Results 141-160 of 666 for speaker:Emer Currie

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Emer Currie: They are qualitative rather than quantitative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Emer Currie: I apologise for putting Dr. Boland under pressure but my time is limited. Where is he finding these people for interviews? I worked in marketing, so I understand the difference between a qualitative and quantitative approach. Where is he finding them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Emer Currie: In terms of activation, does Dr. Boland not see the value of the Springboard+ approach, for instance? I am a woman returner, so I have experience of the system. Does he not see any value in the activation programmes we are running?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Emer Currie: What does Dr. Boland mean by resources?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Emer Currie: Are there limits to Dr. Boland's conditionality? I hear what he is saying about the box-ticking side of compliance. Does Dr. Boland also take the same approach to whether there would be courses for interview skills or supports and things that are more positive? Would he support that or does he think people should not be encouraged and it is completely and 100% up to them to be proactive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Emer Currie: It would be good to see the data on that to understand where that is happening. My last question is around the difference between the two systems and what happens if we introduce our rate of unemployment benefit. It is more than twice the rate in the UK. It is approximately 2.7 times the rate in the North. What would happen there in terms of the impact on the economy? Would the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Emer Currie: Okay. I thank Dr. Fitzpatrick.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Apr 2023)

Emer Currie: I was not here yesterday for our first day back. I was in Belfast for the Agreement 25 conference. It will go down as one of the best conferences I have ever attended. I had the honour of being in the room and in the presence of George Mitchell when he made his speech on Monday. I felt as though I was in touching distance of history. At this point, it is all the more bewildering that the...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Mar 2023)

Emer Currie: I, too, welcome the Bill and the impact it will have on the costs facing families and households. It is a significant amount and it is not to be overlooked. As the Minister will know, the children's urgent care centre at Connolly Hospital is a satellite centre of the forthcoming children's hospital in the city. This fantastic service was opened in Tallaght and Blanchardstown, initially...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (22 Mar 2023)

Emer Currie: Since January 2020 there have been 23 section 254 licence applications for telecommunications masts in Dublin 15. These are not phone masts or telecommunication masts the size of lamp-posts; they are 15 m to 18 m or potentially up to 60 m in village and residential locations. I am not mad about The Spire, although I know other people are, but I certainly would not be okay with it turning up...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (22 Mar 2023)

Emer Currie: As usual, the Minister of State has gone right to the nub of the issue, which is striking the right balance and making sure that people have access to modern digital services in order that they can lead modern lives. For me, the issue is how this is managed. It does seem like the Wild West as telecommunication masts have been erected on public roads, footpaths and greens. It costs...

Seanad: Location of Victims' Remains: Motion (22 Mar 2023)

Emer Currie: I welcome the Minister. I thank Fianna Fáil for tabling the motion and giving us the opportunity to talk about the disappeared and the details outlined in the motion. In particular, I thank the family members for being here this evening. I know some of them have brought their loved ones home and others have not yet done so, but it is a fact that they are still working together and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Lord Empey (9 Mar 2023)

Emer Currie: I thank Lord Empey, who is a member of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly committee A alongside me. I have enjoyed getting to know him and working with him on our reports. I want to bring him back to the negotiations. My other questions concern the present. Regarding the North-South strand and Lord Empey's remarks on Monday about the executive function, I am familiar with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Lord Empey (9 Mar 2023)

Emer Currie: I am looking at an exchange between my late father and Mary O'Rourke at the time about Lord Empey's initial meetings with her back in 1999. My father had obviously been pressing her on areas of co-operation. They met about energy. He talked about how great it was that they met for discussions and said "long may that continue and perhaps we will soon reach the stage where nobody will pay...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Lord Empey (9 Mar 2023)

Emer Currie: On that subject, I will ask Lord Empey what may be a tricky question. MLAs have had their salaries cut by 14,000 because strand 1 is not operating. We have clearly stated there is no hierarchy between the strands. Should there be cuts for people who do not engage with strand 2?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Lord Empey (9 Mar 2023)

Emer Currie: I thank the witness.

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Emer Currie: Before I introduce our next speaker, I wish to acknowledge the presence in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery of the ambassador of New Zealand, Trevor Mallard, who is very welcome. On a day like to today we are thinking about other trailblazers and female politicians. We have, of course, Jacinda Ardern, who is moving on. Of particular interest is her policy in regard to well being budgets...

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Emer Currie: I wish everyone a happy International Women's Day. My apologies to the Minister but I too have fitted a lot into my morning in Dublin West. I was in the company of brilliant community activists, including people from Phoenix FM, the Huntstown Community Centre and Castleknock Tidy Towns. While reference has been made to International Women's Day and the progress we have made, it does not...

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement and Windsor Framework: Motion (8 Mar 2023)

Emer Currie: I want to thank the Sinn Féin team for tabling this motion, which is a motion I think everyone can sign up to - never say never - and should sign up to.

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement and Windsor Framework: Motion (8 Mar 2023)

Emer Currie: I was a little concerned that this motion might go in the direction of heaping pressure on the DUP at this moment in time, but that is not what this is about. We recognise we have to give them a little bit of space, but also there is an urgency about this. I think the motion gets that across. From the activities over the last couple of weeks, hope is now back on the table in a way that it...