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

Emer Currie: 8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider expanding third level course places related to therapies in the disability sector, as part of workforce planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26303/25]

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

Emer Currie: I am asking for an update on the expansion of third level course places for therapies in the disability sector and the Minister's role in the workforce planning of therapists needed in children's disability network teams, CDNTs, primary care teams and schools. There has been much focus this week on assessments of need. The programme for Government and the report of the Joint Committee on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (22 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the implementation of a ‘Second Chance’ provision, to ensure that students undertaking a repeat year or changing courses once can still access the free fees initiative, thereby avoiding financial penalties through higher fee rates, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Urban Development (22 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 86. 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. [26304/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regeneration Projects (22 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 108. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the commitment to resource the Town Centre First model and establish a town regeneration team in every local authority, as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26305/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Local Community Safety Partnerships (22 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding that will go towards the operation of local community safety partnerships; and if there is a breakdown of the funding for purpose or geographically. [26505/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Urban Development (22 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 402. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps he has taken to fulfil the Programme for Governments 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. [21602/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Urban Development (22 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 403. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will consider expanding the Programme for Government’s commitment to invest in key regional tourism projects under the rural regeneration and development fund to also include projects located within the Dublin metropolitan area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22870/25]

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (21 May 2025)

Emer Currie: I am the first to say there has been progress, but serious issues remain with capacity, access and core funding that need to be fixed. Today, I am hosting local childcare providers and parents in the audiovisual room. We will focus on a payscale that reflects qualifications and expertise, pressures they are facing with recruitment, making core funding work, especially for small providers...

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (21 May 2025)

Emer Currie: -----as has the Taoiseach when I have raised them, but they want to hear from the Government about now-----

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (21 May 2025)

Emer Currie: -----not just about the future. They want to get back to building partnerships, starting with really listening.

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (21 May 2025)

Emer Currie: There is not a week that goes by that I am not contacted by a parent seeking access to childcare. On Monday, 1,500 new childcare places were announced nationally, funded under the national development plan's building blocks extension grant scheme. These places, at a cost of €25 million, include 18 much-needed places in Dublin West. This Government is delivering but it needs to keep...

Committee on Education and Youth: Business of Joint Committee (21 May 2025)

Emer Currie: I offer my congratulations to the Cathaoirleach. I look forward to working with him and all the members of the committee. Education and schools are major issues in my constituency of Dublin West. I look forward to discussing these issues from local and national perspectives. My main aim is for us to have an education system where all children belong. This means tackling the existing...

Committee on Education and Youth: Business of Joint Committee (21 May 2025)

Emer Currie: I want us to spend a significant amount of time on the youth aspect. Our youth system now has seen an increase in investment from the justice perspective but we have not seen the same investment in universal youth services. These are extremely important in our communities and for our families. There is also a good opportunity here for us to focus on early learning. I am looking forward to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 May 2025)

Emer Currie: I fear Dublin’s urban and suburban villages are getting left behind. As I raised with the Taoiseach previously, out of 150 new gardaí in March, just four came to the K district. The vast majority went to the city centre. The K district is one of the busiest policing districts in the country. Our Dublin West villages are too small for the Town Centre First policy and too big...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 23. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with rural affairs and community development will meet. [22486/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 May 2025)

Emer Currie: The Minister for Justice has assured this House that his Department is finalising the regulations necessary for the local community safety partnerships to function. We really need to get them up and running as soon as possible. Dublin West is a big place. Key to the effectiveness of the local community safety partnerships is that they are indeed local. The problems facing Clonsilla are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice, Migration and Social Affairs will next meet. [22485/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (20 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress in preparing for the impact of any new tariffs on Irish farmers and agrifood producers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25607/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (20 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the agricultural sector in the most recent available full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25606/25]