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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Truth and Justice Movement (7 Apr 2022)

Emer Currie: We need to ask what the process is to understand-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Truth and Justice Movement (7 Apr 2022)

Emer Currie: We need to ask for the information. As part of our report, we need to be asking those questions. It might be worthwhile to meet with the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee. If it is doing work on paramilitaries, it would be worthwhile meeting it to discuss its report. It is part of our work. We have been doing work on legacy but it also features in the Good Friday Agreement, so let us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Truth and Justice Movement (7 Apr 2022)

Emer Currie: Chairman, just to be clear, we are not just talking about victims' groups here. It is community funding, is it not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Truth and Justice Movement (7 Apr 2022)

Emer Currie: Yes, but it is community funding they are looking at. That is why it not just the Department of Foreign Affairs but also the Executive. It is wider.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: I wish to raise the bonus payment for healthcare workers. We are still waiting for the final details or an FAQ on it. I know it is very difficult and that there has been a lot of debate on it to decide how it will work when people have sacrificed so much. This was a national and collective effort. I am sure that the things being thought about include the length of time people worked. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Mar 2022)

Emer Currie: A quarter of the Department of Education's budget is spent on special education, which is a 50% increase since 2011 and, in the same timeframe, we have seen a 90% increase in the number of SNAs. The change to the new front-loaded allocation model for SNAs is of critical importance. For any child any new model, whether it is special schools or classes, special education and SNAs, must ensure...

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

Emer Currie: The Acting Chairperson is a woman of many talents, unsurprisingly. I thank the Minister of State for stepping in for the Minister of State at the Department of Education, Deputy Madigan. I will begin by commenting on the progress announced this week regarding special classes at primary and post-primary level, particularly in south Dublin, where fee-paying schools will now open special...

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...