Results 1-20 of 746 for speaker:Emer Currie
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Kazumi Matsui, Mayor of Hiroshima (23 Oct 2024)
Emer Currie: I warmly welcome the mayor, the ambassador and the delegation. I look forward to spending time with them this afternoon.I wish them a very warm welcome as a member of the Japan-Irish friendship group, as a sister-in-law of a Japanese woman, Hiroko Kawachi Currie and an aunt of my niece and nephew Keiko Currie and Cillian Currie. It is a huge honour for me to have you in the Seanad today....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Peace Summit Partnership: Discussion (17 Oct 2024)
Emer Currie: Are you ready for me?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Peace Summit Partnership: Discussion (17 Oct 2024)
Emer Currie: I thank the Cathaoirleach and Deputy Feighan. It is great to hear Ms Weir's wisdom as usual and to see both witnesses in Leinster House. What I am about to say is related to Deputy Feighan's comments. We find that attention seems to always focus on the political issues in the North rather than a consistent focus being on social integration, reconciliation and the disconnect North and...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Admissions (17 Oct 2024)
Emer Currie: We woke up to the news in yesterday's edition of The Irish Times that parents of children in commuter belt areas like Castleknock and Carpenterstown are being written to and advised by education authorities to apply to multiple secondary schools because of the level of oversubscription to schools in areas of high enrolment pressure. Almost half of all secondary schools across the State are...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Admissions (17 Oct 2024)
Emer Currie: I thank the Minister of State. The Department improved the central post-primary online database IT system that was in place last year but did not deal with the issue. It is writing to parents to encourage them to write to multiple schools and requesting parents to take steps to avoid holding multiple places. That is a request, whereas a common applications process would solve that issue....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)
Emer Currie: I thank the Deputy, and congratulate him on his new role. It suits him. Mr. Meade and Mr. Kenny are very welcome. I thank them for acknowledging the mistakes of the past five weeks. I also thank their colleague Mr. Richard Kelly in the office who responded to my many emails. I received 93 complaints in one day. Certainly, there was significant pushback on this. I am based in Dublin...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)
Emer Currie: So, Iarnród Éireann is not reverting completely, just in the morning time and sticking to the timetable in the afternoon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)
Emer Currie: Will Iarnród Éireann be monitoring that to see how it works so there will still be opportunities to engage with it if there are still issues?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)
Emer Currie: For this level of change - because it was quite a dramatic change - does Iarnród Éireann think public consultation is the best forum to do that going forward? What mechanism does Iarnród Éireann think it might use to flag these types of dramatic changes that impact commuters, going forward?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)
Emer Currie: Can I ask about capacity on the Maynooth line? I went back over my records this morning and from 2020 I have a parliamentary question about the 41 new diesel ICR carriages costing €150 million that were arriving. They were initially due to arrive in 2022 but I think the pandemic slowed that down. At that stage, we were expecting a 34% increase in capacity on the Maynooth line. Was...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)
Emer Currie: What increase in capacity has there been on the Maynooth line?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)
Emer Currie: Some of those carriages have gone onto the Maynooth line.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)
Emer Currie: It will not be to the 34% level because Mr. Kenny said the intercity dominated coming out of Covid. I would say now that the commuter routes are back with a bang and we need to see an increase in capacity. There was the 41 new diesel ICR carriages, then I believe 600 electric and hybrid battery carriages were also coming. Where are they in the system?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)
Emer Currie: It has been increased to 750.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)
Emer Currie: There are 750 carriages in total and they will start to become operable from January 2026.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)
Emer Currie: How far out does the contract extend?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)
Emer Currie: Yes. How long will it take?