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Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Emer Currie: This is an extension of the plan we have been following, which is that we are about protecting lives and livelihoods. We are in a race against time, in terms of dealing with Delta and getting people vaccinated but also making sure hospitality has a chance to survive over the summer. It is about indoor hospitality. When it comes to hotels, they will continue to follow social distancing to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Ballymurphy Families: Discussion (1 Jul 2021)

Emer Currie: My thanks to the Minister. It is really good to have him before the committee today. The timing of this is good. Obviously, there has been some movement following the meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference last week. Yesterday, there was an update on the multiparty talks. The Minister is right about scepticism. We are embarking on a process of engagement. We had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Ballymurphy Families: Discussion (1 Jul 2021)

Emer Currie: I thank the Minister, as always, for his diplomatic skills. We saw the fruits of his labour in recent days. When we come through the process, we will hopefully be able to say the same thing. We are all familiar with the expression "nothing is agreed until everything is agreed". The lesson here is that nothing is implemented until everything is implemented. It is really important that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Next Generation of Political Representatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Emer Currie: Senator McGahon, who was going to go first, is on a phone call. I thank him because this meeting was his idea. It has been a positive meeting. I will be selfish and say that the one thing I would like to get out of the meeting is for relationships to be formed and followed up on a more regular basis, either through the committee or personally. Mr. Hughes touched on one of the questions I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Strand 1 of the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Emer Currie: I want to thank Claire Hanna for suggesting this engagement. It is a very good morning's meeting. The witnesses may feel that we are not asking in-depth questions and that maybe we are not interrogating it fully but honestly it is very good to hear the witnesses talk about how things work operationally, and for us to hear this and piece it all together. It is hugely beneficial. I very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Strand 1 of the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Emer Currie: Ms Mercer has just had the last word, really. She has given us the pathway to pursue this if the political will is there. Maybe the question is not for Ms Mercer and the other panellists; maybe it is for the politicians who can make this happen. We have had a great discussion and I hope we have enough time to get to Ms Hanna for the last word on this, as she suggested the discussion.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rail Network (21 Sep 2021)

Emer Currie: I thank the Minister of State for coming here today. I wish to discuss with him the DART+ west upgrade.This is an extremely positive and essential project. It involves electrification of the line and an upgrade to the DART network which will bring services from the city centre to Maynooth, serving places such as Ashtown, Coolmine, Castleknock, Clonsilla and Hansfield. Capacity on the line...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rail Network (21 Sep 2021)

Emer Currie: This is about having confidence in the process. I agree that the restrictions meant that changes had to be made to the process. Irish Rail showed that it was listening to the concerns of Coolmine after the first consultation process. Although that has not solved all the problems, it has got us to this point. However, this is serious. People do not just want to know that one has listened,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2021)

Emer Currie: Senator Fitzpatrick has made her point well. I extend my sympathies to Senator Hoey on the passing of her father. It is very sad news. I want to bring up the issue of maternity restrictions. It is not the first time, but I hope it is the last. It is not enough that the HSE has its version of guidelines for access for partners on its website when the lived experience of women in hospitals...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (22 Sep 2021)

Emer Currie: Mr. Markey might want to answer this because Ms Walsh might not be talking to me after the all-Ireland final against Tyrone. I thank the MEPs for their words today on the lack of representation for the North and being a voice for it. It is hugely frustrating for people who consider themselves European, whether they have an Irish passport or a British passport. We saw that through the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2021)

Emer Currie: Senator Clifford-Lee's remarks were well made. Ireland should be a leader in the area of remote working. We can be competitive and be compassionate about our workers at the same time. A working group was launched yesterday called the Remote Alliance. It consists of four leading Irish employers: eBay and Liberty Insurance, companies that I am pleased to say are located in Dublin 15, and...

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (29 Sep 2021)

Emer Currie: I support this Bill on the simple premise that this is our national lottery. It is independently regulated. It should have an ethos of care that goes above and beyond. It should be a more controlled environment. Thirty cent from every euro collected goes to good causes and that dividend, on which the national lottery is based, is not going where it should go when a ticket is purchased in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Sep 2021)

Emer Currie: As the Senator said, this online portal is good news for Irish passport holders who were vaccinated in the North whereby they can apply for an EU digital Covid certificate. I, too, have technical questions. What is the proof of vaccination that is required from the North? The Northern Ireland Covid vaccination certificate is issued by the Northern Ireland Department of Health so one must go...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Sep 2021)

Emer Currie: We have to promote this with all the technical information to answer the questions people have. The important thing is that unless one gets an email from the Department to confirm that one has this, one does not have it. If it is arriving by email, we have to tell people that. It is not enough for them to go through their tracker apps.People have to go through the process of two portals...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2021)

Emer Currie: I believe in building sustainable communities and part of this is sustainable transport. I acknowledge that in my area the DART+ west consultation is under way at present. We have had BusConnects, the Royal Canal greenway consultation and the Phoenix Park transport strategy consultation. We have secured significant investment under the safe routes to school programme. There is forthcoming...

Seanad: Interim Report of the Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Motion (30 Sep 2021)

Emer Currie: I welcome the Minister. I say "Well done" to the Chairman of the committee on the report. I am only at page 31 but I am making my way through it. There is no such thing as a good Brexit. It has forced us to make decisions we did not want to make. We have had to work to protect our island from a hard border and we are dealing with the fallout of Brexit every day. The issues relating to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Ad-Hoc Group for North-South and East-West Cooperation (28 Sep 2021)

Emer Currie: It is nice to meet the witnesses. I was reading their opening statement and position paper. They stated that there are organisations which see North-South and east-west co-operation, as well as wider international co-operation, as essential to the ongoing peace and reconciliation process on the island of Ireland and to equitable and sustainable socioeconomic development. That is music to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Ad-Hoc Group for North-South and East-West Cooperation (28 Sep 2021)

Emer Currie: It is for the representatives who are here.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Emer Currie: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. Tomorrow is the last day for submissions to the DART+ West project public consultation in regard to permanent closure of the level crossings and how communities are facilitated. That involves my area of Ashtown, Coolmine, Porterstown and Clonsilla. I encourage everyone to get their submissions into DARTWest@irishrail.ie.The deadline as I said...