Emer Currie
Emer Currie is a TD for Dublin West, representing the Fine Gael party. She has been appointed as the spokesperson on childcare, where she will advocate for policies affecting children's early years and family support.
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Emer Currie reminded the Minister for Transport about the National Transport Authority's claims.
Sinn Féin TD says he’s a ‘Bob Marley guy’ as Cork accent goes viral in Jamaica – The Irish Times
Ireland· 2026-03-01
Government backbencher Emer Currie said 'there has been a loss of confidence in our road safety strategy and Government must act now to restore it.'
Calls for gardaí to use DNA spray that tags scrambler riders, bikes for future prosecution – The Irish TimesIreland· 2026-02-06
Emer Currie, Fine Gael spokeswoman on children, submitted proposals to the review to 'end the vicious cycle of dysfunction' in the planning system.
Facilities for up to 800 new childcare places to be acquired by State in 2026 – The Irish TimesIreland· 2026-01-17
Emer Currie is a TD who wrote to Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan regarding the O’Neill family's situation.
He was found dead in the Phoenix Park. It took a year to identify him as James O’Neill – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-12-20
Emer Currie has called for the legislation on remote working to be strengthened.
Denis O’Brien will not like the latest Australian court decision on remote working – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-11-13
Emer Currie raised the issue of illegal number plates at an Oireachtas Transport Committee meeting.
Drivers will now face fines for hard-to-read licence plates – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-10-20
The figures on learner drivers were released by the Department of Transport to Fine Gael Dublin West TD Emer Currie.
Only 4% of learner drivers disqualified since 2023 have handed in their licences – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-10-06Fine Gael TD for Dublin West, Emer Currie, highlighted the €97 spend on existing bus services.
NTA spent just €97 on Dublin West bus services in 2022 and nothing at all in 2023 – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-09-02Emer Currie, a Fine Gael TD, has been tracking empty creche buildings across Dublin West.
Creches empty or converted to housing as developers seek to drop childcare facilities – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-08-25
Dublin West Fine Gael TD Emer Currie suggested that one of the test centres could be renamed to avoid confusion.
‘Multiple candidates’ miss appointments due to mix-up over two centres – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-07-14
According to Emer Currie, Fine Gael TD for Dublin West and party spokeswoman on childcare, there were a number of examples in her constituency alone of much-needed childcare facilities either lying empty or being sold as homes.
Buildings designed as creches are being sold as residential homes – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-06-13Fellow Fine Gael TD Emer Currie said people continuously not attending their driving test appointments is an extremely serious issue.
Driving testers working evenings, weekends and bank holidays to clear backlog, RSA says – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-06-11
Emer Currie highlighted the issue of learner drivers not showing up for their driving tests.
About 600 learners fail to show for driving tests each month – RSA – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-06-01Fine Gael TD Emer Currie highlighted the need to address gaps in the system for disqualified drivers.
Driving bans could not be implemented on more than 2,250 disqualified motorists – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-05-26Fine Gael TD Emer Currie, who has been calling for an overhaul of school admissions, welcomed the move.
Plan to streamline school admissions amid criticism of ‘chaotic’ system – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-05-21
Fine Gael TD Emer Currie said 5,000 vehicles were seized from learner drivers.
TD calls for free-of-charge driving tests if applicants obliged to wait more than 10 weeks – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-05-14
Emer Currie will be spokesperson on childcare.
Oireachtas committee chair appointments under way ahead of Dáil return next week – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-04-24
