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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (27 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach. This is a question that she raised today during Questions on Policy or Legislation. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Cummins, for being here, and I thank the Minister of State with responsibility for special education, who cannot be here, in advance for his written response. I hope that, based on this, he can meet us and other Deputies about...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (27 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: I want to acknowledge how significant that sentence in the written response is. I take the Minister of State's point that more reading classes for children with dyslexia would be a positive step to support their educational needs, because there has been a policy of not opening reading classes and reading schools. Parents are having to fight for those places and then have to travel very long...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (27 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline plans to progress college places to assist in the workforce planning of disability services. [13715/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (27 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 111. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to progress work on a strategy for suburban Dublin villages including schemes that are similar to those available for rural Dublin villages. [13721/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Youth Services (27 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 118. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to launch an infrastructure scheme for youth clubs based on the community infrastructure fund for community centres. [13722/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (27 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider introducing a vehicle scrappage scheme to support the transition from petrol and diesel cars to electric vehicles and electric bikes; if his Department has conducted any analysis on the feasibility or potential impact of such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14716/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Active Travel (27 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the pedestrian and cycling bridge connecting Phoenix Park to Memorial Gardens, including timescales for the delivery of this project. [14653/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Regulatory Bodies (27 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of resources given the Coimisiun na Mean to counter online disinformation in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14645/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Regulatory Bodies (27 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 271. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of resources given to Coimisiún na Meán to counter online disinformation in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14645/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Artificial Intelligence (27 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is intended to amend data protection rules to support Irish-based enterprises to maximise the use of available digital data to train their AI models; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14662/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (27 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is planning to disband the Retail Forum Digitalisation and Skills Subgroup; if so, to justify this decision in light of the Programme for Government commitments to invest in digital skills at all levels and to increase basic digital intensity among SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14646/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (25 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the latest update on the financial position of the CIÉ regular wages pension scheme; if the scheme has made progress in meeting the statutory minimum funding standard since December 2022; if any measures are being considered for retired members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13829/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (25 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the latest update on the financial position of the CIÉ regular wages pension scheme; if the scheme has made progress in meeting the statutory minimum funding standard since December 2022; if any measures are being considered for retired members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13828/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if bus services operated by Dublin Bus and (details suppled) in Dublin west will be fined for punctuality or reliability; and if the fines can be listed per each bus route. [13413/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how each “ghost bus” and “disappearing buses” are monitored by the NTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13414/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how “lost kilometres” are tracked on each bus to form the base; and the basis of reliable data for each bus route. [13415/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget invested into running bus services in Dublin west in each of the years 2020 – 2024 respectively, in tabular form. [13416/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget invested in the bus network in Dublin west to deal with capacity restraints in each of the years 2020 – 2024 respectively, in tabular form. [13417/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage bus services increased in Dublin west in each of the years 2020 – 2024 respectively, in tabular form. [13418/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Meetings (25 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a meeting will be facilitated for a representative group (details supplied). [13424/25]