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Emer Currie

Fine Gael Dublin West TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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2,918
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
46,432
words spoken in the chamber
Across 211 contributions
414
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
320
topics asked about
Across 20 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 2,918 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 211 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 31 0
February 2025 64 6
March 2025 88 5
April 2025 103 14
May 2025 99 32
June 2025 168 12
July 2025 143 11
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 225 10
October 2025 226 11
November 2025 286 23
December 2025 107 1
January 2026 202 7
February 2026 199 10
March 2026 149 12
April 2026 188 8
May 2026 217 13
June 2026 117 8
July 2026 105 5
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 100 10
October 2026 101 13

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 170 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Dublin West 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Fine Gael 29 November 2024 to now
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
488. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a proposal for a school (details supplied). [73787/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
502. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline who the new special educational needs organiser (SENO) is for a school (details supplied). [74028/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
507. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the SNA review for a school (details supplied) following an onsite meeting with the NCSE. [74031/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Social
633. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection whether the public consultation on pay-related parent’s benefit, which he committed to launching in autumn 2026, has commenced; if not, the date it will launch; and whether its scope will include extending a pay-related approach to maternity, paternity and adoptive benefits. [74027/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
697. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the National Cyber Security Bill 2024 will be published and the timeline for transposition of the NIS2 Directive. [74379/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
756. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether station bail comes with any conditions, requirements for Garda risk assessments and protections for people at risk; whether he plans to change that; and if so, to provide a timeline for reform. [74123/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
757. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on work undertaken to progress the 15 recommendations outlined in the Staines Review, including that legislation should be introduced allowing the member in charge of a Garda station to attach conditions to a station bail bond and that this legislation should set out the factors which must be considered by the member in c…
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Children
817. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated number of children attending creches operating outside of core funding. [73796/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Children
818. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the process and criteria for selecting not-for-profit operators of facilities developed under the State-led early learning and childcare capital programme; whether selection will be conducted through open competitive procurement or another process; and the eligibility requirements for prospective operators. [73804/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Children
819. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which the fee structures will operate in the sites earmarked for the State-led childcare programme. [73800/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Children
820. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the seven sites earmarked for the State-led childcare programme; and when she envisions these units being fully operational. [73799/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Children
821. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the independent evaluation of the national childcare scheme. [73798/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Children
822. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of childcare providers eligible for core funding; and the estimated number of childcare providers operating outside of core funding. [73797/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Children
824. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the proposed funding model for childcare services established under the State-led capital programme; whether the State will fund the full capital costs of acquisition, construction and fit-out; the ways ongoing operational costs, including staffing, maintenance, insurance and utilities, will be financed; and whether operators will receiv…
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Children
825. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the proposed fee-setting arrangements for childcare services established under the State-led capital programme; whether these services will be subject to the same maximum fee caps as existing core funding providers; and whether her Department intends to establish a separate or lower fee structure for State-led facilities. [73802/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Children
826. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the estimated capital expenditure for each of the seven proposed State-led early learning and childcare projects announced on 30 September 2026, in tabular form. [73805/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Children
827. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department intends to develop a standardised national operating framework for facilities established under the State-led early learning and childcare capital programme; whether this framework will prescribe requirements relating to staffing, enrolment and admissions policies, parental fees, opening hours, service provision an…
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Children
828. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the process and criteria for selecting not-for-profit operators of facilities developed under the State-led early learning and childcare capital programme; and whether selection will be conducted through open competitive procurement or another process; the eligibility requirements for prospective operators. [73803/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Children
830. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 66061/26 of 17 September 2026, for an update on the Department's investigation of this particular issue with Pobal; and for a timeline on a more detailed response to be issued to this person. [73919/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Children
836. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timing and publication of the review on the work life balance Bill provisions for flexible working, including consideration of extending the right to request flexible work to everyone. [74025/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
902. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the rationale behind the delivery of lab results to Connolly Hospital by taxi. [73656/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
904. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the reason a facility (details supplied) operates on a nine to five basis; and whether this can operate on weekends. [73655/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
905. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the measures she has taken to improve waiting times for patients in Connolly hospital. [73650/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
1032. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health how the HSE and national cancer control programme monitor compliance with recommended annual post-cancer surveillance mammograms, given confirmation that data is not available on the number of patients awaiting post-cancer surveillance appointments or average waiting times; and whether she will introduce national monitoring and reporting of these waiting lists an…
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
1087. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has quantified the additional staffing, mammography equipment and appointment capacity required to eliminate delays in post-treatment breast cancer surveillance at the Mater Hospital. [74107/26]