Results 381-400 of 1,982 for speaker:Máire Devine

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Máire Devine: Outside of Carlow?

Seanad: Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015-2024: Statements (16 May 2019)

Máire Devine: Cuirim fáilte ar ais roimh an Aire Stáit. The last Irish census in 2016 indicated that 13.5% of the population had a disability. In stark figures, that is 643,131 people. However, Ireland has one of the lowest employment rates for people with disabilities in the EU. It stands at 26.2%, whereas the EU average is above 48%. Our poverty figures show that people who have a...

Seanad: Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015-2024: Statements (16 May 2019)

Máire Devine: That is needed here.

Seanad: Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015-2024: Statements (16 May 2019)

Máire Devine: Well said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: European Commission Strategy on Climate Action: Discussion (16 May 2019)

Máire Devine: As the title of the presentation indicates, it is important to constantly tie in climate action and the economy because that would bring people with us. The explosion of scientific evidence recently has scared the living daylights out of people so we need something that will encourage them. Positivity and the psychology of change are important and we need to keep speaking about the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision (14 May 2019)

Máire Devine: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Obviously he is standing in for the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Jim Daly, as this matter comes under the mental health portfolio.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision (14 May 2019)

Máire Devine: I thank the Minister of State for coming here to give me a response. I am running a campaign called the 31 Days of May where my colleagues and I and communities do something every day to raise awareness about mental health and well-being. It can be something very small all the way up to something bigger like stopping traffic, which we did on Meath Street on Saturday with community dancers -...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision (14 May 2019)

Máire Devine: I do not wish to thank the Minister of State. First, only 50 of the 74 CAMHS inpatient beds are operational. In his reply the Minister of State gave me an education on CAMHS and the services already available, but he did not address the importance of having seven-day services for children, from the peak time of Thursday to Sunday. As for waiting in an emergency department for a CAMHS...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision (14 May 2019)

Máire Devine: The Minister of State did not mention 7-7 service provision at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change (9 May 2019)

Máire Devine: I thank the witnesses. I am still a member of the Joint Committee on Climate Action. We were the black sheep of the committee when we voted against the carbon tax. The committee has done 90% of its work collaboratively, but we were concerned about the just transition and the tax's imposition on less fortunate people who are struggling. I would like the witnesses to expand on another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change (9 May 2019)

Máire Devine: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Teachta Neville.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Migration (9 May 2019)

Máire Devine: I thank the witnesses for their very interesting contributions. This is not my area of expertise. The Seanad has a public consultation committee. In the autumn I plan on opening a conversation by inviting representatives from the direct provision system, which is a shame and stain on our country. I would like to invite the three witnesses present to come to talk about migration and how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change (9 May 2019)

Máire Devine: I thank the witnesses. I am still a member of the Joint Committee on Climate Action. We were the black sheep of the committee when we voted against the carbon tax. The committee has done 90% of its work collaboratively, but we were concerned about the just transition and the tax's imposition on less fortunate people who are struggling. I would like the witnesses to expand on another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change (9 May 2019)

Máire Devine: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Teachta Neville.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Migration (9 May 2019)

Máire Devine: I thank the witnesses for their very interesting contributions. This is not my area of expertise. The Seanad has a public consultation committee. In the autumn I plan on opening a conversation by inviting representatives from the direct provision system, which is a shame and stain on our country. I would like to invite the three witnesses present to come to talk about migration and how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Climate Change (9 May 2019)

Máire Devine: I thank the witnesses. I am still a member of the Joint Committee on Climate Action. We were the black sheep of the committee when we voted against the carbon tax. The committee has done 90% of its work collaboratively, but we were concerned about the just transition and the tax's imposition on less fortunate people who are struggling. I would like the witnesses to expand on another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Climate Change (9 May 2019)

Máire Devine: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Teachta Neville.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Migration (9 May 2019)

Máire Devine: I thank the witnesses for their very interesting contributions. This is not my area of expertise. The Seanad has a public consultation committee. In the autumn I plan on opening a conversation by inviting representatives from the direct provision system, which is a shame and stain on our country. I would like to invite the three witnesses present to come to talk about migration and how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Climate Change (9 May 2019)

Máire Devine: I thank the witnesses. I am still a member of the Joint Committee on Climate Action. We were the black sheep of the committee when we voted against the carbon tax. The committee has done 90% of its work collaboratively, but we were concerned about the just transition and the tax's imposition on less fortunate people who are struggling. I would like the witnesses to expand on another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Climate Change (9 May 2019)

Máire Devine: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Teachta Neville.