Results 221-240 of 2,145 for speaker:Emer Currie

Written Answers — Department of Health: Laboratory Facilities (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 712. To ask the Minister for Health the Irish public hospital laboratories that are accredited to ISO 15189:2022 standard to deliver for clinical genetic tests; if she will specify the clinical genetic tests for which they hold this accreditation; and if she will outline the average turnaround times for these laboratories in delivering results back to the requesting clinician and patient....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Laboratory Facilities (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 713. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the current fragmented approach to ordering clinical genetic tests in Ireland; her plans to build national capacity to avoid the unnecessary practice of patient blood samples being sent abroad; the timeline for this capacity to be built; if it will be public sector centred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53933/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Laboratory Facilities (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 714. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider issuing national clinical genetic testing guidance to clinicians, similar to the guidance provided for medicines and medical technologies, advising which ISO 15189:2022 accredited commercial and public clinical genetic laboratories in Ireland are recommended, competent and appropriately accredited to conduct tests in-country and abroad,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Laboratory Facilities (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 716. To ask the Minister for Health if she agrees with the HSE’s practice of using Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) as a postal conduit for a significant proportion of the approximately 20,0000 patient blood samples requiring genetic testing, particularly given that these samples are ultimately dispatched abroad to laboratory service providers in countries such as UK, Germany and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Laboratory Facilities (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 717. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to drive cost efficiencies in view of the fact that 20,000 clinical tests are sent to laboratories in Germany, Finland, Spain, the UK, and the USA; if the HSE utilises existing capacity of Ireland-based accredited commercial clinical genetic testing laboratories for patients blood samples, including neurology, ophthalmology, and nephrology genetic...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Laboratory Facilities (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 715. To ask the Minister for Health in view of 20,000 clinical genetic tests being sent to laboratories abroad, if she will clarify the way in which patient data is handled by each laboratory provider, in the interests of transparency and good governance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53935/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 732. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the expansion of apprenticeships since the publication of the action plan on apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53505/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 733. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the target of 10,000 annual apprenticeship registrations by the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53506/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 734. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work on increasing the number of craft apprenticeships, given how crucial these are in meeting our national and housing retrofit targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53507/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 735. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the take-up of the supports to help achieve a better gender balance in apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53508/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 736. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to reach the target of 750 apprenticeships in the Public and Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53509/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 737. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his department is supporting the use and adoption of modern methods of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53510/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 738. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the national demonstration park for modern methods of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53511/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 739. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the type and number of units planned at the national demonstration park for modern methods of construction; the number envisaged for completion this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53512/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 740. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how successful demonstrator projects from the modern methods of construction demonstration park will be scaled up and adopted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53513/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 741. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who benefited from the reduction in the student contribution charge in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53514/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 742. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional students who qualified for SUSI assistance following the increase in income level thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53515/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 743. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grant assistance is available to part-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53516/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 744. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the focus of Springboard in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53517/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 745. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the availability of courses in Springboard in expanding areas, such as AI and renewable energy technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53518/25]