Results 601-620 of 2,035 for speaker:Máire Devine

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

Máire Devine: I endorse the call for the Minister to come to the House to outline the further impact this project will have on the public purse and public health. Shame on the Government for what it has done.

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

Máire Devine: Hear, hear.

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

Máire Devine: I am sorry, a Leas-Chathaoirligh.

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

Máire Devine: Yes.

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

Máire Devine: That has nothing to do with it. We are being blackmailed. The public is being blackmailed.

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

Máire Devine: I am sorry.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: As today is strike day, I am hardly going to get up and talk about anything else. This morning, I have been around, in the cold but crisp sunshine, to Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, St. James's Hospital, both the Rialto entrance and James's Street entrance, and the Coombe on Cork Street. I visited all three of them and plan to visit some more later on. I think back to 20 years...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: Take it from the budget for the national children's hospital. There is an extra €1 billion available.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: We walked out of government in the North for marriage equality and language equality for our citizens. We did what we had to do.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: By whom should it be filled?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: We also had nine nights.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. John Horan (29 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: I was a camogie player in Dublin and then Belfast in the 1980s and 1990s. It is great to see the difference that has been made in the North. Communities can now play football or camogie without hassle. There has been a great improvement there. Mr. Horan spoke about well-being and mental health. The logo, the wearing of the jerseys and players speaking out about their struggles and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: Yes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: I do not know about that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: I thank the Cathaoirleach.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: Yes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: I will speak now. I want to raise the nurses' strike which will take place tomorrow.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: Having been a nurse, I want to have my say and place on record my view that this House should support nurses given the recruitment and retention issues we have spoken about for so long and the crisis in our health service. I want to extend my best wishes to the nurses who are about to commence their first 24-hour strike.

Seanad: Climate Action: Statements (24 Jan 2019)

Máire Devine: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I welcome the opportunity to address the Minister directly on the critical issue of climate change, which adversely affects each and every citizen in this State. Unfortunately, the record of the Government with regard to our obligations to meet the minimum threshold of progress on addressing climate change, in particular in reducing greenhouse gas...