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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Máire Devine: They might run on smart technology in order that the patient, parent and child, will arrive and be taken through the entrance, to reception, waiting room and doctors by smart technology.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Maternity Hospital (5 Dec 2018)

Máire Devine: Fáilte arís, an tAire Stait. This matter relates to the proposed new facility for the National Maternity Hospital and the lack of progress in recent years on its governance and ownership. I am asking for clarity regarding who will own the hospital or have influence and control over it. There is a lack of clarity and transparency about that, a tactic used frequently by the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Maternity Hospital (5 Dec 2018)

Máire Devine: Unfortunately that was not really an answer in respect of the governance and the concerns that have been expressed. The history of this hospital has been one of chaos, political fallout, and public outcry with regard to governance. Essentially it is a Catholic and private hospital. There is an idea to compulsorily purchase the land so that it would be truly national - it is called the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Máire Devine: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. It is welcome to see the trade unions involved because it is the workers we have to convince to make the change. How difficult was it in the case of Bord na Móna, which has been an iconic part of our history for so long, to engage workers in terms of telling them that changes have to be made to make progress? The witnesses might give a...

Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Máire Devine: That is okay.

Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Máire Devine: Yes.

Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Máire Devine: I thank all the Ministers and Ministers of State who attended. Hopefully, it is an acknowledgement of the gravity of what the planet faces and the need to work together and speed up what we need to do to change fundamentally. I have two observations. I reiterate to the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, that 7 million people die annually from air pollution alone, according to...

Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Máire Devine: What is the use of developing the science well enough to make predictions if, in the end, all we are willing to do is stand around and wait for them to come true?

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: I move amendment No. 1:In page 6, between lines 47 and 48, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 3 of Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 1996 5.Section 3 of the Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 1996 is amended by the addition of the following subsection after subsection (3):“(4) The Board shall furnish the Health Insurance Authority and the Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I have just a few observations. I have asked this question before but I did not get a straight answer. Dr. Aubert spoke about trees as carbon sinks. I am interested in trees or plants that are most effective as carbon sinks. In Ireland we have forests of conifers. I do not believe they are as effective as carbon sinks. Have any studies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: The University of California-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: Is it an urban myth that they promote this as evidence-based research in the University of California and in Australia? The change of lifestyle is also very important. Agriculture is not just about livestock. It is also about horticulture and the production of good quality vegetables and fruit that can be our main diet if we change our lifestyles. The next generation coming up is much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: I thank the witnesses.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: The Leas-Chathaoirleach is very generous.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: We have worked hard together as a group. Today we made a decision to focus on the estimated 4,000 people who develop dementia each year. That is at least 11 people per day. Those are not my estimates; they come from the HSE's Understand Together information campaign. Each one of these 11 people and their families need access to a dementia adviser to support them as they embark on their...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: As a member of the all-party Oireachtas group, I am acutely aware of the lack of equity. Sinn Féin's budget submission strongly advised the Government to provide funding for an increased allocation for dementia advice.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: Fianna Fáil was asleep but it has woken up with the threat of an election in the air and good for it.I want to talk about air pollution and climate change. A poor whale was washed up in Indonesia with 6 kg of plastic - including 25 plastic cups, 115 plastic bags and flip-flops - inside it. I do not know if there was a human attached to the flip-flops. Our air, sea and land are exposed...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: No.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: It is rude.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: That is not good language.