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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (5 Nov 2025)

Emer Currie: I accept that the Minister and the Department are working on the action plan for childcare. I am trying to ensure that the big thinking that is required to deliver childcare at the scale that we need is reflected in the NDP and will be ready to be activated to deliver the spaces that we desperately need. We need systemic change and a new model of childcare. I am looking for reassurance...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (5 Nov 2025)

Emer Currie: 5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date under national strategic outcome 10 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60155/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (5 Nov 2025)

Emer Currie: 33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date under national strategic outcome 4 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60154/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (5 Nov 2025)

Emer Currie: What is the progress to date under national strategic outcomes 10 and 4 of the NDP? I think I get some additional time for my supplementaries.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (5 Nov 2025)

Emer Currie: I thank the Minister for his update. I agree with him that a lot of delivery has taken place. I want to speak specifically about childcare, early learning and school-age care. I believe €795 million has been ring-fenced until 2030 for capital funding for the Department of Children, Disability and Equality. Over the last two years, €45 million was allocated to expand...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Policy (4 Nov 2025)

Emer Currie: I would also like to give a voice to those parents in terms of post-primary choice. I take the opportunity to mention funding resources for special schools. I thank the Minister for the increase in the capitation grant in the budget. It is something that we had discussed at the education committee and I know it was on her agenda. I am always pushing for more resources. As I have...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Policy (4 Nov 2025)

Emer Currie: 6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the survey of primary school parents and guardians and parents and guardians of children not yet in school on their preferences on important aspects of school provision and choice in their community, as committed to in the programme for Government. [59853/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Policy (4 Nov 2025)

Emer Currie: I am looking for an update on the survey for primary school parents and guardians on their preferences for school provision and choice in their community that was launched today. I thank the Minister for that. Will she include in her response what happens if a need is established through the survey? What impact will this have on secondary school choice? Will there be a follow-on survey...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Policy (4 Nov 2025)

Emer Currie: I thank the Minister. I also thank her for launching the survey. It is an issue that impacts the Dublin City Council part of Dublin West at primary and secondary school level. The area is not served well enough in terms of access to or choice of secondary schools. Pelletstown has a Dublin 15 postcode but is not in the catchment area for Dublin 15 schools. People there live in the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: Learner drivers never have to sit a driver test to roll over their learner permits. They just have to show they have booked or joined a waiting list for a test. Some have permits for years, contributing to a culture where learner permits are treated like full licences. The Road Safety Authority has had more than a decade to prepare for the closure of this loophole. The Minister of State,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: The RSA is saying they are not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Curriculum Reform at Senior Cycle: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I will ask the question to the other witnesses. What do they believe the potential consequences will be? It would be beneficial if they could answer that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Curriculum Reform at Senior Cycle: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I thank the witnesses for their comprehensive opening statements and the work they have put into this. Like others, I have been contacted by teachers who have concerns around classroom time; supervision, particularly the ability to supervise across so many different individual projects; examination integrity; the authenticity of the work; the pressure and pace of reform; the additional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I congratulate Ms Considine on her new post. It is good to see Mr. Kenny again. I am a huge supporter of the all-island strategic rail review and it should be considered a cornerstone for the building of a new Ireland, so it is an exciting, positive project the public can get involved in. Looking at the length of time it takes for MetroLink and, in my own area, DART+ West, what are the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: Is this on the Dublin to Belfast line?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: That is okay. DART+ West is what I am concerned with. In that business case, will there be an overview of the disruption to existing services? Commuters are already asking questions about those plans.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: No, but it has been flagged that there will be disruption and the sooner we get to the details of that, the better. When talking about the business case, that has to go hand in hand with it because people's lives continue and they want confidence that this is going to be managed in a way that avoids as much disruption as possible. I have spoken about this next matter before. When the 41...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I am sorry. I am under time pressure and that is what Mr. Jim Meade said the last time he was here. It is the DART+ West capacity I am most interested in.