Results 341-360 of 1,398 for speaker:Emer Currie

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (7 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of applicants and recipients of the grow digital voucher in 2024; the total cost of the scheme in 2024; the budget allocation for the scheme in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22578/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (7 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applicants and recipients of the Enterprise Ireland's digital process innovation offer, in 2024; the total cost of the scheme in 2024; the budget allocation for the scheme in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22579/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (7 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timelines for public consultation and preparation of proposed new planning guidelines for solar farms, including on high-value agriculture land. [22762/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (7 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places being provided as part of each of 2024 and 2025 Springboard+ programmes for courses covering artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cloud computing, software development, e-commerce, and "traditional" ICT courses; the cost of providing the courses in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22577/25]

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

Emer Currie: The programme for Government recognises the need to work in partnership with private childcare providers to make core funding work as well as taking the critical step into State-led childcare. The three main issues the Government needs to tackle are staffing, accessibility and affordability. The truth, as the Tánaiste knows, is that reliance on the private sector alone will never...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Regulation (1 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken to fulfil the programme for Government's commitments to undertake a look-back exercise to identify regulations that are now redundant, to reduce unnecessary red tape and the cost of doing business; whether this will form part of the work of the action plan on productivity and competitiveness; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to examine improvements to key ancillary benefits, such as the fuel allowance, household benefits package and living alone allowance, to support vulnerable groups. [21603/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (1 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 207. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the schemes in place to encourage businesses to set up in our towns and villages and if his Department has plans to introduce more schemes to ensure the longevity of our towns and villages. [21914/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (1 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 370. 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. [21960/25]

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Emer Currie: I welcome the new planning framework recognising the need to reflect changes since 2018. Back then, it was an innovative plan. Today, we must double its ambition. Setting objectives is one thing, but delivering them is another. We speak of building 50,000 homes per year until 2040. That is achievable, but it demands radical change in efficiency and execution. People are asking about...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (30 Apr 2025)

Emer Currie: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of NCT tests carried out at centres (details provided) from 2020 to date in 2025, by year, per centre, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21424/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (30 Apr 2025)

Emer Currie: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he would consider compelling the NCT to notify motorists when their NCT is due, to give motorists a reasonable period of time to arrange a test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21425/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (29 Apr 2025)

Emer Currie: I wish to ask about the programme for Government commitment to earmark cost-rental units for key local workers like gardaí, teachers and nurses. We heard it at the GRA conference yesterday and at teacher conferences over Easter - housing is a key recruitment and retention issue. They need to be able to secure affordable accommodation that is accessible to the communities they serve....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (29 Apr 2025)

Emer Currie: 28. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [20789/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (29 Apr 2025)

Emer Currie: 138. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on progress to date on the provision of capital investment for the construction or purchase of State-owned childcare facilities; whether strategic investment in childcare facilities will be sufficiently expanded under the revised National Development Plan; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (29 Apr 2025)

Emer Currie: 150. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she is taking to ensure Programme for Government commitments to provide capital investment to build or purchase State-owned childcare facilities and create additional capacity in areas where unmet need exist, are delivered; if this will be a priority as part of the forthcoming NDP review; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Funding (29 Apr 2025)

Emer Currie: 176. To ask the Taoiseach the amount that has been allocated to the shared island fund since its establishment in 2020; the amount of this that has actually been spent or drawn down to date; and if he will offer an annual expected drawdown for each year from 2025 to 2035 [19652/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Insurance Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Emer Currie: 390. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department expects to be ready to provide motor insurers with a real-time view of data on disqualified drivers, held on the driver file database, in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19136/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Insurance Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Emer Currie: 391. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to commence the relevant sections of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 which amended parts of the Road Traffic Act 2014, to allow motor insurers, for the purpose of issuing or renewing insurance policies, access to real-time data on endorsements including disqualifications, held on the driver file record database; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Insurance Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Emer Currie: 392. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a progress report from his engagements with organisations (details supplied) to implement the access to real-time disqualification data for insurers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19138/25]