Emer Currie

1643. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the actions outlined for the childminding sector (details supplied), broken down per each action, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20869/26]

1837. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted an assessment of reports from the UK regarding loopholes in the law there which allow for the modifying of disposable devices by adding non-operational charging ports, or including token removable or refillable pods, and their marketing as "reusable"; and if measures will be introduced to avoid similar loopholes in the context of the Public Health (Single-Use Vapes) Bill 2025. [19207/26]

1838. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the rationale for distinguishing between nicotine inhaling and nicotine-consumption products in the proposed Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026; and the implications of any differentiation in terms of regulatory approaches. [19208/26]

2171. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health for an update on a matter regarding a CAMHS referral for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20472/26]

293. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has reached its agreed complement of 200 permanent driver testers; the current number of testers in each driving test centre; the average waiting time in each driving test centre for a driver to receive an invitation from the RSA to apply to sit a driving test. [18132/26]

294. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the progress made to date following requests by Garda authorities in 2019 for access to driving licence photographs at roadside checkpoints from the National Driver File database; the reason for the six year delay in making a decision whether to grant access. [18133/26]

295. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 25 February 2026 if he will request the Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) to provide him with data on the number of fleet owners and motor traders who have failed to upload vehicle insurance details to the National Fleet Database as required by a law he introduced in November 2023. [18135/26]

296. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of times that new penalty points could be matched to an existing ‘shell record’ on transport’s driver file database when the driver has committed another penalty point offence(s), by year since 2020; the number of notifications sent to the personal details against the shell driver record each year since 2020, to inform the drivers that they are disqualified as the number of penalty points on their shell record had passed the threshold. [18137/26]

479. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE staff in Blakestown Children's Disability Network Team, Blanchardstown Children's Disability Network Team and Cabra Grangegorman Children's Disability Network Team, broken down per occupation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18156/26]

494. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE staff in Blakestown, Blanchardstown and Cabra Grangegorman Children's Disability Network Teams, broken down per occupation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18157/26]

1. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Taoiseach the current status of the implementation of the recommendations of the expert group on conveyancing and probate and the timeline for the implementation of each recommendation. [17318/26]

2. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Taoiseach whether he will consider introducing defined timelines for conveyancing in the Best Practice Charter for Solicitors and Estate Agents in Conveyancing, developed by the expert group on conveyancing and probate, to improve efficiency and certainty in conveyancing and if he will legislate for timelines in the event that objectives are not achieved with reducing timelines. [17319/26]

77. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the likely cost to the Exchequer of reducing capital gains tax by each 1% of a reduction. [17315/26]

78. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if Ireland intends, and is on course, to complete the transposition of EU Directive 2024/927 in advance of the transposition deadline of 16 April 2026; and if any further consultation is planned with industry ahead of 16 April 2026 on either the details of the planned transposition instrument or the implementation of the directive in Ireland. [17316/26]

116. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether it is envisaged a route will operate in this school year at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17252/26]

117. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth when parents will be communicated details regarding a transport route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17253/26]

162. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will make a policy statement recognising the economic, societal and culture value of the pub to Ireland. [17317/26]

48. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice, Migration and Social Affairs will next meet. [11969/26]

75. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on the Economy, Trade and Competitiveness will next meet. [11970/26]

142. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on his efforts to support the League of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16822/26]

203. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Taoiseach the percentage of parent’s benefit in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 that was topped up by an employer. [16409/26]

204. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Taoiseach the number of mothers that had their parents benefit topped up by their employer in 2025. [16410/26]

205. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Taoiseach the number of fathers that had their parents benefit topped up by their employer in 2025. [16411/26]

206. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Taoiseach the percentage of paternity leave that was topped up by employers in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. [16488/26]

286. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if high-vis PPE will become mandatory for legal pedal-assist e-bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16339/26]