Results 101-120 of 1,275 for speaker:Emer Currie

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider expanding English as an additional language (EAL) teachers to special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28521/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if English as an additional language (EAL) teachers are available to special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28525/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing a multi-annual fund, available on a rolling basis, to special schools to help cover the cost of non-routine day-to-day expenses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28522/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing additional support to help schools and special schools with the administrative burden of school transport for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28523/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the number of EAL teachers allocated to schools on a permanent and temporary basis over the past five years; the level of investment in EAL provision over those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28524/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna DEIS (29 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason special schools are not included in the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28526/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an explanation from the NCSE which has stated it is unaware of a family seeking a special class placement for their child (details supplied) despite the fact that the family has been engaged with their local SENO since October 2024 about this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28578/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (29 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a school (details supplied) are eligible to provide a breakfast club through the school meals or DEIS programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28531/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (29 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next funding call for the community safety fund will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28588/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: School Meals Programme (29 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if special schools located in DEIS areas can provide a breakfast club through the EU school milk scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28529/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: School Meals Programme (29 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a school (details supplied) are eligible to provide a breakfast club through the EU school milk scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28533/25]

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: We have not had the roll-out of BusConnects yet in Dublin West. The main issue is capacity and reliability. There are ghost buses, disappearing buses, mystery buses and late buses. We have them all in Dublin West. How many buses, on average, are on the roads on weekdays at peak times? How does that figure compare with two years ago?

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: That is the figure for Dublin.

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: How many buses does the NTA aim to have in operation in the next two years?

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: I would have hoped the witnesses would have had access to that kind of data today. In Dublin West, we are not feeling that upward trajectory in bus numbers.

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: I am talking about Blanchardstown.

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: Why are we not seeing that kind of increase now?

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: It is very frustrating for commuters. They are suffering because of a lack of buses and capacity. They are not thinking about the implementation of BusConnects. They just want to get to work, school or college on time. Has the electrification of the bus depots held back the number of buses we have on our roads?

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: I am flagging capacity issues and we are not seeing the increase in buses that we need. Will Mr. Creegan answer my question with respect to the electrification of the bus depots? Competitions launched in 2021 and 2023 were cancelled. It seems that only three of our nine bus depots have charging points. Is that why we do not have the fleet that we need to provide capacity?

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: Some of the answers I have received from the NTA have indicated that the fleet is an issue, including the electrification of the bus depots.