Results 821-840 of 2,007 for speaker:Máire Devine
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2018)
Máire Devine: I did not-----
- Seanad: Emergency Department Waiting Times: Statements (31 Jan 2018)
Máire Devine: I wish to share time with Senator Mac Lochlainn. Does the Minister realise he has been gagged? I need to bring it up again. The Minister has been gagged by this House, in particular, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil Senator. An hour ago, supported by my colleagues and Senator Kevin Humphreys, I tried to get the Minister to answer as to why no parents were given a voice at the table for the...
- Seanad: Emergency Department Waiting Times: Statements (31 Jan 2018)
Máire Devine: The Senator is caring. I would not do that for Fianna Fáil; I am not talking to its Senators at the moment.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (31 Jan 2018)
Máire Devine: Was that agreed?
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (31 Jan 2018)
Máire Devine: I will begin by starting the context in my area of Dublin, Dublin south-central, where housing is the top issue. I was thinking about the representations that come to me. At least 75% relate to housing. It includes people struggling in the private rental sector to those living on the streets and everything between. I looked for some statistics. The area has a population of around...
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (31 Jan 2018)
Máire Devine: There was no need for that comment.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (31 Jan 2018)
Máire Devine: A Chathaoirligh, I want that comment retracted. The Leader was completely out of order.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (31 Jan 2018)
Máire Devine: The Leader was out of order.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (31 Jan 2018)
Máire Devine: No, but the implication that I was-----
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (31 Jan 2018)
Máire Devine: The Leader-----
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (31 Jan 2018)
Máire Devine: The Leader has been unfair. He needs to retract that comment but I do not expect him to, given his bullish attitude and behaviour.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)
Máire Devine: I am acutely aware there are many pressing issues in our country that need to be discussed, addressed, planned for and legislated for. Today, I want to use the opportunity on the Order of Business to highlight reform of the Seanad and the imperative that we get to grips with reform, given Members of this Seanad have been in this House for almost two years. Sinn Féin, along with all the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)
Máire Devine: I wish to talk about respect. Respect is at times absent and, reluctantly, I have come to the conclusion that it is more so towards women. I am no wilting violet and everything I do to deliver in this Chamber comes with a passion for, a recognition of and support for co-operation to cure the ills of this country. It is wholly inappropriate for me and my sisters in this Chamber to be...
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)
Máire Devine: I ask the Leader, in light of the centenary of women's suffrage, to have a respectful, compassionate and inclusive debate on this essential part of Seanad reform - respect - and to get our House in order.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)
Máire Devine: Show us that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)
Máire Devine: It is important.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)
Máire Devine: No. The Seanad needs to meet to consider overall reform.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)
Máire Devine: I ask the Cathaoirleach to give my apologies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2018)
Máire Devine: I express an interest, being very closely aligned with the PNA. I welcome the witnesses. I am delighted to see the response around this table. We have been raising this issue for years and have not got this message out of how desperate the situation is in our mental health services. I want to go back on a few points. I talked a lot in past committee meetings. I disagree with Deputy...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2018)
Máire Devine: We know about the loss of nursing staff and this is probably due to the austerity cuts. There are other factors but those cuts happened ten years ago and that is when we started haemorrhaging staff. They were severe cuts which went to the core of the service. There was no foresight and the service shot itself in the foot. We and in particular the kids with mental health issues are living...