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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: Which victims?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: Were they cross-commmunity victims?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: Were they victims of all sides?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: I agree that victims are victims but it is important that when we deal with victims, we are conscious that they are across all communities and that we do not only advocate for one group, such as republicans, nationalists or loyalists. We must advocate for all victims.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: Is Mr. Adams aware that he does not address the hurt that was caused during the Troubles in his submission?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: We have another six minutes. We have loads of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: I apologise. I am interrupting. The Good Friday Agreement states-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: The Good Friday Agreement states that we must acknowledge and address suffering. It is part of the agreement. If it is part of the Good Friday Agreement that we acknowledge and address suffering, why there is nothing in Mr. Adams's submission about the hurt during the Troubles?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: In his document, Mr. Adams talks about the work of others that made the work of peacebuilding more difficult. There is no acknowledgement that the IRA also made it difficult. It was responsible for more than 50% of the deaths. It is important we talk about these issues because they are a part of reconciliation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: Some of us are wearing our pins today for the families of the disappeared and we hope that they are not long to be returned.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (14 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank the Minister of State for taking this Commencement matter. Not a week goes by now without us, as public representatives, hearing about shortages of GPs and the pressures on them. This is especially acute in areas where there are high numbers of Ukrainian people in crisis accommodation. We are all very aware of the unwelcome and unsavoury agitation by far-right individuals in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (14 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank the Minister of State. She knows full well about some of the barriers in the HSE with connecting qualified people to positions. This is why I am raising the issue. I am aware of what is happening with language support, which is positive. We have to look at the costs. I have raised practical issues. All of this information is great. The Minister of State and I know that when it...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (14 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: May I say one more thing?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (14 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank the Cathaoirleach. The voluntary hospital at St. Vincent's is already carrying out observerships and it would be great if the HSE could catch up.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: I welcome the Minister to the House. I will focus on the work-life balance aspect of this Bill and the transposition of the directive, which the Minister has overseen. Additionally, I will comment on the inclusion of the right to request remote working, which is now contained under this legislation and was inherited from the Tánaiste's Department. It is a good move to have all this...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: I am sorry, Acting Chair, I did not hear the bell.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: I am concerned about the amendment to section 13E, which relates to the termination in certain circumstances of flexible working arrangements. It seems quite hefty. I would also like to know whether the decision can be overturned by the WRC or if it is just a case of providing compensation. I will stop now as I have gone way over time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. John Bruton (8 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: We are under time pressure, so I cannot thank Mr. Bruton as enthusiastically as I would like. I thank him for his work in building those stepping stones to the Good Friday Agreement, to peace on our island and as a member of our party, Fine Gael. I thank him personally for our interactions over the years. It is great to see him have this opportunity to take a 360 degree view. He has laid...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. John Bruton (8 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: I thank Mr. Bruton for answering my question and separating the calls for an immediate border poll from calls to genuinely do the groundwork on what the future could look like.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. John Bruton (8 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: I have questions about what Mr. Bruton said about reconciliation and how it must be done in the first place by the people of Northern Ireland themselves, with the active support of Dublin and London Governments. Where does he see politicians coming into that in the North? He has heard, and I would agree, that society is ahead of the politicians when it comes to reconciliation and the...