Results 1,081-1,100 of 2,144 for speaker:Emer Currie

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the procurement of the electrification of bus depots to allow for the rollout of the b-spine under the BusConnects plan in Q2 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23098/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (8 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his Department’s engagement with the National Transport Authority regarding the creation of a transport security force, similar to the airport police and customs officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23099/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (8 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider expanding the remote working policy to include a specific organisation (details supplied); to clarify whether this organisation currently has a remote working policy in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22965/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Inquiries (8 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person who, following divorce proceedings, no longer resides in the family home but still has their name on the property title, despite having no financial stake in the property, can be considered eligible under the ‘fresh start’ principle when applying for a local authority home loan or an affordable...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (7 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to allowing start-up SMEs to claim the research and development tax credit over a longer period of years, noting many start-ups may have low corporation tax liabilities in their early years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22580/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (7 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to enhance the promotion of CeADAR's educational supports for Irish businesses, including free courses and access to AI regulatory sandboxes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22576/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (7 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of applicants and recipients of the grow digital voucher in 2024; the total cost of the scheme in 2024; the budget allocation for the scheme in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22578/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (7 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applicants and recipients of the Enterprise Ireland's digital process innovation offer, in 2024; the total cost of the scheme in 2024; the budget allocation for the scheme in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22579/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (7 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timelines for public consultation and preparation of proposed new planning guidelines for solar farms, including on high-value agriculture land. [22762/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (7 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places being provided as part of each of 2024 and 2025 Springboard+ programmes for courses covering artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cloud computing, software development, e-commerce, and "traditional" ICT courses; the cost of providing the courses in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22577/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2025)

Emer Currie: The programme for Government recognises the need to work in partnership with private childcare providers to make core funding work as well as taking the critical step into State-led childcare. The three main issues the Government needs to tackle are staffing, accessibility and affordability. The truth, as the Tánaiste knows, is that reliance on the private sector alone will never...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Regulation (1 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken to fulfil the programme for Government's commitments to undertake a look-back exercise to identify regulations that are now redundant, to reduce unnecessary red tape and the cost of doing business; whether this will form part of the work of the action plan on productivity and competitiveness; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to examine improvements to key ancillary benefits, such as the fuel allowance, household benefits package and living alone allowance, to support vulnerable groups. [21603/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (1 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 207. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the schemes in place to encourage businesses to set up in our towns and villages and if his Department has plans to introduce more schemes to ensure the longevity of our towns and villages. [21914/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (1 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 370. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends on mandating the HSE health protection surveillance centre to collect data on shingles or post-herpetic neuralgia, in order to provide greater data for public health decisions, particularly related to the National Immunisation Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21960/25]

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Emer Currie: I welcome the new planning framework recognising the need to reflect changes since 2018. Back then, it was an innovative plan. Today, we must double its ambition. Setting objectives is one thing, but delivering them is another. We speak of building 50,000 homes per year until 2040. That is achievable, but it demands radical change in efficiency and execution. People are asking about...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (30 Apr 2025)

Emer Currie: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of NCT tests carried out at centres (details provided) from 2020 to date in 2025, by year, per centre, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21424/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (30 Apr 2025)

Emer Currie: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he would consider compelling the NCT to notify motorists when their NCT is due, to give motorists a reasonable period of time to arrange a test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21425/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (29 Apr 2025)

Emer Currie: I wish to ask about the programme for Government commitment to earmark cost-rental units for key local workers like gardaí, teachers and nurses. We heard it at the GRA conference yesterday and at teacher conferences over Easter - housing is a key recruitment and retention issue. They need to be able to secure affordable accommodation that is accessible to the communities they serve....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (29 Apr 2025)

Emer Currie: 28. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [20789/25]