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Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Emer Currie: I begin by extending my sympathies to the three children and the care worker who were attacked and stabbed on Thursday, the school and school community, An Garda Síochána, which was on the firing line on Thursday afternoon and night, and their families, who were terrified, watching as events unfolded on social media. I extend my sympathies to shop staff and owners who were targeted...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Emer Currie: I stand in support of my colleague, the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, and An Garda Síochána, and in staunch opposition to the political games being played by Sinn Féin today. When the country is in shock, when emotions and stakes are high and people are trying to get their heads around the frightening reality of the far right, they look to their politicians for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2023)

Emer Currie: I thank the Cathaoirleach and Senator Cummins. I want to raise yesterday's news that increases in road tolls will go ahead on 1 January. I appreciate the delay from the start of 2023 and the fact that the Government subsidised the companies involved in public private partnerships, PPPs, since June, although I have other questions as to how these PPPs work. I want to talk about the M50 and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (7 Dec 2023)

Emer Currie: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien. I want to raise the issue of the Blanchardstown west school area, which includes Littlepace, Castaheany, Ongar and Hansfield. Within that is an area that we hope will be developed with up to 1,200 units in the next few years. Blanchardstown west has been a fast-growing area and the strategic development zone, SDZ, which the Minister of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (7 Dec 2023)

Emer Currie: This is the same response I have been getting for three years. The only difference is that Éiru Community College is now a 1,000-pupil school, which is great, instead of an 800-pupil school. We now have fourth year students who started in the Blanchardstown community centre in 2020 and are now sharing a site in Hansfield with Hansfield Educate Together Secondary School. The question...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Parks (12 Dec 2023)

Emer Currie: The Minister of State and I are here to talk about the Phoenix Park again.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Parks (12 Dec 2023)

Emer Currie: I am seeking an update on the Phoenix Park transport and mobility study. It is more than two years ago since that strategy was launched and two and a half years since the public had their say. We cannot underestimate the importance of open space and the role that the Phoenix Park plays in the city in providing open space. In the inner city, park use in terms of land use is only at 1.4%....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Parks (12 Dec 2023)

Emer Currie: There are small things happening around the park but they are not adding up to the change people want to see. They want quality bicycle lanes and different ways to get to the park. On the 99 bus route, the Minister of State said "if there is sufficient demand, further expansion can be explored" in the future. There is demand. The bus just has to be placed in the right place and it will...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Emer Currie: I do not need five minutes. I just wanted to lend my support to the Second Stage of this important legislation. Rolling this out is a critical component of a decision made democratically a few years ago. Some of the language we hear from the other side of the Chamber never ceases to amaze me. They speak of supremacy over minorities. That is not the case. This is legal healthcare and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

Emer Currie: It is nice to see Mr. Kelly, Mr. Roberts and Mr. Neill. I was introduced to them by my cousin, Mr. Darragh Cullen, who is MD of Edge Innovate. I loved the mentions of Dungannon, Coalisland and Edendork, and how well those areas are doing in manufacturing. I am proud of my cousin and the work that Edge Innovate is doing. My first question relates to the North-South Ministerial Council...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Currie: Do we have additional time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Currie: Can I attach myself to the sympathies that have been expressed in the meeting? This is the first meeting of the committee since my Seanad colleague, Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile, stepped down. The Senator and I could disagree vociferously on the past and present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Currie: We worked together on common issues as well, including, most recently, the electronic travel authorisation. That is reconciliation in motion. I thank Senator Ó Donnghaile for his contribution to this committee and also to the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly. He will be missed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Currie: I wanted to put it on my record and to say it to my Sinn Féin colleagues too. I hope he is well. I welcome the witnesses. I have some questions for them that I will hopefully be able to get through. I welcome this opportunity to engage with them. It has been 25 years of this much-needed investment in the North and the Border regions. The witnesses are doing a fantastic job in our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Currie: It would be good to see further opportunities for sports because, like we have said, the bodies that are in the know know how the witnesses operate, but they want to reach the not-so-familiar bodies too. I have found it is quite complicated going through the whole programme. What do the witnesses do to try to simplify it for people? I know my way around a funding application but I found...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Currie: Are they case studies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Currie: The impact of the absence of the North-South Ministerial Council was mentioned. We hear that a lot. Can Ms McIntyre give me an example of a project that has been affected and has not been delivered or has been stalled or maybe has not been at the scale it should be? Can she give me an example we can point to in order to say things would be different if the North-South Ministerial Council...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Currie: It must impact on those resources, but does it go further than that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Currie: It is really the SEUPB's commitment to the programme that is going to make it work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Emer Currie: We have heard from Waterways Ireland as well about the impact the absence of ministerial decisions has on it when it comes to resources. I wonder if the public needs to hear about projects that cannot be delivered because of our not having a fully functional North-South Ministerial Council for effectively seven years, between all the stops and starts. I have one other question, slightly...