinal procedures within the public health system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52123/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (30 Sep 2025)

Emer Currie: 941. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider establishing a National Ophthalmology Audit, similar to those in orthopaedics, ICU, and dementia care, given that cataract surgery is the most common elective procedure in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52124/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (30 Sep 2025)

Emer Currie: 942. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider requiring cataract surgery providers to share clinical outcome and complication data with the HSE and insurers, in line with best practice in other jurisdictions, to ensure accountability and value for patients and the health system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52125/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (30 Sep 2025)

Emer Currie: 943. To ask the Minister for Health the most recent figures on the number of patients on ophthalmology waiting lists in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52127/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (30 Sep 2025)

Emer Currie: 944. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on ophthalmology waiting lists are awaiting cataract surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52128/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (30 Sep 2025)

Emer Currie: 945. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on ophthalmology waiting lists which have been waiting longer than 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52129/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (30 Sep 2025)

Emer Currie: 946. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract surgeries carried out in Ireland in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52130/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (30 Sep 2025)

Emer Currie: 947. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant ophthalmologists currently practising in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52131/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Postal Services (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on his Department's efforts to fulfil the programme for Government commitment to provide the nationwide network of post offices with funding to ensure their sustainability and enhance the value they bring to local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52247/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Postal Services (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I welcome the Government's ongoing commitment to continue to provide the nationwide network of post offices with funding to ensure their sustainability and enhance the value they bring to local communities. As the Minister knows very well, it is not simply about delivering post; it is increasingly about connections and access to the world through a local service. My constituency is one of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Postal Services (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: The level of the communication I have received on this shows that people appreciate their postal delivery service. I am fully aware of the period of transformation that An Post has been undergoing in recent years, which is a positive transformation, and the areas of potential growth. Nevertheless, we have to keep the basics working. When issues have been directly raised with An Post and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 134. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider the introduction of a free shingles vaccine for older people, in particular those over 66 years-of-age, in line with best practice in other European countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52175/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the strategies in place to reduce response times for ambulances in the Dublin metropolitan area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52176/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Measures (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary questions No.437 of 13 May 2025, No. 318 of 15 July 2025 and No. 501 of 29 July 2025, if the National Vehicle and Driver File Bill 2025 has now been drafted; if the Bill has been approved by the Oireachtas and targeted for enactment before the end of 2025, which includes a provision to strengthen the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner permit holders, by county, who were disqualified in court in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number that surrendered their learner permit to the Road Safety Authority; the number who were prosecuted for failing to surrender their learner permit to the RSA; the number convicted of the offence; the penalties...