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Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2023)

Emer Currie: I move amendment No. 13: In page 13, line 2, after “arrangements” to insert “including”. All the amendments in my name in this group make the same point. I will talk about the Title first. I do not believe the Bill at any point stipulates the kinds of working arrangements that might be available. Much emphasis has been put on remote working over recent years...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2023)

Emer Currie: I thank the Minister for taking on board the direction of travel regarding what we would like to see in the review, although this was an opportunity to include it here and now. For the reasons I stated, there is a difference between legislation that will predominantly help women and, on the other hand, gender equality legislation. The knock-on effect of that is that we are dealing with...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2023)

Emer Currie: I hope the Cathaoirleach will forgive me for sounding like I am in a time warp but it has been a year since the Covid-19 bonus recognition payment for front-line workers was announced. Unfortunately private nursing home staff and a lot of non-HSE staff have yet to receive the €1,000 bonus payment at this stage. We know that a third party was responsible for managing the payment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Sir John Major (26 Jan 2023)

Emer Currie: No pressure there, Chair. It is wonderful to have this opportunity to put these questions to Sir John about the run-up to the Good Friday Agreement. We did not get Sir John's opening statement until we sat down and it has changed the experience of hearing his first-hand testimony. It was lengthier than we would normally get, and for that I am grateful. I do not think I broke my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Sir John Major (26 Jan 2023)

Emer Currie: That is fine. I think Sir John for that. I have another question. Sir John mentioned how the violence scarred our whole way of life in the North and extended across the island, and he also mentioned the importance of the in-depth relationship. I have spoken about Sir John's personal bravery in this process. At difficult times, he continued on. I want to ask him about the legacy...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2023)

Emer Currie: I was in Westminster yesterday on British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly business and left just before the House of Lords started Committee Stage of the legacy legislation. I believe there was considerable criticism of it, just as there has been from the Commissioner for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland; the Northern Ireland Assembly; the Government; all the political parties on this...

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Emer Currie: I am at a massive disadvantage in that I have not heard any of this debate, but I did want to contribute to it. The area I represent is Dublin West and Dublin 15. We have the train line and we have buses.Nobody is in any doubt about the increase in antisocial behaviour on public transport. There have been ongoing issues in Pelletstown, Ashtown and Castleknock. It is a recurring theme for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Wally Kirwan, H.E. Dr. Eamonn McKee and Dr. Martin Mansergh (19 Jan 2023)

Emer Currie: I do not think I will ever forget this project, namely, the report we are producing on the architects of the Good Friday Agreement. It is brilliant to be here talking to people who were such important names at the time - not just today but throughout the whole process. I heard these people's names being spoken about in my own home so getting the opportunity to meet them in this forum is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Wally Kirwan, H.E. Dr. Eamonn McKee and Dr. Martin Mansergh (19 Jan 2023)

Emer Currie: We are agreed on that point. We need to do the homework but what-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Wally Kirwan, H.E. Dr. Eamonn McKee and Dr. Martin Mansergh (19 Jan 2023)

Emer Currie: Does Dr. Mansergh believe there would be-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Wally Kirwan, H.E. Dr. Eamonn McKee and Dr. Martin Mansergh (19 Jan 2023)

Emer Currie: I need to leave the room briefly.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: I am so happy for the Cathaoirleach that he has achieved this position. They say that it takes a village to raise a child, but it takes an army to get to this point in your career. In listening to everything that people have said about him today, I felt like we were on that journey with him. I had forgotten all the milestones, challenges and brave things he has done over the years. It...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: I spoke about Senators Mark Daly and Joe O’Reilly earlier today but I do not want to let the opportunity pass to thank them both once again. I am delighted that Senator Daly has put his name forward for the role of Leas-Chathaoirleach. In a way, he is easing us out of having him as Cathaoirleach of the Seanad. As I have the pleasure of occupying the office next door to that of my...

Seanad: Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: I congratulate the Minister of State. We really appreciate all the work he has put into this. He has made it and the Moorhead report a priority from the moment he took office. In that spirit, I thank the councillor representative groups – AILG and LAMA – and Women for Election, which do an excellent job.I see the Minister of State is very much supportive of their work with...

Seanad: Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Dec 2022)

Emer Currie: Okay. There were questions in the Irish Examineryesterday from a former Senator, Councillor Joanna Tuffy, about Article 28A of the Constitution. I will follow up with any other questions I have for the Minister of State afterwards.

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 want nothing more than reconciliation on our island, orange and green, but also between different shades of green. When I read Mr. Adams's submission, I found aspects of it to be an outstanding work of revisionism and not reconciliation. To describe the actions of the IRA between 1972 and 1988 as some sort of parallel route to peace and justice is wild. In the document, the he says that...

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: No, just on that. What about the illegal organisations? Do the victims not deserve answers from the people high up in the illegal organisations? Should the IRA chiefs of staff, the Northern commanders and the quartermasters, not be held to account as well? Should they not answer questions?

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: Mine was too.

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 will ask again to be sure. Does Mr. Adams believe that those in command and control of the IRA and other militias should answer for their conduct, account to victims and have questions to answer? It is a yes-no answer.