253. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 27 May 2025, if he has received the data requested from the Road Safety Authority on driving test centres where learner drivers failed to turn up for their scheduled driving test appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32806/25]
254. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if he has received the implementation plans from the Road Safety Authority to close the loophole whereby learner drivers are allowed to renew their permits without sitting the driving test; if he has placed a timeline on the Road Safety Authority to provide him with its plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32807/25]
255. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for his Department and the Road Safety Authority to close the loophole whereby learners never have to sit a driving test to renew their permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32808/25]
256. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of learner permit holders involved in fatal and serious crashes in 2023 who were on their second, third or subsequent permit at the time they were involved in the collision;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32809/25]
263. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the supports available to employers and employees to promote remote and flexible working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31901/25]
306. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if he will examine the potential to expand the remit of Ireland State savings to introduce new investment products for Irish savers, in line with the ambition of the EU Savings and Investment Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32756/25]
307. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if he has examined the potential of schemes to allow Irish savers to invest more of Ireland’s substantial household deposit savings into products which directly fund the delivery of major Irish public infrastructure projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32757/25]
Emer Currie
Written
17 Jun 2025 · to Public Expenditure
312. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on the temporary traffic measures at Ashtown Gate Junction beside Phoenix Park; if he will provide a timeline on the implementation of the temporary measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31970/25]
Emer Currie
Written
17 Jun 2025 · to Public Expenditure
313. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the OPW will consider improving pedestrian access at the Ashtown Gate entrance to Phoenix Park, including for buggy users; whether the OPW has already considered such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31971/25]
Emer Currie
Written
17 Jun 2025 · to Public Expenditure
314. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the OPW will consider facilitating a home move for a person (details supplied) who resides in a replacement house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31972/25]
349. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department will consider introducing incentives for employers to offer remote and hybrid working options to employees with young children, long commutes, or disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31897/25]
350. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he plans to bring forward legislation to incentivise remote and hybrid working in the private sector during the lifetime of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31898/25]
351. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of people working full-time or part-time in the private sector in roles that are fully on-site, hybrid, or fully remote from 2022 to the present, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31899/25]
352. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the supports available to employers and employees to promote remote and flexible working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31902/25]
353. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of remote working requests made under the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 from March 2024 to date; the number of requests approved and rejected by employers, broken down by civil service and private sector, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31903/25]
465. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commit to increasing the number of multi-denominational schools; the progress that has been made since 2011; if she plans to survey parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32792/25]
475. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the supports available for postmasters struggling to keep their post offices open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31891/25]
476. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to outline his Department's position on a union (details supplied) request for a €15 million annual funding package for the post office network beyond 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31892/25]
477. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the specific steps being taken to prevent further rural post office closures, in view of concerns raised by a union (details supplied); if any actions are being taken to support post office closures in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31893/25]
478. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the development of a successor scheme to the basic income for the arts pilot; to outline the measures that will be in place for current participants when the pilot concludes in August 2025 and while they await the successor scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31894/25]
497. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on his Department’s efforts to fulfil the Programme for Government’s commitment to establish a unit in the Housing Agency to regulate owners’ management companies to ensure effective governance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31909/25]
609. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the prison visitation committee application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32121/25]
613. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a person (details supplied) will receive their citizenship certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32177/25]
670. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason AIM support educators funding is withdrawn when a child is absent due to illness or holidays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31905/25]
671. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason for the current policy under which AIM support educators funding is withdrawn when a child is marked as absent due to illness or holidays on the HIVE system; if she is aware that services must continue to pay the AIM support educators during these absences; the actions her Department is taking to address providers concerns; an…