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Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Maire Devine: Not quite years. Where does one start? The scenarios presented to us regarding ever-increasing costs, or the runaway train, are not so much fairytale-like as nightmarish. The public have found them incredible. The train has no driver. The Minister is the driver but seems to have taken the day off sick because the train keeps going. I hope the brakes have now been applied and that some...

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Maire Devine: It is my turn to speak. I thank the Senator.

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Maire Devine: I thank the Acting Chairman. I do not know where to start. I have lots of notes and I will just to through them quickly. The mental health services in the hospital will be an improvement on what we have throughout the country, given that Linn Dara day patient services remain closed and I am still not getting answers on that. I acknowledge this is a hospital and the Minister is...

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Maire Devine: I am out of time. This national children's hospital is badly needed and it is a shame that it is being mismanaged.

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Maire Devine: The Senator is right, it should be withdrawn.

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Maire Devine: It is a conspiracy.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2019)

Maire Devine: First, I wish well Ms Joanne Hayes of the Kerry Babies case who is bringing the State to court following its actions in those awful days, particularly with reference to International Women's Day on Friday. I wish Ms Hayes the very best of luck. The women of Ireland, and the men, are behind her. Two years ago, I brought up at the Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs the damning...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2019)

Maire Devine: It is.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2019)

Maire Devine: It has been ongoing for at least three years.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Maire Devine: I echo Senator Warfield's comment. When the Opposition does a good job, and succeeds after more than a year to introduce legislation, I often wonder why the Member is told that it is not perfect enough. Is this because the Department does not want to see the Opposition bringing much-need legislation through the Oireachtas? Be that as it may, we will keep doing it. On the issue of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mental Health Policy (28 Feb 2019)

Maire Devine: For more than one year, the Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care, of which I was a member, carried out a great deal of work investigating the services in place our country, identifying problems and potential solutions and holding the HSE, Department of Health and Government to account. The committee was dissolved in October 2018, following the publication of its final...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mental Health Policy (28 Feb 2019)

Maire Devine: That response is very disappointing. There are no plans to establish the committee on a permanent basis. This is contrary to statements made by Ministers while the committee was doing its work. We kept the focus on the 80 or so children who were still admitted to acute mental hospitals and the shambolic finances of the HSE when it came to the provision of mental health services in that it...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2019)

Maire Devine: I want to reiterate what Senator Freeman has said. They target children of any age from three years and I have seen young children aged three playing Gummy Bears games. There is a sweet, cuddly image but there are also "Buy More" tokens at the end of each game, and it builds up and up. This happens to children from three years of age. When my son was one of those Xbox or Playstation guys,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2019)

Maire Devine: That is correct.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2019)

Maire Devine: It makes it more attractive.

Seanad: Health (Exemption of Charges for Involuntary Psychiatric Patients) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (28 Feb 2019)

Maire Devine: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health Act 1970 to exclude involuntarily detained psychiatric patients from any in-patient fees.

Seanad: Health (Exemption of Charges for Involuntary Psychiatric Patients) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (28 Feb 2019)

Maire Devine: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Maire Devine: I wish to raise awareness of the mental health legislation and the revised heads of Bills. On Thursday last, the Mental Health Commission said it would intervene robustly in any areas or approved centres that are not protecting patients' human rights and operating a substandard service. Fines of €5,000 were imposed after the Mental Health Commission took the first prosecution of...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Maire Devine: Oh my God. That is dreadful.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Maire Devine: He is still talking. He said that he would not be long.