Results 1-9 of 9 for drugs speaker:Emer Currie

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2024)

Emer Currie: ...people are availing of black market goods and services. I am startled 25% of people have availed of them in the last year. That includes TV subscription services via dodgy boxes, coal and other fuels, drugs, medicines, supplements, alcohol, vaping products, cigarettes, rolling tobacco and then of course we know of the growth in things like hair and beauty services as well. I appreciate...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Mar 2024)

Emer Currie: ...Porterstown Road, which is designated as a rural road. It is in a semi-rural area and the speed limit on it is 60 km per hour. According to this Bill, the Government has looked at mandatory drug testing, changes to speed limits and penalty points.I see there have been changes with regard to rural areas, where the speed limit is going to go from 100 km/h to 80 km/h. We are then looking...

Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Emer Currie: ...force. We need to protect community policing. Wrapping services around community policing will really improve community safety. I completely agree with the direction in which the Minister has moved by involving youth workers, Tusla, the HSE, drug prevention workers, businesses and voluntary organisations.I want the Minister to prioritise Dublin West. I have said this to her. We do not...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Crime Prevention (22 Jun 2023)

Emer Currie: ...time for this type of intervention post-Covid. Having spoken to the superintendent in our district yesterday, it seems public order offences and assaults have decreased in Ongar recently but I know people see drug dealing in the village, the damage caused by antisocial behaviour and large numbers of teenagers hanging around the area, although this does not always mean they are up to no...

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

Emer Currie: ...be preparation from the spring onwards not just for antisocial behaviour on public transport but also the criminal activity that is connected with it, involving travelling gangs, burglaries, theft and drug use. Another issue relates to resources within the Garda. I feel for the Minister of State at this time. The Department has made this issue a priority and there are significant...

Seanad: Public Order and Safe Streets: Statements (23 Nov 2022)

Emer Currie: ...be tackled by policing alone. However, policing is a very important pillar. We are seeing things in Dublin 15 such as playgrounds and other public property being damaged and increased levels of drug taking in public and family areas. It is happening across the board in all communities. It is brilliant we have targeted supports. The youth diversion projects and local community safety...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Jonathan Powell (30 Jun 2022)

Emer Currie: ...and loyalist community. I very much feel there is no role for paramilitarism. It should have left the stage a long time ago and in fact the problems we talk about in terms of cycles of poverty, drugs, coercive control of communities, prosperity and hope are not going to be solved by paramilitaries. How would Mr. Powell advise us to engage with loyalism but not paramilitarism?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Emer Currie: ...flag when someone suggests women should not accept the first answer they get and that women must go and seek answers for menopause. It is about awareness and affordability. It is also about access to the drugs or hormones that people need. I am quoting my colleague, Councillor Anna Grainger, when I say there should be a champion in every workplace. Let this Chamber be a champion for...

Seanad: Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (23 Feb 2022)

Emer Currie: ...a citizens' assembly on biodiversity loss and one on the type of directly elected mayor and local government structures best suited to Dublin. I am also very supportive of citizens' assemblies on drugs and the reform of education. I hope those will be prioritised. All Members know reform of the leaving certificate is needed. People are calling for that to happen now. There has been a...