Results 181-200 of 1,275 for speaker:Emer Currie

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artificial Intelligence (14 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policies, guidelines, and supports that are in place for third-level institutions and educators in relation to the effective and responsible integration of AI into teaching and assessment practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24546/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (14 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of degree courses in artificial intelligence being offered in the State at each of bachelor and master levels; the total number of places on offer on these courses; his plans to increase the number of courses and places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24787/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 May 2025)

Emer Currie: The Good Friday Agreement is now 27 years old. I will resurrect some research conducted around the 25th anniversary by Behaviour and Attitudes for The Sunday Times. It highlighted the attitudes of young people, including the ceasefire babies who grew up in peaceful times although very much still dealing with the legacy of conflict, paramilitarism and divided communities. Half of those 18-...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 22. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [20790/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (13 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 155. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the current staffing levels within the HSE school dental programme in CHO9, in light of the significant number of children under 13-years-old awaiting dental screenings; her plans to increase staffing and restore a full screening schedule; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24132/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (13 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 166. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends on mandating the HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre to collect data on shingles or post-herpetic neuralgia, in order to provide greater data for public health decisions, particularly related to the National Immunisation Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24133/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 372. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any circumstances by which there are exemptions or accommodations made for the driver theory test. [23293/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 376. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any circumstances by which there are exemptions or accommodations made for the driver theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23467/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 432. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner drivers who failed to show up for their scheduled driving test appointment to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24387/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 433. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver testers currently employed in each of the 57 driving test centres; the number of permanent testers; the number of temporary testers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24388/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 434. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver testers' contracts that are due to expire in 2025; the number that will be offered new contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24389/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 435. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the time it takes to recruit new driver testers; the time it takes to complete their training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24390/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 436. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make a driving test mandatory to obtain a new learner permit, closing a loophole that allows drivers to continue driving on learner permits indefinitely without ever taking a driving test; if primary or secondary legislation is required to introduce this measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24391/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Vehicle and Driver File (13 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 437. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the revised National Vehicle and Driver File Bill 2025 has been presented to Government for approval to draft; if the Bill has been sent to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel for drafting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24392/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Insurance Industry (13 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 438. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has made all the necessary ICT changes to allow motor insurers access to realtime data on driver disqualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24393/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Insurance Industry (13 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 439. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a timeline has been jointly agreed between his Department and the insurance industry to allow motor insurers access realtime driver disqualification data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24394/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Insurance Industry (13 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 444. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 395 of 29 April 2025, how the nightly file from his Department to An Garda Síochána could include the disqualification status of every driving licence and include the driver number when many court disqualifications imposed on Irish licence holders cannot be matched to the appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (13 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 440. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of disqualification orders received from the Courts Service via a weekly file to date in 2025; the number that did not include the driver number of the person, to enable automatic endorsement on driver records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24395/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (13 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 445. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 1 April 2025, the number of Irish licence holders who received a court driving disqualification, but a match could not be made; the number that remained on the shell record for the period of the disqualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24400/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Vehicle and Driver File (13 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 441. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for the relevant sections of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 allowing access by insurers and intermediaries to disqualification and endorsement data from the NVDF database at policy processing or renewal time; the date(s) that commencement orders were signed and provisions implemented in practice; and if he will make a statement on...