Results 561-580 of 2,007 for speaker:Máire Devine

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services Report (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: The Minister of State referenced A Vision for Change. It is an excellent document, but its sell-by date is last year. Some 73% of it has not been implemented. In this instance one can rightly call the Roscommon-Galway report, Aversion to Change. It is stuck in the past and stuck in the old ways. I have two things to ask of the Minister of State. The first is that the implementation...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services Report (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: What about the cheque?

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: I raised the matter this morning. To add to it, Senator Hopkins needs to push for the implementation group not to include those who have already been found to be ineffective in Roscommon-Galway. I want to start with the Dubliner, Fr. Joe Mallin, son of Michael Mallin and the last surviving child of the 1916 Rising leaders. He is 104 and we celebrated his birthday in Dublin 8 last week. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: Well done Dublin.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: The team is in the Mansion House tonight.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: It was last week.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: This is the Dublin Simon Community's narrative.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: That is the Dublin Simon Community narrative. Correct the record please.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: Correct the record. This is the Dublin Simon Community's narrative.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: I apologise. This is the Dublin Simon Community's narrative, not Sinn Féin's.

Seanad: National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021: Statements (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: The Minister of State is trying to do something positive in bringing this strategy before the House. However, given the evidence of previous strategies, I remain to be convinced and I am unconvinced by it. The national disability inclusion strategy is, at best, a naive and half-hearted attempt to address the most serious issues facing people with disabilities. It shows little ambition to...

Seanad: National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021: Statements (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: Did the Minister of State say I harped on about it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: I will be brief. I am sorry I missed the engagement, but I was attending a meeting with representatives of the Health Service Executive to try to sort out children's issues. Kids have journals which parents sign to confirm they have done their homework. Could a brief guide for parents be included in each book? Could schools do this when they are being printed? The parents could sign it...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: I support Senator Freeman's call in respect of 16-18 year olds in our mental health service with nowhere to go. Any initiative is welcome but we need to solidify things for those young people. I wish to talk about rights and equality for the disabled. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are trying to outdo each other with promises of tax cuts prior to the budget but they need to realise that...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: The motion is being sent to the wrong committee.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: And have more debate.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister. Here we are again, making statements, but I am really not fond of statements as we should be here for legislation. Since the last statements in the Seanad on this issue, the homelessness figures have continued to rise, especially among children. I am disappointed we are back to listen to the Minister accept how dreadful these figures are, to promise to do more and...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: Politicians need to think outside the box in order to tackle the housing crisis. One great outcome of this initiative, apart from building so many much needed homes, is the cross-party support which was achieved. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has representation from every party and none. The fact that this intense political rivalry could be set aside in order to tackle this...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: Gabh mo leithsceál.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: I ask Senator Buttimer to be a bit respectful.