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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (18 Dec 2018)

Máire Devine: I agree with previous speakers' comments regarding the outrageous increase in costs for the national children's hospital. Another outrage is the damaging effects of this construction on the communities of Dublin 8, where I come from, in terms of air pollution, infrastructural damage to homes and traffic noise and the fact that this work which was supposed to be completed in a decade is being...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (18 Dec 2018)

Máire Devine: The Leader will be back in Cabinet soon.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2018)

Máire Devine: It has been a very long night.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Examination of the Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Máire Devine: I have a few brief questions on costs, which are important in terms of public perception and the public purse. On prices and moving to different forms of energy to protect against rises in electricity prices, Ireland has the fourth highest electricity prices in the European Union. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities appears to judge competition in the market on switching rates alone....

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

Máire Devine: Good for Senator McDowell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: I will flash back to 20 years ago and congratulate Ms Cusack and her colleague, Mr. Fleming, on fighting back against the jazzing up and dumbing down of the weather forecast and ensuring the role of professional meteorologists was maintained. Where would we be today without serious science behind weather forecasts? A few of the questions I wanted to ask were on the public perception and the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: I also wish to give a big thanks to all staff and the organisers of yesterday's An Chéad Dáil. It was an enjoyable event and a reminder to us all of the need for us as legislators to progress the democratic programme as set out 100 years go. I do not wish to put a dampener on it, but members of the deaf community have asked in future for consideration of the interpretation of such...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: Okay.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medical Card Administration (23 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: I raise this matter because, over time, it dawned on me that what is happening seems to be unfair and inequitable. If one gets sick with a serious illness, obviously one's income will not match the outlay for treatment. That outlay is €800 for any inpatient treatment over 12 consecutive months. I have been helping patients to apply for medical cards because they have been given bad...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medical Card Administration (23 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Unfortunately, I do not think it is what is needed. We need to look at the applications. The Minister of State stated that almost 40,000 applications are made each month and that many are deemed invalid for one reason or another. We need to get data on this in order to be satisfied that we are going in the right direction. The main point I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medical Card Administration (23 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: It would be much more than two or three.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medical Card Administration (23 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: This is why we need the data.

Seanad: First Aid and Mental Health in Schools (Initial Teacher Training) Bill 2018: Second Stage (23 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I commend Fianna Fáil colleagues on bringing forward this Bill. I want to begin by dealing with youth mental health because the Bill cannot be discussed without that context. According to research into youth mental health, 75% of such illnesses develop before the age of 24, with the majority emerging in early teenage years. With regard to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: I thank the witnesses for the presentations. Much has been said in discussing the procurement and accounting for the large overrun and the cost of €1.5 billion. There are too many noughts in the figure to consider. This will affect the public health services we provide. I have tried to work out the figure. The hospital will cost every man, woman and child a little under...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: I asked for a timeframe. Will it be later in the year or a few weeks' time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: Might it be done by Easter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: It is a different one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: The one in Drimnagh was granted approval and work was then suspended. We are awaiting a further announcement on it in the next few weeks. Obviously, it has all been thrown up in the air.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: Is that a "No"? Will the project in Drimnagh go ahead?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: That sounds like a "No" to me.