Results 421-440 of 687 for speaker:Emer Currie

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank the Minister of State. The most important part of that response for the parents involved is that "the NCSE is currently engaged with four post primary schools in the Dublin 15 area" with a view to opening special classes as soon as possible. I urge the NCSE to move as quickly as possible on that for the reasons I have outlined vis-à-visthe transition. These parents have been...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: The local, accessible element of this is absolutely key. It is essential that these children get to go to their local school and are not spending their time trying to plan for travel. I hope this will be the last time that parents will have to go to these lengths.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: I am utterly disappointed and concerned, but not surprised, by the vote in the House of Commons last night to reject an amendment that was put forward by the House of Lords to make Northern Ireland exempt from provisions under the nationality and borders Bill, whereby citizens who are not Irish or British will be required to apply online for pre-travel clearance, using something like the US...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: People will have to plan their whereabouts with a porous Border. It is utterly out of touch with life on this island. I must acknowledge that checks have been taking place and the number of checks on public transport has increased, which obviously I am not in favour of. How else will this change be enforced? It will affect thousands of people and what will be the punishment?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: Representatives of the Committee on the Administration of Justice, CAJ, were before the UK Northern Ireland Affairs Committee during the week. They described the provision as "unworkable and risks a hard border for many non-British and non-Irish citizens in Border communities who have been able to freely cross the Border to date". This underlines the divergence and convergence that have...

Seanad: Humanitarian Support for Ukrainian Refugees: Statements (23 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: I welcome the Minister of State. We just have to turn on the radio or the television to feel the shock and devastation, brutality and horror of what is happening. The words that come back to me all the time are the unnecessary loss of life and devastation. This causes trauma at the time but it will live with these people for the rest of their lives. Intergenerationally, this experience...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: I wonder what I am walking myself into. Perhaps I am missing something. I give my condolences and sincere sympathy to the family of David Hill and his colleagues, and to our own colleagues who have spoken so eloquently today and from such a heartfelt place. It could not have been easy for any of them, so our thoughts are with them as well. I am a big supporter of any kind of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: Palmerstown Football Club.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: A new toll is being introduced at Dublin Airport for people being dropped off or picked up as part of a sustainability drive and to encourage use of public transport. I think I speak for the majority of Dublin 15 residents when I ask, bemused and bewildered, what public transport? We do not have any public transport to the airport, neither public nor private services. I remind Senators...

Seanad: International Women's Day 2022: Statements (9 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: I have just lost 50% of the time I had, but that is okay. The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, is welcome. We are in the same constituency but the Minister knows how much I value his work and the work he is doing. I know we are not supposed to say this because we are constituency rivals, but it is true. I still believe that we are at a turning point of all of the reasons I got into politics,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Urban Development (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Damien English. I congratulate him on the launch of the new Town Centre First policy, which is going to be transformative. Of course, I am here today as a Senator based in Dublin West and I want us to be part of that. Town Centre First, for anyone who does not know, is a policy where local communities and businesses will be supported in revitalising...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Urban Development (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: When I talk to local authorities about access to town and village and the urban regeneration development fund and even the regional enterprise funding that is available, they say they are not able to get support from those schemes. Will there be new schemes or will the schemes be tweaked so that areas such as Blanchardstown and Castleknock get access to them? I agree that bringing together...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: Today I want to talk about problems facing community centres in Dublin West although I imagine there are community centres all over the country that are facing the same problems. I am referring to centres that are not owned by local authorities but are owned by the community and which need work done on them. Such work can include fire safety works, as is the case in Huntstown and Hartstown...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: Will the Minister of State respond to the entire grouping of amendments?

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: Amendments Nos. 11 to 13, inclusive, have been ruled out of order.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: When is it proposed to take Fifth Stage?

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: This weekend, I was privileged to attend the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly. It was my first in-person plenary session. I really got to see the benefits of the informal and formal engagement with members of the Parliaments of Britain, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It was really great to be able to talk about the challenges that face us and the difficulties we are going...

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

Emer Currie: We all woke to news from Ukraine that is not shocking, given the direction of travel in recent weeks, but is certainly sinister. I agree that we must do everything in our diplomatic, humanitarian and political power to support the people of Ukraine. The draft Fingal development plan 2023-29 was launched today. It will be out for public consultation until 12 May. This is critical. In the...