Results 841-860 of 1,073 for speaker:Emer Currie

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2022)

Emer Currie: I pay tribute to the incredible hard work done by the board of management of Hartstown community centre. For the last three years, it has worked long hours and made great sacrifices to look after the centre. Over the years the centre has provided vital services from childcare to Sue's reiki and mental health support. There are clubs, dance classes and a stage that is not being used now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (9 Feb 2022)

Emer Currie: I welcome the opportunity to ask questions. I very much welcome this legislation and the remote work strategy that was launched last year. We can consider this in respect of supply and demand. We certainly have the demand for remote working and can see how the Government is investing to create an environment that allows people to work in their communities. It is investing in hubs and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (9 Feb 2022)

Emer Currie: On distance, this is about remote working; it is about being location agnostic. There is a need to tighten up the parameters regarding people outside the country. The formal disciplinary process seems a little unfair. Somebody might be struggling because they could need remote work. Unless it has to do with health and safety or data protection, I wonder why the measure is included. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (9 Feb 2022)

Emer Currie: My point is that employers in general could learn from the companies I have mentioned. That should be part of the change management and of assisting companies with change. Companies’ concerns are understandable but if there are lessons and best practice that can assist them, there should be a role in respect of the assistance and support.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (9 Feb 2022)

Emer Currie: I seek clarity on the formal disciplinary process and the thinking behind that. We were offered some clarity around the location and I was just wondering what the rationale is for that too.

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

Emer Currie: I also want to add my condemnation of the collusion found by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland in connection with loyalist murders in 1990. That would be a good topic for a debate in this House. I want to talk about the impossible situation in which multiple families in Carpenterstown find themselves because the Archdiocese of Dublin insists on prioritising a date of birth...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Feb 2022)

Emer Currie: I am out of breath.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Feb 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank the Cathaoirleach. We have spent the last six years tirelessly working to find solutions for Brexit and to deal with the democratic will of the UK to leave the EU, even though the majority of people in the North of Ireland did not want it. Now those who campaigned the hardest for Brexit, and for the hardest of Brexits, are obstructing the only mechanism they could agree on to make...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2022)

Emer Currie: There seems to be a difference this week. We have had 1 February and St. Brigid's Day and now we have the Ulysses centenary. I am glad the winter is behind us. We all seem to be feeling a bit more upbeat. Today I want to focus on neurological services and the shortage of neurological nurses nationally. It is a worry. The Neurological Alliance of Ireland has said we need an extra 100...

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

Emer Currie: If there was ever a weekend to demonstrate how wrong the British Government's proposals on legacy are, this was it. In light of the dignity and resilience of the Bloody Sunday families and survivors this weekend and over the past five decades and the people of Derry who have supported them, to be there was moving. The Cathaoirleach was there, too. I am grateful to the journalists who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Integrated Education Fund (27 Jan 2022)

Emer Currie: I cannot see anybody on the screen but I hope they are listening. I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I would like them to go through the funding. I get the sense that they feel that the funding model is inequitable in terms of integrated schools. I ask them to expand on that. They are saying that the parents are driving the development of the schools. What are the barriers,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Integrated Education Fund (27 Jan 2022)

Emer Currie: I support the Integrated Education Bill and the Private Members' Bill about fair employment legislation. Is the Integrated Education Bill on Committee Stage at the moment? Will it pass before the elections? What happens if it does not?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (26 Jan 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank the Minister of State for being here this morning. It has been a turbulent January. We had Covid spiking. Now a lot of people are nervous about society re-opening so quickly and that will be stressful for many. We also had the tragic events in Tullamore which rocked us all, as well as tragic suicides. I want to send my condolences to all families affected by loss and premature...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (26 Jan 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank the Minister of State for the update. The report is a year old and now that Covid is, hopefully, coming to an end we need to prioritise this matter. The solutions are there. We need to increase the number of psychologists, address the inequities and support people through the process. The Department should look to the North and what it does in the area of funding because there are...

Seanad: Broadband Roll-out: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Emer Currie: Broadband absolutely is one of the biggest issues on which I am contacted and it is all about delivery and timings. The Minister of State heard today that people do not care about the background. They just want their broadband. It is incredibly frustrating when they were given a timeline. Here is an example from rural Dublin. We tend to forget that there are also rural areas of Dublin...

Seanad: Final Report on Impacts of Brexit of Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Emer Currie: I commend the members of the Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on their report. Like Senator McGreehan, I was not a member of the committee, but I recognise it is a very valuable report and I thank the members of the committee for it. I agree with others' comments about how when we work collaboratively North-South and east-west,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Emer Currie: I welcome the new legislation on the right to request remote working and I look forward to the pre-legislative scrutiny of it.Let us be clear. This legislation alone will not revolutionise the way we work. It is part of a bigger national remote working strategy that recognises the economic driver that remote working can be for places that do not have red ribbon job announcement moments and...

Seanad: Live Industry Supports: Statements (16 Dec 2021)

Emer Currie: This is the first chance I have had to engage with the Minister. It is nice to meet her here in the Seanad. I thank her for the comprehensive update. She has an incredibly challenging brief.This period has been quite challenging for people who are creative and need to connect with people. That is their passion and vocation in life. As my colleague said, we have to make sure that people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Londonderry Chamber of Commerce and Foyle Port (16 Dec 2021)

Emer Currie: I do not mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Londonderry Chamber of Commerce and Foyle Port (16 Dec 2021)

Emer Currie: I welcome Mr. Clancy and Mr. O'Kane. First, they know that I support the cross-Border workers' campaign and I am glad the Minister has agreed to meet with the witnesses again in the new year with regard to giving some clarity about that timescale. However, that is a temporary position and what we need is a permanent solution or something that we can trial and give us hope for the future....