Results 701-720 of 1,072 for speaker:Emer Currie

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2022)

Emer Currie: We know the crisis point we are at regarding therapeutic services for children, such as psychology. That has an impact on our disability services, child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, and schools. Families are telling us we simply are not supporting them with what they need. It was announced in the budget that psychology traineeships for counselling psychologists would be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2022)

Emer Currie: I am thinking of all of the doors I have knocked on in the past three to four years and the issues that have come up time and again. People care about their families, communities and those who need help most and they want to see this modern, progressive Government provide the services that people need. Today has been a good day for that. Childcare fees will be cut by 25%. That is the...

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Public Expenditure and Reform): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Emer Currie: Today has been a very important day. The Government has delivered a rounded package for people that reflects where we are, particularly with regard to the 25% cut in the cost of childcare. It will be good to hear confirmation that it is a starting point and that we will be able to signal this. There is core funding of €121 million. We see the difference the employment regulation...

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

Emer Currie: I am sorry for being late but I am trying to play catch-up. Certainly, the presentations, from what I heard, are comprehensive. It is ironic that a government that is saying that it wants to protect the Good Friday Agreement, at present in relation to the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill whose purpose that is, is dismantling a core foundation stone of that Agreement. The impact of the...

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

Emer Currie: How does that impact how these agencies work together in that framework? Does that impact where the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is versus the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission? How are these agencies supposed to work together if, fundamentally, they perhaps have different standards?

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...