Results 121-140 of 2,134 for speaker:Emer Currie

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (14 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 688. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures his Department is evaluating to reduce legal costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54797/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (14 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 690. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has evaluated the development of a development consent order system similar to the system available in England in order that major infrastructure projects can avoid the need to secure consent for different features of the project under different regimes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54800/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Reviews (14 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 689. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reforms his Department are evaluating to reduce the cost of judicial review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54798/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 691. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful applicants currently waiting to be called to begin training in a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54801/25]

Committee on Children and Equality: Child Poverty and Deprivation: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: The witnesses are all very welcome today. I thank them for their thorough submissions. Regarding childcare, we are all aware that access to an early childhood learning and care system is essential for tackling disadvantage, for early intervention, for bridging socioeconomic disparity and for increased economic participation later on in life. Obviously, the day before yesterday we had the...

Committee on Children and Equality: Child Poverty and Deprivation: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: That is an important point, as is the fact that the fee adjustment last year had a knock-on impact when the universal subsidies were increased, but then the adjustment was brought in, and it had a negative knock-on effect on income-assessed subsidies. I am not sure that got the attention it required, but I hear what the witnesses are saying today and it is essential that it be taken on board...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (9 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of cancelled trips on the 37 Dublin Bus route from January 2025 to date, by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54365/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (9 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of cancelled trips on the 38 Dublin Bus route from January 2025 to date, by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54366/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (9 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of cancelled trips on the 39 Dublin Bus route from January 2025 to date, by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54367/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (9 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of cancelled trips on the 39a Dublin Bus route from January 2025 to date, by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54368/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (9 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of cancelled trips on the 70 Dublin Bus route from January 2025 to date, by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54369/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (9 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of cancelled trips on the 40D Dublin Bus route from January 2025 to date, by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54370/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (9 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of cancelled trips on the 40E Dublin Bus route from January 2025 to date, by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54371/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (9 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of cancelled trips on the 122 Dublin Bus route from January 2025 to date, by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54372/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I thank everyone sincerely for being here, especially PARC. There is a loophole whereby learner drivers can continually renew their permits without taking a test. I would like the Department to give Ms Gray an answer on when that loophole is going to be closed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I welcome the confirmation that in order to get your third learner permit, you will have to take a test, but I am frustrated at the delay. There was a commitment made that when the average waiting time for driving tests came down to ten weeks, this would be enacted without delay. That target was reached at the end of August and we are now in October. I want to convey the urgency required...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: The Garda does not have access to that file. Am I correct in saying it is owned by the Department of Transport?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I have been asking the Minister for justice since July why it has not been implemented and we have not been given a reason. Why is that information not being shared? The obvious question is whether this has an impact on road safety. Does it, for instance, interfere with automatic number plate recognition or speed camera vans? I do not know why it has not been progressed, but I also do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I want to go back to the representatives An Garda Síochána. It was mentioned that the NVDF is not connected to the mobility app. In replies to parliamentary questions I have tabled in respect of disqualified drivers, it has been stated that An Garda Síochána has access to the NVDF as part of its mobility strategy. I am looking for clarity on that. How do front-line...