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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Emer Currie: To give us a sense of the equivalence at a practical level, what are the six directives?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Emer Currie: Absolutely. I agree that the legacy Bill is incompatible or unfixable. Would Ms Kilpatrick use language to the effect that it is entirely unfixable and should not be progressed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Emer Currie: How concerned is Ms Kilpatrick about the lack of independence in respect of the powers of the Secretary of State and British Government in making decisions? That is one of the offences. How concerned is Ms Kilpatrick about power at that level?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank Ms Kilpatrick. I have only 17 seconds left, so I will just say-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Emer Currie: I was just going to say, in respect of the Nationalities and Borders Bill, that we have not touched upon the impact on refugees.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Emer Currie: I will raise the issue of the pandemic recognition payment, which is the tax free once-off payment of €1,000. People working outside the HSE still do not know when they are going to access this payment and their employers cannot tell them. The latest news is that there will have to be a tender for a company to organise how to do this. There is no solution in sight. The morale of...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (20 Sep 2022)

Emer Currie: We have covered the cost of energy a lot, and our response. I must, however, raise the point that we have a Parliament to discuss this whereas in the North at the moment, there is no Assembly. They are looking at £400 million sitting there that they cannot access while there is no Assembly. I was lucky enough to be in Oxford for the British-Irish Association conference and I heard...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Emer Currie: This is a parent-led support. That is what I am talking about. What parent-led support can be replicated across the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Emer Currie: We have not even talked about preschool today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Emer Currie: It is a basic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Emer Currie: Our guests are an incredible bunch of people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Emer Currie: I have met many of those here already: Ms Jennings, Ms Jenkins, Ms Kenny, Ms Jones, Ms Poole and Sylvanna McDaniel who is not here. I thank them for coming. It is nice to meet the others too. It is to be hoped we can stay in contact after this. The system is upside down. We do not have a system that supports parents. The parents support the system. Ms Jones' submission spoke of how...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2022)

Emer Currie: I wish to raise the issue of the community services programme, CSP, managed by Pobal, as we are in the run-up to the budget. This issue affects the Huntstown Community Centre and various other community centres in Dublin 15 and nationally, as represented by the national CSP managers' network. As people will be aware, the programme ensures that community centres are provided with support,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Educational Disadvantage (12 Jul 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank the Minister of State for stepping in on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Foley. I am here on behalf of St. Luke's National School in Tyrrelstown which was hoping that it would be awarded DEIS - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools - status in the review of DEIS. It put a great deal of effort into the appeal. I have to say I am scratching my head to see this school not being...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Educational Disadvantage (12 Jul 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank the Minister of State and reiterate I appreciate he is in a difficult position in standing in for the Minister, Deputy Foley. I understand the next phase will explore the allocation of resources and that there will be an updated Pobal HP deprivation index in quarter 3 of 2023, but I do not understand why that could not have been done concurrently. Missing this school means there is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Job Creation (12 Jul 2022)

Emer Currie: I concur with that.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Passport Services (12 Jul 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank the Minister of State. I thank the Senator for raising the issue. I concur with him about opening the helpline to MLAs and MPs. I know a communications campaign was run in the North. There have been calls in this House for a passport office in Belfast and the north west. That would be helpful too.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Passport Services (12 Jul 2022)

Emer Currie: Perhaps the Minister of State might bring that back to the House as well. That concludes the Commencement matters.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Emer Currie: The price tag for the sale of a Dublin Airport car park is €70 million. That is how profitable a Dublin Airport car park could be. That is how locked into car dependency our airport is and how vulnerable travellers are to airport car charges. MetroLink is on the way. Planning for it will be launched in September but it could take 12 years to complete. Why are we not prioritising...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Emer Currie: -----or to burn the posters and symbols of your neighbours. If people celebrate their religion by threatening another, or if they use it to promote sectarianism or misogyny, we need to see outright rejection of this behaviour. We need political and community leadership and action. It is not that long ago that we witnessed an abhorrent video that was shared during Queen Elizabeth's jubilee....