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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (16 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner drivers who had their learner permit renewed by the RSA while their application for a driving test was pending in each of the years 2022 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39800/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (16 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 208. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measure being taken to address the 25% decrease in the number of services who have listed capacity for children under the age of one on their core funding application; to increase the capacity for children under the age of one more generally across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39963/25]

Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (15 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: I welcome the establishment of this commission of investigation into historical child sexual abuse in all schools. The scoping inquiry received 2,395 allegations involving 884 alleged abusers across 308 schools nationwide. That is 2,395 allegations; 2,395 cases of children abused by monsters, and 2,395 cases of our nation's children being failed by our schools, 308 schools, and by our...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: Community childcare not-for-profit operations led by the community for the community stand out in a sector dominated by private provision as an alternative, often part of a wider network of early intervention and family support services. Availability varies wildly across the country, from over 60% of services in Monaghan and Leitrim to just 6% of less in my own county of Fingal. It is 13%...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Pension Parity and Working Conditions for School Secretaries and Caretakers: Fórsa (10 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: I am sorry for arriving late, but I had another meeting this morning. I do not want to be one of those people who asks the witnesses things they have already been asked. I completely agree with our witnesses that secretaries and caretakers, by the very nature of the work they do, do not want to be in this position or to put parents or schools in this position. Like many parents, I am on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Pension Parity and Working Conditions for School Secretaries and Caretakers: Fórsa (10 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: I thank Mr. Pike.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Pension Parity and Working Conditions for School Secretaries and Caretakers: Fórsa (10 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. They have covered everything in depth. I will raise the matter with the Minister and look for action on their behalf.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Regeneration Projects (10 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 121. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will revise the town and village renewal scheme and the Towns and Cities Investment Fund to enable regeneration work across urban communities in Dublin west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38158/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Regeneration Projects (10 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 131. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on his Department's efforts to fulfil the Programme for Government's commitments to launch an urban communities initiative to revitalise disadvantaged city areas; to consider suburban areas in Dublin as suitable for such an initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38159/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (10 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date when the 40D route will be extended to serve Hollywoodrath; the details on the changes being made to this route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38533/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the stage 3 report of a school extension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38331/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: I thank the witnesses for being here today. They may have noticed that drones are getting a lot of attention at the moment. Let me be clear; I am from Dublin West and this is no small, local matter. Dublin 15 is being used as a test ground to launch commercial drone operations nationally and globally. The decisions the Government is making now will shape how home deliveries and drone...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: It is all three.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: Could I get an answer to my question about the integrated framework?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: Does Professor McCarthy agree it is about balancing innovation with residential amenity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: I really want to focus on the gaps and disconnects in current regulations that are affecting communities. We have established that there is no authority responsible for monitoring drone-generated environmental noise. Has there been any independent verification of the Trinity College noise report on Manna's drones which claims that drone flyovers in Dublin 15 stick out by 5 dB? It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: I am going to move on to planning and licensing. The IAA issued a light UAS operator certificate permitting the use of sub-bases at junction 6 and Clonsilla and a main base at Blanchardstown Shopping Centre for commercial drone operations. Commercial operations are not permitted at Clonsilla, so Fingal used enforcement powers to shut the operation down. The same is likely to happen at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: As a result, there are major gaps concerning noise and integrating with the local planning code.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Emer Currie: The witnesses are very welcome. As a commercial entity, I understand Mr. Healy's company operates within the existing regulatory framework. It is up to us as legislators to push for better regulation and for the Government to provide it. Does Mr. Healy accept that the test period in Dublin 15 needs to end and that we need an integrated regulatory framework that deals with the legitimate...