Results 1-8 of 8 for 5 million speaker:Emer Currie

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Psychological Services (5 Oct 2022)

Emer Currie: ...health services, CAMHS, and on our children's disability network teams. I very much welcome the decision to pilot in-house mental health counselling for primary school pupils, amounting to €5 million in the budget. It is something for which I had called. We need it in our secondary schools too. I am asking the Minister, through the Minister of State, who they are going to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Emer Currie: ...mobile app where people can locate a local hub that they can work from. There is a network of more than 200 hubs that they can choose to work from, a campaign to generate awareness of that and €5 million to enhance the services. This is about making remote working a more realistic proposition into the long term and providing the community infrastructure to support it. Some...

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

Emer Currie: ...It applied for a sports capital grant, for which we all have our fingers crossed this week. It has worked through Covid. The centre is on church grounds. It was actually built by prisoners in 1985. It is an incredible building. It is run by the community for the community. However, in law the church owns it. That has been a barrier to getting the funds needed to get it up to the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cycling Facilities (5 Jul 2021)

Emer Currie: ...as well as to cater for workers coming from Palmerstown. Waterstown Park, to which the bridge connects, is another beautiful park in the area, with 300 species of plants, animals and birds, a 5 km track and a natural playground. Weirs are dotted along the Strawberry Beds which people do not know about. The best way to enjoy that area is by kayak, because the roads are used as a rat run...

Seanad: Business and Covid-19: Statements (30 Apr 2021)

Emer Currie: ...be made available to all pubs. We need to think about waste management in our public outdoor spaces. I am talking about litter. I have spoken previously in this House about the Casual Trading Act 1995. Councils need to look at their individual by-laws and bring in things like litter management, and the relevant Minister can issue guidelines on that. I hope the role of antigen testing...

Seanad: Remote Working Strategy: Motion (15 Feb 2021)

Emer Currie: ...how we work for good. It is a framework for long-term change, and we need it. For over 100 years, we have used the same traditional model of work for office workers, a version of 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. that is office-based and location-based. For approximately one third of the population, this involves leaving home early in the morning, making an increasingly long commute to an area of...

Seanad: Living with Covid-19 Restrictions: Statements (Resumed) (18 Nov 2020)

Emer Currie: ...vaccine behaviour. The society is in a really strong position due to its experience in behavioural change and health to inform a communications strategy that will be essential. As many as 1.5 million people die each year from not getting vaccines, according to the PSI. In the Ipsos MRBI RTÉ survey, one third of the respondents said they would be unsure about a vaccine and 12% said...

Seanad: Budget 2021: Statements (14 Oct 2020)

Emer Currie: ...and a vouched option, particularly for people who invest in a home office. Trends are changing in that regard. According to Dublin Bus and Irish Rail, employers can achieve PRSI savings of up to 10.75% and employees can save between 31% and 52% of travel costs as a result of tax, PRSI and USC savings by participating in tax saver commuter schemes. In 2019, the tax saver tickets were...