Results 1,461-1,480 of 2,007 for speaker:Máire Devine
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: I want to know where they all were.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: I think the 50,000 people and the public who were there on Saturday will want to know why. They were questioning where they were and why they were not there.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: The Senator should go and answer to those 50,000 who were asking that question.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: Okay, I will do so. Gabh mo leithscéal.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: This morning, the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, said on his way that he was going into the Cabinet to put before it the proposals by the Labour Court that saw the suspension of the industrial action, including this strike and the three days due. I put it to the Minister that it is not really up to the Cabinet to agree or disagree to this. It is up to the 50,000 members of the...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: They reckon that because Brexit is coming they cannot upset the nation.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: The two-year period of Brexit is extended-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: The excuse we are getting is that Brexit is coming.Brexit is going to probably extend it by two years. We wait then. Is this the excuse until the polls are in-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: -----their proper order and the atmosphere is correct?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: There is no point.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: That is not true. The Senator should get his facts right. He stands up all the time and does not know the facts.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: Who would that be?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: It is called accountability.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: On a point of order, I did not say that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: I know more about the issue than the Leader is suggesting.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: In any case, the Leader was wrong.
- Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister. I am speaking on this debate on behalf of my colleague, Senator Mac Lochlainn, who is on Government business. I thank the Minister for bringing forward this Bill to introduce changes to how the Personal Injuries Assessment Board works. It is a small step in addressing the escalating insurance costs, which are really hurting motoring and business owners across...
- Seanad: Loneliness Task Force Report: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach. Students from the Mercy School in Cork who were present in the Visitors Gallery have left. They were promoting intergenerational communication which prevents loneliness. Intergenerational friendship is where people try to reach out to different people and become friends. Ireland today is very different from the Ireland of...
- Seanad: Loneliness Task Force Report: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: We now have gated communities in which people live in locked environments. The social fabric of the country has changed beyond recognition.We have had rapid advances in technology, in particular over the past 20 or 25 years, which have made us more detached as humans. As for friends on Facebook, my God, I have 5,000. I am very happy with that but I do not know one of them. Eye contact,...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: Is the coalition a bit wobbly?