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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has engaged with EirGrid and-or electricity network providers, with a view to accelerating the provision of grid connection for new public EV charging points; and if he is satisfied that with the timelines for provision of new connections to the grid. [11488/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has conducted an assessment of the investment needed in the electricity grid to support the levels of EV charging required to facilitate a substantial increases in the number of electrical vehicles in Ireland, in line with ambitions set by Government, including the climate targets for the transport sector. [11489/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of new passenger buses which were registered or taxed for the first time in each of the past five years, by power source; and if they are publicly or privately owned. [11491/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 407. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the VAT rate applicable to each of bike rental and short-term car rental sectors from 13.5% to 9%. [11485/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 408. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of newly purchased buses for which VAT refunds were applied for and granted, under the VAT71 scheme, in each of the past five years. [11490/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 529. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the Government’s response to the latest recommendation of Ireland’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisory Council to build-out national AI testbeds for multiple sectors. [11474/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 530. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the Government’s response to the latest recommendation of Ireland’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisory Council to establish a dedicated Irish AI Office to ensure a central point of authority across Government, cohesive governance, clear success metrics, and a coordinated AI strategy and policy approach...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 532. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to implement the EU AI Act; the way it is planned to provide simplified ways of compliance for SMEs. [11492/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 531. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on progress on the recommendation of pillar 3 (relating to enterprise) of the 2024 refresh of Ireland’s national AI strategy. [11476/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in a school (details supplied) in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10761/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the number of sixth class students enrolled in a school (details supplied) in each of the past five years, broken down per school and by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10762/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next Stage 2a meeting (details supplied) will be held, following a previous meeting in October 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10796/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are funding streams in her Department that might provide for a sensory playground for autism classes at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11071/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 679. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected number of junior infant enrolments in Dublin 15 and in Dublin west in September 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, tabular form. [11807/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Special Education runs a communications campaign; if so, the communication channels used to inform parents that they should contact the council to secure a school place for children with additional needs in a special class or special school; the budgetary allocation for such communication; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 681. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has any engagement with third parties, such as pre-schools, public nurses, the HSE, assessment of need providers, primary care centres, community centres and resource and family centres, to inform parents that they should contact the NCSE to secure a school place for children with additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 682. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps and process the National Council for Special Education undertakes each year to identify demand for special classes and special school places in local areas, such as Dublin 15; if the council relies on parents contacting it directly or an overall national percentage is used as part of that process; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the NCSE has to report to her Department on the number of new special classes or special school classes are required in Dublin 15 for September 2025; and if so, when that report was received. [11811/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 687. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide up-to-date statistics on the post-primary population in Dublin 15 across three school areas, Blanchardstown Village and West, Castleknock and Carpenterstown, and Mulhuddart Tyrrelstown, including the overall post-primary school population, school enrolment and school capacity figures, identifying the source of this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Mar 2025)

Emer Currie: 688. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide up-to-date statistics on the post-primary population in Dublin 15 across three school areas: Blanchardstown Village and West, Castleknock and Carpenterstown, and Mulhuddart Tyrrelstown, including the number of students who travel to each of the other school areas for school, identifying the source of this information. [11826/25]