Results 1,001-1,020 of 2,144 for speaker:Emer Currie

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he is planning in response to recent survey findings on the scale of illegal tobacco in circulation in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28093/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Climate Action Plan (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 123. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will conduct a review of taxsaver commuter schemes in order to enhance flexibility and uptake by commuters in support of the Government’s climate action targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28094/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the commitment to review the Civil Service Blended Working Policy Framework; when the review is expected to commence; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27849/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason Ireland is not involved the EU AI Factories initiative to date; if, in the context of the new EU AI Continent Action Plan, Ireland will seek to join a consortium as part of the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27839/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline his Department’s position on supporting the digital advertising sector in Ireland, recognising the economic value of digital advertising including its value to SMEs; and the plans appoint a senior official in the Department to take responsibility for the digital advertising policy. [28099/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has engaged with platforms and businesses offering digital advertising in relation to challenges posed by the implementation of the EU Digital Markets Act resulting in restrictions on personalised digital advertising and the impact this has had on efficiencies for advertisers and SMEs; and if Ireland has raised...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a timeline and expected milestones for the identification and re-zoning of land following his direction to local authorities to reopen development plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27842/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an audit of underutilised land or zoned but undeveloped land has been carried out in the last 12 months; if not, if such an audit will be commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27843/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline how the targets for the delivery of over 300,000 homes by 2030 will be monitored and enforced; what portion of these are expected to result directly from his direction to local authorities to reopen development plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27899/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 353. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how the National Development Plan can be improved to ensure additional funding is allocated to childcare development, owing to the lack of spaces, unmanageable costs and inadequate salary levels facing the sector and parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28092/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 379. To ask the Minister for Health when her Department will publish its review of diabetes care by its diabetes policy and services review steering group; the actions that are likely to be prioritised; the timeline for the delivery of recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27844/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 380. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will develop a new national diabetes registry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27845/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artificial Intelligence (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on plans for data centre development in light of the AI Continent Action Plan, describing data and computing infrastructure as vital for AI development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27840/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artificial Intelligence (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to attract academic expertise in artificial intelligence as part of his plans to attract academics from the United States, in light of the EU's AI Continent Action Plan, laying out plans for the Commission to attract AI academics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27841/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of third level courses and number of places available for the following roles (details supplied) in tabular form. [27977/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (27 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner drivers who failed to show up for their scheduled driving test appointment in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, by month, by driving test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26801/25]

Delivering a World-Class Education System: Statements (22 May 2025)

Emer Currie: I welcome the opportunity to share time with the Minister, Deputy McEntee, to discuss how the Government is tackling educational disadvantage. I also welcome her openness about challenges that remain to be tackled as we work to ensure no child is left behind on their educational journey. Last month, the Minister and I visited St. Philip the Apostle Junior National School in Mountview, to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2025)

Emer Currie: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (22 May 2025)

Emer Currie: While there are issues with how our public services are designed, the greatest barrier disabled people face in accessing appropriate services is resourcing and understaffing across assessment of needs, therapeutic and clinical services, medical services and education services, all of which are necessary if our disabled community are to lead full lives with the experiences and opportunities...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (22 May 2025)

Emer Currie: I acknowledge the additional places and the work of the Tánaiste and of the former Minister in the Department, Deputy O'Donovan, in this area. However, I am really talking about long-term workforce planning and how it needs to be linked with collaboration and shared data. For instance, the Disability Capacity Review to 2032, published by the HSE, states that 3.5% of the child...