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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: Have admissions been completed across the new primary school classes for September? We have 12 new primary special classes across Dublin West and 11 in Dublin 15.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: How many schools in Dublin 15 do not have their finalised lists for new students?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I hope it is the first of many engagements with them. How many students who live in Dublin 15 still do not have a confirmed special education placement for September 2025? I am including in that children who have been referred to as being on a pathway to a place. How many do not have a confirmed placement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: I very much welcome the Irish Road Haulage Association here today. I appreciate their opening statement, which was very thorough. When I read their opening statement, it brought home to me the challenges that they is facing, that they are at the coalface of a changing and turbulent world, that they have such a pivotal role in the unsustainable global supply chains that are impacting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: It was the HGV levy. What other barriers need to be on our agenda to support the all-island economy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: Okay. So the witnesses still are seeing the repercussions of Brexit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: I did not think he liked port.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: It was porter. Okay, that makes sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: How many of the association's drivers would be island based versus going the land bridge direction, or do they all cover everything?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Regulations (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a report on the meeting of EU environment Ministers (council) held on 17 June 2025; to outline Ireland’s position on the agenda item: ‘the proposed ban on lead in ammunition and fishing tackle under the reach regulation - information from Czechia, Lithuania and Slovakia’; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority is currently undertaking a tender process for bike sharing schemes in cities across Ireland; when this process is expected to conclude; the estimated expenditure on professional fees for advisors supporting the NTA on this tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36325/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Navigation Orders (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline whether AirNav have statutory responsibility for regulating our airspace, particularly in relation to the use of unmanned aircraft systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36612/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the consultation on future reform of the Research & Development (R&D) Corporation Tax credit; his policy priorities in relation to any future reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36336/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies availing of the Research & Development (R&D) Corporation Tax credit in each of the past ten years; the total cost to the exchequer in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36337/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Artificial Intelligence (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department collates data on the level of expenditure across Government in relation to the adoption of AI; if there are plans to establish a fund to support the innovative use of AI across Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36330/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update regarding the completion of the national children's science centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36546/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered measures to incentivise multinational companies operating in Ireland to establish corporate headquarters in the State, with a view to creating new employment and providing new business opportunities for Irish-based professional service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36338/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the IDA capital investment programme, including plans to provide new next-generation strategic industrial sites through joint ventures; to provide next-generation office space for corporate HQs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36339/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (2 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline Government policy on increasing grant support for businesses as part of Ireland’s industrial strategy, including increased grants for SMEs to support green and digital transition and market diversification and a larger-scale grant for multinational companies; to outline any discussions at EU level aimed at...