Results 481-500 of 1,982 for speaker:Máire Devine
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2019)
Máire 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)
Máire Devine: That is correct.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: It makes it more attractive.
- Seanad: Health (Exemption of Charges for Involuntary Psychiatric Patients) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (28 Feb 2019)
Máire 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)
Máire Devine: Next Tuesday.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)
Máire 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)
Máire Devine: Oh my God. That is dreadful.
- Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: He is still talking. He said that he would not be long.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: Well said.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: I want to be even-handed with the Fianna Fáil leader, Senator Ardagh, but I lived on the Ormeau Road for over 11 years and I raised my family there. The friends and neighbours who were shot on the Ormeau Road were my friends and my neighbours. We knew when we gathered in the Hatfield House that night, in mourning, in grief and in shock, that something was amiss with the activity of the...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: Why?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: Choose between marriage equality and caring about equality.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: What will they do with the hiding of evidence?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: There is no evidence.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: I hope the people of the North are listening.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: It is.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: I will press it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2019)
Máire Devine: Is the coalition a bit wobbly?