672. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason services are required to pay AIM support educators when they are out sick, while the provider is still caring for the supported child without any replacement or additional funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31907/25]
673. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the latest figures regarding number of childcare providers in Dublin that are eligible for core funding; the number that signed up for core funding in 2024 and 2025; the number that have applied for a fee adjustment for 2024 and 2025; the number of those successful, rejected or pending a decision; the number of crèches that have appealed…
992. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on the Programme for Government’s commitment to expand the remit of connected hubs to create new opportunities in rural communities; if he will consider extending this remit to include suburban villages in the Dublin metropolitan area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31895/25]
119. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the emergency works application of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31248/25]
172. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the provision of modular accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31249/25]
465. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the detailed breakdown of the number of early learning and childcare providers that have received financial support under the Sustainability Funding strand of the Core Funding programme from 2023 to date; the individual amounts allocated to each provider, broken down by local authority area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statem…
559. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the reason the temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employee’s unit for work post Covid-19 infection is ending on 30 June 2025; the provisions that will be put in place for people on this scheme that are medically unable to return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31606/25]
20. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if it is still the Government’s intention to proceed with ‘private wire’ legislation to allow data centre operators to connect to their own source of power generation; if it is still the plan to publish the proposed legislation in the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30879/25]
55. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport for an update on a unmanned aircraft systems policy framework; if this policy framework will address individuals’ concerns regarding noise pollution, disturbances to wildlife, and other environmental implications caused by the use of drones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30324/25]
100. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to outline his Department’s activities and plans to support the development of Ireland’s cybersecurity industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30873/25]
151. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to outline the supports and guidance currently available to SMEs in relation to implementation of the NIS2 Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30872/25]
166. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when it is intended to commence the relevant sections of the Planning and Development Act 2024 relating to designation of urban development zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30871/25]
283. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of services that have engaged with the Department regarding the sustainability fund or case management support for services that are having difficulty with viability under core funding; the number of services that have availed of additional supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31217/25]
307. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to outline the progress made to date in delivering the national bioinformatics roadmap, including key milestones achieved; to provide details on the current number of full-time equivalent bioinformaticians employed in the National Genetics and Genomics Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30875/25]
308. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to outline the roll-out plan and associated timelines for the genetics data infrastructure roadmap, including expected phases of implementation, target milestones, and how this will support national genomics capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30876/25]
309. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the implementation of the first phase of the national test directory for rare diseases, which was launched in January 2025; whether the directory reflects the priority rare conditions identified by an organisation (details supplied) and clinical experts in the field; to outline the extent of its current usage by clinicians and services; whi…
310. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if the National Genetics and Genomics Programme has been opened to a formal procurement process involving all competent service providers, both public and commercial; if not, whether preferred bidders have been identified or announced prior to a transparent and competitive tendering process being undertaken in line with public procurement rules; and if she will ma…
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390. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason Ireland is not involved the EU AI Factories initiative to date; if, in the context of the new EU AI Continent Action Plan, Ireland will seek to join a consortium as part of the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30874/25]
159. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on his Department's efforts to fulfil the Programme for Government commitments to target dumping blackspots and use tools like CCTV and drones to monitor dumping hotspots to catch and penalise offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30323/25]
355. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of driver testers in each driving test centre as of 31 May 2025; the number of driver testers who retired in 2025 to date, by month; the number that are due to retire by month in 2025 and the number by test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30084/25]
356. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has actively engaged with individuals and organisations within the disability sector in relation to recent and planned changes to Dublin Bus routes under the BusConnects programme; if the National Transport Authority could engage directly with people with disabilities and representative organisations to better understand the impact of these ch…
597. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department will formally announce the reforms of how teachers get CID, changing from the current two consecutive years for CID to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29863/25]
634. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a list of the post-primary schools in the Cabra-Phibsborough school planning area. [29938/25]
647. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list the secondary schools in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area; the number of first-year places available in each school between 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30123/25]
648. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list the primary schools in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area. [30124/25]