Emer Currie

650. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of sixth-class students enrolled in several schools (details supplied) in each of the past five years, by school and by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30126/25]

651. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the projected number of junior-infant enrolments in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area in September 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, tabular form. [30127/25]

652. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the data sources used by her Department to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and where additional school accommodation is needed at primary and post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30128/25]

653. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth how her Department uses child-benefit data to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and where additional school accommodation is needed at primary and post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30129/25]

654. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details on the demographic data required by her Department to determine whether an area experiencing significant new residential developments requires extending the capacity of existing school or schools or whether the provision of a new school or schools is required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30130/25]

655. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures her Department can take to provide a co-educational primary or post-primary school in an area where no such option currently exists for parents, even if demographic data does not indicate the need for a new school, given that the new criteria for establishing school entities require all new schools to be co-educational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30131/25]

656. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of the reported 10% surplus of first-year places in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area for the 2024/2025 school year, by school, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30132/25]

657. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of first-year students in each post-primary school in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area in 2024/2025 versus capacity for each school, over the past five years, in tabular form. [30133/25]

658. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the provision for secondary school places that was made as per the plan (details supplied), following the increase in residential developments in the area over the past ten years and the 893 units due to be completed in 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30134/25]

659. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider providing a new co-educational secondary school in the Cabra/Phibsborough, D7 school planning area; whether current data available to the Department outlines a need for a new secondary school; to outline when her Department will next review the demand for school places in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30135/25]

824. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of full-time staff within the National Parks and Wildlife Service who are dedicated to the fulfilment of the agency's duties in the marine environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29821/25]

829. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill; when he expects this piece of legislation to come before the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29995/25]

843. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the 2001 Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Childcare Facilities in order to address gaps in the guidelines which are leaving communities without adequate access to childcare; his views on the effectiveness of the current benchmark of 20 childcare places per 75 dwellings; if he has engaged with the Minister for Children, Disability Equality in relation to a review of the guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30386/25]

844. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if each of the developments being progressed by the Land Development Agency include the provision of childcare facilities; if the Land Development Agency has engaged with the Department of Children, Disability and Equality with regard to the delivery of childcare facilities on public land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30388/25]

936. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the number of recipients of child benefit in an area (details provided) from 2020 to present, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30136/25]

938. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider ensuring that people with intellectual disabilities and autism retain their free travel pass permanently upon taking up employment, regardless of changes in their disability payment status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30163/25]

939. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review and increase the earnings disregards for disability allowance, with a view to permanently supporting people with intellectual disabilities and autism in employment without fear of losing essential supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30164/25]

940. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider reviewing the eligibility criteria for the EmployAbility Service to include individuals attending Section 39-funded organisations who are seeking employment but may not currently qualify; if he will consider the allocation of a dedicated local employment support officer in areas such as Mulhuddart to assist individuals in line with the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, which provides for support in decision-making to enable individuals to exercise their right to make decisions about their personal welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30167/25]

988. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí attached to roads policing units to date in May 2025 by division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29195/25]

1118. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Fisheries Natura Declarations which have been completed for Natura 2000 sites in the marine and coastal environment, if work is underway to complete Fisheries Natura Declarations for Natura 2000 sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29822/25]

1205. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of his/her Department’s engagement with the WRC to restore pay parity between Section 38 and Section 39 workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30158/25]

1213. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total value of applications received under the recent building block grant scheme; if all eligible applications were funded under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30357/25]

1214. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of unsuccessful applications under the building block grant scheme, by county; the reason each application was unsuccessful; if there is an appeal mechanism for unsuccessful applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30358/25]

1215. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications under the building block grant scheme which were unsuccessful due to the fact that the applicant did not own the land; if the Minister will examine a remedy for these providers for future rounds of the programme in order to provide much needed additional capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30359/25]

1216. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the work carried out to date to develop an action plan to build an affordable, high-quality, accessible early education and care system with State-led facilities adding capacity as committed in the Programme for Government; when she expects to publish this action plan; if she will consult with key stakeholders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30360/25]