Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
732. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress of the expansion of apprenticeships since the publication of the action plan on apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53505/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
733. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the target of 10,000 annual apprenticeship registrations by the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53506/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
734. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the work on increasing the number of craft apprenticeships, given how crucial these are in meeting our national and housing retrofit targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53507/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
735. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to detail the take-up of the supports to help achieve a better gender balance in apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53508/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
736. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps being taken to reach the target of 750 apprenticeships in the Public and Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53509/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
737. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which his department is supporting the use and adoption of modern methods of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53510/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
738. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the national demonstration park for modern methods of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53511/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
739. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the type and number of units planned at the national demonstration park for modern methods of construction; the number envisaged for completion this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53512/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
740. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science how successful demonstrator projects from the modern methods of construction demonstration park will be scaled up and adopted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53513/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
741. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who benefited from the reduction in the student contribution charge in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53514/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
742. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of additional students who qualified for SUSI assistance following the increase in income level thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53515/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
743. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if grant assistance is available to part-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53516/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
744. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the focus of Springboard in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53517/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
745. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the availability of courses in Springboard in expanding areas, such as AI and renewable energy technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53518/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
746. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is satisfied that current communication methods are adequate to ensure employees are aware of the courses available to upskill or for continuous professional development given the increasing volatility of the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53519/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
747. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the legislation to amend the National Training Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53520/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
748. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there is a detailed plan on how the National Training Fund will be expanded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53521/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
749. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress of supporting higher education institutions in developing on campus student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53522/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
750. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are statistics on the uptake of the rent-a-room scheme with particular reference to students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53523/25]
Emer Currie
Written
7 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
751. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there is sufficient support in place to assist mature learners to attend further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53524/25]
12. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on his Department's efforts to fulfil the programme for Government commitment to provide the nationwide network of post offices with funding to ensure their sustainability and enhance the value they bring to local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52247/25]
134. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the introduction of a free shingles vaccine for older people, in particular those over 66 years-of-age, in line with best practice in other European countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52175/25]
166. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the strategies in place to reduce response times for ambulances in the Dublin metropolitan area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52176/25]
245. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of learner permit holders, by county, who were disqualified in court in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number that surrendered their learner permit to the Road Safety Authority; the number who were prosecuted for failing to surrender their learner permit to the RSA; the number convicted of the offence; the penalties delivered; and if he will mak…
246. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of learner permit holders disqualified in court in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 whereby the offence could not be matched automatically to the correct learner permit holder; the number of learner permit cases that the RSA attempted to match through a manual search; the number that were successfully matched to a record; and if he will make a statemen…