Results 581-600 of 994 for speaker:Emer Currie

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: I support my colleague Senator Ward. Representatives of IHREC were in Leinster House recently to update us on the public sector duty. This is to ask public bodies to have a positive provision on equality and diversity. This does not line up when I compare the general scheme with the text of the Bill. The Bill does not have a specific provision for a nominee from IHREC. We need to listen...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Bertie Ahern (20 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank Mr. Ahern for coming today and for his undeniable contribution to peace and progress on this island. As he has said himself, the progress that has been made is remarkable. In my view, all roads lead back to the values of Good Friday Agreement, no matter what the future holds. For us, this project is about really getting under the hood of the Good Friday Agreement 25 year later and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Bertie Ahern (20 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: If the Chair wants to move on to a member who has not spoken, that is absolutely fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Bertie Ahern (20 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: No, I am okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Bertie Ahern (20 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: I always steal the Chairman's time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Bertie Ahern (20 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: I have done it before.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Bertie Ahern (20 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: I do not know whether Mr. Ahern is aware of this, but the Seanad is conducting a public consultation on the constitutional future of the island. We have heard young voices that have been incredibly powerful. We have had a mixture of different voices. Academics attended the last session, including some from the likes of the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI. It is incorrect to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Bertie Ahern (20 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: Just so Mr. Ahern is aware, we did have unionist and other voices participate in the Seanad public consultation. Mr. Ahern might be interested in that. It was not the political parties but there was participation by unionist voices.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Other Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Faith Leaders (14 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: What is reconciliation? I put that question to four MLAs at the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly because we do not have an agreed version or vision of reconciliation. As time goes on, reconciliation is becoming different things to different people. I agree that it would be hugely valuable to have a wider discussion about what reconciliation is and where we want to get to. I also agree...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Other Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Faith Leaders (14 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: Reverend Hamilton argued that the governments must agree an adequate, if not perfect, working descriptor of reconciliation but surely that should involve the stakeholders - all parties - and not just the governments.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Other Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Dr. Stephen Farry (14 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: Thanks a million to Dr. Farry and Mr. Campbell. It is always good to see them. I thank them for their submission. Have they any thoughts about what this could look like? There was mention of whether regional devolution would still be there and a continuation of regional devolution in Northern Ireland. They are raising lots of the things that need to be addressed but what thoughts do Dr....

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Other Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Unionist Community (14 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank the witnesses for their powerful contributions. I am not surprised by anything they have said and I am up for having these conversations. The witnesses spoke about assumptions they feel people make about unionism. There are also assumptions in the other direction. I imagine that I have very different views on certain issues to my colleagues, Senators Black and Ó Donnghaile,...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Other Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Unionist Community (14 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: What process is Mr. Graham talking about?

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Other Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Unionist Community (14 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: We have not spoken about this in detail and we were more concerned about getting as many people with as many different views into the room. I would like a framework in my head of how much work is involved in this, with all the issues that need to be interrogated, together with all the options of what it could look like. We have had people who talked about a unitary state, federalism,...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Other Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Unionist Community (14 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: Everything the witnesses said is still percolating in my head. Today is about listening and it is very important for us to listen to them. I am struck by what Professor Shirlow said about how he is engaging with the conversation. He is here and unionists are engaging with this. At the same time, reading what he wrote, it pointed out all of the reasons it should not be happening. There...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (13 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: I welcome the Minister of State. I hope she can catch her breath now. In August, it was announced that a new multidisciplinary primary care assessment hub for children under the progressing disability services, PDS, programme was to open in Castleknock. That is very good news and is much welcomed. Obviously, it has prompted a lot more communication from parents to me about the children's...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (13 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: I would like to see the progress the Minister of State is seeing. I do not know how I will get to see that by tabling a parliamentary question to the Minister every month. I need to see it so that I can tell the parents who are in contact with me. The communications they are receiving indicate it will be three years. They are not getting the communication they used to have and need and...

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

Emer Currie: Last night, I felt so much pride as an Irish woman and as a mother of two girls to see Ireland's women's football team reach their first ever world cup. It was touching that a Donegal woman scored the goal. It came against the backdrop of one of the most traumatic weeks that we have experienced in a long time. We saw the PSNI and Garda working side by side in Donegal, we saw emergency...

Seanad: Breastfeeding: Motion (12 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank Senator Pauline O’Reilly for this motion which I wholeheartedly support. The figures really illustrate how startlingly different Ireland is when it comes to breastfeeding rates. At birth, the rate here is 62% but in the UK it is 81%, in the US it is 79% and in Australia it is 90%. By the time women leave hospital, the rate has fallen to 37% but the fact that at three months...

Seanad: Consumer Rights Bill 2022 - Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: I am standing in for Senator Ahearn who has been leading on this legislation in the joint committee. As the Minister of State noted, this is a good day for consumer rights with regard to goods and services, and also digital services. I hope today is the day our consumer rights catch up with the digital transformation. This Bill has been a long time in the making. As the Minister of State...