Results 381-400 of 687 for speaker:Emer Currie

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Telecommunications Infrastructure (24 May 2022)

Emer Currie: This is about telecommunications masks in local communities. I thank Councillor Ted Leddy, who came across a telecommunications mast that is going up in Castleknock village. He found it by accident when searching for something else and is now supporting the local community. There is major confusion among local communities about telecommunications masts. I am not absolutely clear on the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Telecommunications Infrastructure (24 May 2022)

Emer Currie: I will have to go through the reply in detail but I can tell the Minister of State that the telecommunications mast in Castleknock is 15 m and there is a mast in Glaslough which is 19 m, and featured in the latest edition of the Sunday Independent.These masts did not go through the planning process but were a section 254 application so the public did not know about them. The councils have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Emer Currie: Our guests are very welcome to the Chamber. It is nice to share it with the public again. I want to raise passports and menopause. The front page of the Irish Independent today tells us that 40% of passport delays are due to errors. While I accept that there are errors, we must also accept that some delays are not related to errors but are partly due to the enormous volume of passport...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Strive (19 May 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank the Deputy. I hope my computer is working now. It did not want me to speak earlier. I wish to ask our guests about social media because at the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee this week there was focus on how social media may play a part in targeting youth in terms of generating anti-social behaviour or being influenced by paramilitaries. What are the views of our guests in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Strive (19 May 2022)

Emer Currie: I do. I thank Ms Watters for what she said. I was in Belfast last summer and met some people who had also tried to de-escalate what was happening in interface areas. They said the youth workers were out on the ground and they spoke about the role they play. I thank the witnesses for that. I would take this opportunity to say, and I am sure everyone will agree with me, that is why we need...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2022)

Emer Currie: I once again despair for the families of victims who are dealing with the news that legislation has been introduced in Westminster that will affect their cases, without any consultation with them whatsoever. We are living with the consequences of Boris Johnson and the British Government's policy in relation to the island of Ireland, the hallmark of which has been unilateralism and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2022)

Emer Currie: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Emer Currie: I am very supportive of this Bill. I thank Mr. Mulligan for his opening statement, in which he referred to his intention to look at a reduction in the number of grounds for refusal and to strengthen the redress provisions and the right to appeal. I will focus in the time available to me on heads 6 and 12. This legislation to allow for the right to request remote working is part of an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Emer Currie: I will leave it there. I am particularly interested in the provisions under heads 6 and 12.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Emer Currie: It is part of a national strategy, though.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Emer Currie: In the consultation we were more likely to hear from people who had reservations rather than the people who can show that this transition can be successful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Emer Currie: It has been done.

Seanad: Childcare Provision: Statements (17 May 2022)

Emer Currie: I believe I am sharing time with Senator Maria Byrne but she is not here. I thank the Minister for coming to the House and putting this matter on the agenda. It does not take long for me and my friends or any group of mums in whose company I am to get on to the topic of childcare and how cost and supply are such barriers. At the moment, friends of mine who have babies say they cannot find...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2022)

Emer Currie: I find myself once again bewildered that victims and survivors of the Troubles and people who have lost family members to murderers are yet again getting information about the future of their investigations, inquests and civil cases in the Queen's speech and through the press and that truth and justice for victims, which is fundamental to healing in our society and part of the reconciliation...

Seanad: Europe Day 2022: Statements (11 May 2022)

Emer Currie: It is my pleasure to chair these statements to mark Europe Day, which was celebrated on Monday last. I had the pleasure of visiting Pelletstown Educate Together National School in Dublin West with the Tánaiste and the Danish ambassador. I very much look forward to hearing Senators' contributions.

Seanad: Europe Day 2022: Statements (11 May 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank the Senator. Before we hear from Senator Flynn for the Civil Engagement Group, I welcome the school students who are in the Public Gallery. I hope they enjoy their visit to Leinster House.

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Motion (11 May 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank the Sinn Féin team for bringing forward this motion. I support its spirit. I am aware things have moved on. I thank the Minister for outlining the updates, not only regarding the UK Borders and Nationalities Act but also recent developments around the protocol, the election and legacy. The imposition of an electronic travel authorisation scheme on non-Irish and non-British...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank Senator Buttimer. It is nice to meet Ms Graham and Mr. Creegan again in person. I am looking at the strategy and I will start with chapter 13 on roads, which outlines the strategic importance of the M50 and M50 resilience and it identifies the lack of adequate resilience between junctions 6 and 7, which is the location of the M50 toll bridge from Lucan to Blanchardstown, in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Emer Currie: I know; I will be quick. I refer to the DART+ West consultation process for Ashtown. As part of public consultation 2, 6,340 out of 8,000 submissions related to Ashtown Stables because the proposals in public consultation 2 would have devastated Ashtown Stables. There has been another consultation and the document for it states: "This revised preferred option largely avoids Ashtown...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Emer Currie: Through Lucan village.