Results 261-280 of 2,134 for speaker:Emer Currie

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

Emer Currie: 247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if primary legislation is required to introduce a requirement on learners applying for a renewal of a learner permit after seven years of holding a permit, to begin the learning to drive process from the start; the timeframe to introduce such a provision in law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52836/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce a mandatory requirement on drivers disqualified in court to present their licence or permit, to the court clerk on disqualification, in order for the unique driver number to be recorded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52837/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on the success rate of the system used for mutual recognition of disqualified drivers between the UK and Ireland; to provide an update on his Department's review of the system used in Ireland; his intention to adopt the UK 'administrative' system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52838/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications made by the Road Safety Authority in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, to an appropriate judge for the purposes of giving effect to a decision imposing a disqualification made in the UK; the number that resulted in a disqualification here; the number of cases where the disqualification had expired in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person can expect to receive their pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52664/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the home tuition grant for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52665/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Local Community Safety Partnerships (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of all the local community safety partnerships set to be established within in the Fingal local authority area in 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52666/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 346. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda attestations to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52667/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: After-School Support Services (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 400. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason for the discrepancy in funding available to providers of after-school services for between junior and senior infants and first to sixth class students in the case of a childcare service (details supplied) and that funding for first to sixth class children does not cover operating costs; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 401. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of pre-school places in each county in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and her definition of pre-school in terms of age. [52855/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 402. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of school age childcare places in each county in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and her definition of pre-school in terms of age. [52856/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: The trading online voucher was previously available to businesses of up to ten employees to help them move online, boost sales and access new markets. The Grow Digital voucher was then launched in September 2024 to be available to more businesses for more services, with more funding. In the 12 months since, there were only 150 applications across Ireland, with 139 approvals, so something is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I will direct my questions to Mr. Ryan and Mr. Creegan of the NTA. It sounds like the NTA is in a holding pattern of sorts at the moment. The budget allocations are coming next week. I hope the authority gets what it needs. When it comes to large infrastructural projects, the legal barriers to DART+ West have been dealt with so there are no barriers to progress. However, the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I hope it is a portfolio and not a bottleneck. On BusConnects, as Mr. Creegan will know, the B spine is in my area. The roll-out of the routes has been pushed back. Previously, it was to happen in late 2026. We are now looking at early 2027. The NTA has said this is to do with staffing and funding but this means that existing services in our area are really important. Some 4,000 new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: Is the NTA going to deliver our Dublin West bus services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: It is not fair that there is inequity between areas. We should not be penalised because our BusConnects services have not yet been rolled out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I thank Mr. Creegan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: My questions are for the NTA. The witnesses are hearing today about areas where BusConnects routes have not been introduced and that are falling behind in terms of capacity. One of those areas is Hollywoodrath. It is an area of major housing growth but we have not seen the provision of enough investment in bus services. The NTA has worked with me on this since I was elected. The 40E bus...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: The tannoy in Connolly Station is very poor, communications around platform changes cannot be heard and the app is not always integrated with the signs in the station. The NTA has allocated funding to Iarnród Éireann. The response I have is that it is now at the early stage of looking at option analysis for alternative approaches for systems specifications and architecture. Can...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (1 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of cases that have been taken to the WRC in relation to the right to request remote work, the right to request flexible work, and whether those cases ruled in favour of the employer or the employee since legislation was introduced, with the data broken down by year. [52433/25]