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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: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (7 Feb 2019)

Máire Devine: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter. The bones of the issue are really simple. The HSE conducted interviews for the position of medical oncologist with a special interest in sarcoma at St. Vincent's University Hospital on Tuesday, 14 March 2017. Now we are informed that a successful candidate from that process is due to start in the summer of 2019. Should the sarcoma...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (7 Feb 2019)

Máire Devine: It is implicit in my matter. The Minister of State should have known that these questions were-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (7 Feb 2019)

Máire Devine: I thank the Minister of State for his comments but he has chastised me by suggesting ways for me to table questions. The Minister for Health knows the details and history behind this matter. He created this post following the tenacious efforts of the Sarcoma Action & Support Group, which comprises feeble and physically ill individuals. He knows that a vacancy has existed for three...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)

Máire Devine: Nurses and midwives will be joined in industrial action next week by psychiatric nurses, which will bring the total to 50,000 nurses. Some 500 paramedics from the ambulance service are also coming out next week so it is looking like a spring of discontent. The psychiatric nurses are members of my union and the issues are pay, terms and conditions and the mental health budget. Last year,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)

Máire Devine: Hear hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)

Máire Devine: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)

Máire Devine: It is bad public policy.

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

Máire Devine: Hear, hear.

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

Máire Devine: Health is an issue we cannot get away from. Why should we? The health system is a shambles and always has been but it is more than that now. It is an embarrassment. Yesterday, the Leader accused many of the Members who spoke about the national children's hospital of being hysterical.