Emer Currie

828. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the National Strategy for Children and Girls and publication of the first Action Plan, including actions to support working families in balancing the competing demands of family and work and the extension of parent's leave and benefit and additional flexibilities, including the allocation of 18 weeks parent's leave for lone parents. [21985/26]

829. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the National Strategy for Children and Girls and publication of the first Action Plan, including actions to support working families in balancing the competing demands of family and work, the extension of parent's leave and benefit and additional flexibilities, including the transferability of parent's leave and parental leave from a mother to a father, who currently has access to 11 weeks paid leave between paternity and parent's leave and 26 weeks unpaid leave under parental leave. [21986/26]

1003. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health her position on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22318/26]

23. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding his efforts to increase Garda numbers in Dublin West; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19470/26]

75. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the Programme for Government commitment "provide funding to recruit at least 5,000 new Garda recruits and additional Garda Staff over the next five years"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19471/26]

165. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide details on the planned public event on the draft Social Climate Plan to be co-hosted by his Department and the European Commission. [21071/26]

189. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed a new report and proposals by an organisation (detailed supplied); if he will meet with the organisation to discuss their proposals; and if he will task his Department with progressing the proposals. [21072/26]

218. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update on the implementation of recent or upcoming changes to the Union Customs Code in Ireland, including any planned change to online systems and portals for importers and exporters and the Import One-Stop Shop (IOSS). [21064/26]

219. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update on the way in which recent or upcoming changes to the Union Customs Code will impact both online retail platforms and Irish consumers in terms of both purchases from outside Ireland and outside the EU.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21065/26]

220. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the cost of further increasing the R&D tax credit rate from 35% to 40%. [21066/26]

221. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if proposals to expand the qualifying costs under R&D tax credit could be extended to include investment in digital technologies, including AI, which support business model innovation. [21067/26]

222. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of doubling the current capital allowance on plant and machinery to 25% over four years. [21068/26]

223. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of pubs licensed in Ireland in each of the past ten years; and to provide the annual data broken down by county and turnover band, in tabular form. [21070/26]

224. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of X-ray scanners used to detect illicit trade and smuggling at ports; the number of times they were deployed and used at individual named ports in the State in each year from 2020 to the end of February 2026; if it is planned to increase the number of X-ray scanners in use at ports and airports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21073/26]

225. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of sniffer dog teams being used to detect illicit trade and smuggling at ports; the number of times they were deployed at each individual port in the State from 2020 to date in 2026. (details supplied); if it is planned to increase the number of sniffer dogs in use in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21074/26]

278. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an EWS application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20991/26]

279. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update regarding an additional accommodation project under the school capital programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20992/26]

349. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection whether there is any difference between statutory parental leave and parental leave within the Civil Service/semi-State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20986/26]

401. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of the cost analysis conducted as part of phase one of the action plan on childminding, including the likely increase in national childcare scheme subsidies; and the number of childminders likely to come within scope of the regulation, with projections broken down by years. [21082/26]

525. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline the current value of the accumulated surplus in the National Training Fund. [21069/26]

221. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of fatal and serious road traffic collisions each year since 2010 where an unborn baby has died following the collision. [18532/26]

274. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the way in which his Department will ensure that the recent European Commission ruling concerning night-flight limits at Dublin Airport is to be addressed by the planning system and planning authorities; the oversight mechanisms that are in place to ensure compliance with EU aviation noise regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19205/26]

275. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the legal advice received by his Department regarding the implications of the European Commission's finding that the night-flight restriction decision by An Coimisiún Pleanála breached EU regulations; his views on whether appropriate procedures will be followed in any reconsideration of the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19206/26]

294. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to provide funding for the M50 Liffey Crossing Active Travel Project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19390/26]

295. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has calculated the estimated cost of a €5,000 per vehicle scrappage scheme for private diesel cars registered before 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19395/26]