Dublin West — week of Mon, 2 Feb

Emer Currie — Fine Gael 1 vote · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Transport 5 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport whether withdrawals are anticipated from the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund in 2026 to support the decarbonisation of the bus and coach sector, including electric vehicle charging infrastructure, fleet transition measures and supporting coach infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8745/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport whether withdrawals are anticipated from the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund in 2026 to support shared mobility infrastructure, including bike and e-bike rental stations; shared mobility hubs and electric vehicle charging infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8746/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 13 January 2026, if the RSAA will provide the number of MR cases received from the UK and NI each year from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7910/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No.13 of 28 January 2026, to confirm rather than ‘indicate’ if Gardaí have access to data on the NVDF via their mobility device on whether a disqualified driver surrendered their licence or learner permit to the RSA; and if that data is in real time for Gardaí to access at the roadside; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8969/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the procurement and timings of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9117/26]
Enterprise 4 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide an update on the scope of the proposed regulation of the AI Bill; and the expected timelines for publication of the general scheme, pre-legislative scrutiny, and publication of the Bill. [8247/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if an application for membership of the Enterprise Digital Advisory Forum has been approved (details supplied); and whether further appointments are planned to ensure balanced representation across Irish enterprise. [8744/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department is considering any proposals to create a national strategy to attract fully locationless remote jobs to Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8826/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department is considering any proposals to create a dedicated unit within his Department, or Stage agencies, to attract fully locationless remote jobs to Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8827/26]
Climate 2 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether withdrawals are anticipated from the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund in 2026 to support electrical waste and battery recycling infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8747/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the publication of Ireland's Social Climate Plan; and the drawdown of funding from the EU. [8743/26]
Education 2 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the commencement date for a capital works project (details supplied); the estimated time to complete the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7611/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide further details relating to an announcement (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9012/26]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the work underway to support third level institutions to actively support students to develop digital and AI skills to better equip the workforce of future. [8249/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans to increase AI training places on Springboard+, Skillset, and Solas micro-credential courses in 2026. [8741/26]
Foreign 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set-out Ireland’s position on the proposed EU Digital Simplification Omnibus; and to provide an update on Ireland’s engagement on the proposals with the European Commission and at Council of Ministers and working group level. [8248/26]
Finance 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Ireland’s position on EU excise equalisation proposals relating to RYO products, given the concerns of border county retailers over the potential of increased prices to fuel both cross-border retail leakage and further increases in illicit trade in RYO products on top of the exiting high rates of illicit trade as set-out in the Revenue 2025 survey. [8251/26]
Culture 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on a pension matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7612/26]
Housing 1 question
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of a vacant property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8920/26]
Justice 1 question
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 on 28 January 2026, if An Garda Síochána will explain what they mean when they say they have access to National Vehicle and Driver File data, including data that ‘indicates' whether a licence or permit has been surrendered upon disqualification; what it meant by ‘indicates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8970/26]

Jack Chambers — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Irish SME Association Economic Development and Industry
- Key priority areas for SMEs ahead of the EU leaders' summit in February 2026

Paul Donnelly — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Health 4 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the proposed establishment of regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; the governance, funding and accountability arrangements for these structures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7753/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the way in which population-based planning, that will be used for the new National Drugs Strategy structures, will address deprivation and local need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7754/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the consultation that has taken place with local drug and alcohol task forces and communities ahead of the proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7755/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the way in which the independent, community-led nature, and preventative role, of task forces will be protected in the new proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7756/26]
Children 3 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to conduct a review of the ECCE eligibility cut-off dates, with a view to eliminating the unfair disadvantage faced by children born in early January. [8037/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to consider a rolling or more flexible entry system of the ECCE scheme, rather than a rigid annual cut-off that fails to reflect children’s developmental needs and increase the enrolment windows into the scheme. [8038/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to mediate interim measures to support families who are currently excluded by a matter of days for eligibility of ECCE including the option of early entry where appropriate. [8039/26]
Transport 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport if a bus from Dublin 15 to Dublin Airport (N8 Route) has now been put back further to 2027. [7799/26]

Roderic O'Gorman — Green Party 0 votes · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Climate 6 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the proposed pumped hydro storage facility at Silvermines, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7357/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to publish the recent approval agreement he made with an organisation (details supplied); the way in which this agreement will help Ireland meet binding targets for packaging recycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8104/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when he intends to publish the second whole of Government circular economy strategy; and the progress he has made in this regard since the consultation was opened in September 2025. [8105/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason heads 28, 29 and 30 of the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 that were approved by Government on 11 June 2024, and which would allow the Minister to levy environmental charges such as the plastic bag levy, on producers rather than on retailers, did not appear in the Bill when drafted and initiated in Dáil Éireann; and if he will amend the Bill in Seanad Éireann to restore those heads as previously agreed by Government. [8106/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the dates when he plans to commence the remaining sections of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 2022, in tabular form. [8107/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he has met with the Climate Change Advisory Council to discuss concerns that the Council has raised with him regarding the sectoral adaptation plans adopted by Government in November 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8177/26]
Transport 4 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the grants and schemes in place to fund secure bicycle parking in schools; the efforts being made by his Department to combat the theft of bicycles from schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7356/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport if he will amend the public service obligation contract with Iarnród Éireann to end the requirement for Iarnród Éireann to provide service updates on a social media platform (details supplied). [8086/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the discussions his Department has had with agencies under its remit over their usage of a social media platform (details supplied). [8087/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the agencies under his remit which regularly use a social media platform (details supplied) for communicating with the public. [8088/26]
Finance 3 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 28 May 2025, which source of data the Revenue Commissioners used to estimate the cost of reducing VAT on bicycles in his reply. [8109/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount the State has paid in own resources tax for unrecycled plastic packaging; and if he will co-operate with the Minister of State for the Circular Economy to explore options to reduce this cost, by increasing the quantity of plastic packaging recycled, or by reducing the quantity of plastic packaging placed on the market in Ireland. [8113/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether there is an appointment of a new Governor of the Central Bank and if a process for this appointment has been designed yet; if so, the details of this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9049/26]
Children 2 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the list of all of the remaining measures required for ratification of the second optional protocol of the UNCRC; the responsible department for each of these measures; and the expected timeline for completion. [7355/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive; if she expects to have the Directive fully implemented by its June transposition deadline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9048/26]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will request the Office of Government Procurement to advise Government departments to allow staff to use the cycle-to-work scheme without having to route their purchase through voucher or administration companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8112/26]
Education 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth to report on the progress of the Schools Photovoltaic Programme; the number of schools that have completed installations, been approved for funding and expressed interest; the amount that has been spent on the scheme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8110/26]
Housing 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the National Planning Statement on Solar Energy; the stage it is currently at; when it is expected to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7359/26]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the annual uptake of the solar capital investment scheme as part of the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme, since the scheme opened; the number of applications received; the number approved; the average amount drawn down; the breakdown of completed installations, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7360/26]

Ruth Coppinger — People Before Profit-Solidarity 0 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Justice 2 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the criteria used to select EU nationals who were recently deported under the Free Movement Directive; if any of those deported had Irish citizen spouses or children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7706/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to layout the current process when a person on a professional register is convicted of a crime, for this information to be passed on to their professional register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9081/26]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach for an update on the programme for Government. [5973/26]
Education 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will initiate a national transfer framework to allow a transfer of seniority when a teacher moves from one ETB to another; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8607/26]
Health 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 22 January 2026, the date of and the matters discussed in the meeting with pro-life groups she referred to in the response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8318/26]
Transport 1 question
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport to consider implementing mandatory data sharing with NTA by app-based service providers to ensure regulatory compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9082/26]

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