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Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Máire Devine: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Máire Devine: That is harassment.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Máire Devine: He hid the information.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Máire Devine: No, he did not.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Máire Devine: He knew about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Máire Devine: I know about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Máire Devine: Nuances.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Máire Devine: Observable facts.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Máire Devine: Nobody knew about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Máire Devine: The universal social charge.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Mar 2017)

Máire Devine: I am not sure of the protocol here-----

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Mar 2017)

Máire Devine: I welcome the passage of this Bill which we have spoken about at length in Seanad Éireann. I commend the Minister for getting the Bill through all Stages in this House and hope there will be no delay to its enactment. While it is not directly related to this legislation, there is a protest taking place outside Leinster House today marking the tenth anniversary of Ireland's signing of...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: I second Senator Craughwell's amendment to the Order of Business calling on the Minister for Defence to come to the House. The headline we have been subjected to, yesterday in particular, is that Irish children are being exported to psychiatric institutions, mainly in the United Kingdom. There were six in the last two years that we know of, three of whom have ended up in St. Andrew's in...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: We are exporting our children, as we have done in the past. These vulnerable children are being sent away from their families, their friends, their home, their country and, most importantly, their community. What message are we giving them? It is that we do not want to listen. We are sending them to outside institutions, leaving them with no means of communication with family or friends...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: The Senator is out of order.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: The Senator should resume his seat.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: The Senator was let out for good behaviour.

Seanad: Critical Health Professionals Bill 2017: Second Stage (4 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister of State. I also welcome the Bill. It has been well written by Senator Keith Swanick and founded in sound sentiments. It is wise morally and economically to allow people to continue working in the health care profession once they tick all of the boxes in meeting the criteria such as being fit for work and there being dual consensus. That is important. As we debated...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: It has recently been reported that the High Court has found that Angela Kerins, who had taken a case against the Committee of Public Accounts, is only obliged to pay one third of the costs of the case while the remaining two thirds are to be borne by the Committee of Public Accounts. This is quite a significant and unusual development. It is the first time this has happened in the history...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister of State. I welcome the legislation and I commend Senator Ó Ríordáin for pushing it forward. It is a first step in moving away from treating addiction as a criminal matter and towards treating it as a public health issue. The most recent data available from the national drugs-related death index show that almost two people died each day in 2004 because...