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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: I made my statement on the budget last night to a less than full House, which was unfortunate. I welcomed the initiative to appoint a just transition commissioner. It is envisaged that the commissioner will engage with relevant stakeholders, in particular in the midlands where Bord na Móna has announced it will close 17 bogs which will make 430 employees redundant. I have always...

Seanad: Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister back to the House. I will try to be concise and constructive in the few words that I have to say about this Bill. When it comes to Brexit and related matters, Sinn Féin has supported the Government's position and given credit where it is due. For some time, we have called for a solution to be found by the Irish Government and European Union on the issue of the...

Seanad: Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: I move amendment No. 2:In page 8, line 18, after " "(iva)" to insert the following:"an Irish citizen who is ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland, a British citizen who is ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland, and". Senator Higgins asked if I could speak on her behalf about her amendments.

Seanad: Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: So that is it then. They are gone into the ether.

Seanad: Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: My amendments are okay.

Seanad: Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: Both of these amendments pertain to the Childcare Support Act 2018, which was alluded to by the Minister. The Bill provides for British citizens to access the national childcare scheme on the same basis as Irish citizens and assesses British citizens in the same manner as the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2004, which states that a British citizen means a citizen of the United Kingdom...

Seanad: Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: I need to go through it with more of a fine-tooth comb. I will not press it to a vote but I thank the Minister of State for the explanation.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: We support amendment No. 16. No person should be forced into getting a public services card to make a transaction. We note, as Senator Higgins said, that the Data Protection Commission has ruled that an obligation for anybody other than the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection is illegal and cannot happen, but that this seems to have been ignored by the Department of...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: Sinn Féin supports this amendment. A child turns 14 and this is the most expensive time of a parent's life where he or she is crucified with costs for socialising, etc. Children learn to socialise and get out there at that age and they probably get up to stuff they should not be doing. It is a massive cost for the parent and for a lone parent to feel these cuts and not allow children...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: I am sorry-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: I know that today is all about the Budget Statement. I wish to review an issue I first raised as a Commencement matter in June 2016, a couple of months after my election to the Seanad, namely, the recruitment of a specialist in sarcoma at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin. We had a wonderful Italian consultant and the patients, many of whom have passed away, and their families were delighted...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: Is the Acting Chairman not impartial?

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: This is a damp and dull budget day, and this is an election budget more than a budget for the country or its people. I will focus on a few areas.

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: An additional €1 billion is being allocated to the health budget. Some €335 million of that commitment is for the estimated overspend in the system that happens year in, year out. It is never recognised but the money is always given and it is taken as read that there will be an overspend. That is because our population has grown.People are living longer. There are more...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: Great. I will lash through this. The Government is attempting to hoodwink us once again. The Minister of State needs to remember that, as a nurse and trade union member of long standing - at least 12 years - I know that we have been very vigilant and alert to budgets and mental health spending every year. In the last few years, an additional €35 million went to health services but...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: That is the figure over a year. The extra-----

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: No.

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: The Minister of State cannot state an untruth.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2019)

Máire Devine: I have had a brief meeting with parents who have taken leadership into their own hands with respect to autism units and classes for their children. This is happening throughout the country but particularly in Dublin. In Dublin 12, Dublin 15, Dublin 8 and Dublin 6, parents have commenced a parent support group because their children are isolated and alone. They have no information and no...