Results 221-240 of 2,134 for speaker:Emer Currie

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]

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

Emer Currie: 746. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that current communication methods are adequate to ensure employees are aware of the courses available to upskill or for continuous professional development given the increasing volatility of the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53519/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 747. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the legislation to amend the National Training Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53520/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 748. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a detailed plan on how the National Training Fund will be expanded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53521/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 749. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of supporting higher education institutions in developing on campus student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53522/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 750. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are statistics on the uptake of the rent-a-room scheme with particular reference to students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53523/25]

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

Emer Currie: 751. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is sufficient support in place to assist mature learners to attend further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53524/25]

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: Mr. Ewing, Ms Bissett and especially Ms O’Brien are very welcome. People know my position on this. How time pressing is the need for a decision to be made for the students of 2026? What impact is that having on them?