Results 581-600 of 2,144 for speaker:Emer Currie

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Capital Expenditure Programme (15 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the potential of schemes to allow savers to invest more of Ireland's substantial household deposit savings into products which directly fund the delivery of major Irish public infrastructure projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39429/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Childcare Services (15 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has engaged with the Department of Children, Disability and Equality to develop a mechanism through the tax system to help lower the cost of fitting out childcare buildings that were built as a condition for planning permission for residential developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39430/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Vehicle and Driver File (15 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 437 on the 13th May 2025, if the revised National Vehicle and Driver File Bill 2025 that was sent to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, has been drafted; the proposed timeframe to facilitate greater real time access to the National Vehicle Driver File (NVDF) database by An Garda Siochana in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (15 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for when his Department will finish drafting amendments to the relevant fixed charge notice regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39393/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (15 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 329. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider providing a night service on Dublin Bus routes (details supplied) to directly serve the towns and villages of Dublin west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39562/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 420. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of grow digital voucher applications and approvals in each month from September 2024 to June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39169/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Court (15 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 423. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 2 July 2025, the timeline on when he will make a decision on the proposals made by the Labour Court on 19 June 2025 for a new Employment Regulation Orders for the Security Sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39388/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas (15 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the latest update on the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2022; when he expects the Bill to go before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38649/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (15 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the policy of using maximum parking space guidelines for residential developments in intermediate urban locations under the "Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments" guidelines; if he will consider moving instead to minimum parking requirements to ensure residents' needs are met; and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (15 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider increasing the number of parking spaces afforded to developments in intermediate urban locations under the "Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments" guidelines due to overspill parking into other developments and negative impacts on apartment living under current guidelines; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: General Register Office (15 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the confidentiality safeguards available in the General Register Office to protect at-risk families prior to and following birth registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38703/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (15 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 1060. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital allocations for the Gaeltacht programme area in 2024 and 2025; to provide a list of the projects funded in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39166/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (15 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 1061. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on expenditure of increased funding of over €1.5 million for the development of Irish language and cultural centres across the whole island announced in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39167/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (15 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 1062. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding for current and capital grant support available for development of Irish language and cultural centres; and the process by which interested parties can apply for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39168/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: Community childcare not-for-profit operations led by the community for the community stand out in a sector dominated by private provision as an alternative, often part of a wider network of early intervention and family support services. Availability varies wildly across the country, from over 60% of services in Monaghan and Leitrim to just 6% of less in my own county of Fingal. It is 13%...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Pension Parity and Working Conditions for School Secretaries and Caretakers: Fórsa (10 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: I am sorry for arriving late, but I had another meeting this morning. I do not want to be one of those people who asks the witnesses things they have already been asked. I completely agree with our witnesses that secretaries and caretakers, by the very nature of the work they do, do not want to be in this position or to put parents or schools in this position. Like many parents, I am on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Pension Parity and Working Conditions for School Secretaries and Caretakers: Fórsa (10 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: I thank Mr. Pike.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Pension Parity and Working Conditions for School Secretaries and Caretakers: Fórsa (10 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. They have covered everything in depth. I will raise the matter with the Minister and look for action on their behalf.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Regeneration Projects (10 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 121. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will revise the town and village renewal scheme and the Towns and Cities Investment Fund to enable regeneration work across urban communities in Dublin west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38158/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Regeneration Projects (10 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 131. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on his Department's efforts to fulfil the Programme for Government's commitments to launch an urban communities initiative to revitalise disadvantaged city areas; to consider suburban areas in Dublin as suitable for such an initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38159/25]