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Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Máire Devine: Yes.

Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Máire Devine: I thank all the Ministers and Ministers of State who attended. Hopefully, it is an acknowledgement of the gravity of what the planet faces and the need to work together and speed up what we need to do to change fundamentally. I have two observations. I reiterate to the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, that 7 million people die annually from air pollution alone, according to...

Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Máire Devine: What is the use of developing the science well enough to make predictions if, in the end, all we are willing to do is stand around and wait for them to come true?

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: I move amendment No. 1:In page 6, between lines 47 and 48, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 3 of Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 1996 5.Section 3 of the Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 1996 is amended by the addition of the following subsection after subsection (3):“(4) The Board shall furnish the Health Insurance Authority and the Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I have just a few observations. I have asked this question before but I did not get a straight answer. Dr. Aubert spoke about trees as carbon sinks. I am interested in trees or plants that are most effective as carbon sinks. In Ireland we have forests of conifers. I do not believe they are as effective as carbon sinks. Have any studies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: The University of California-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: Is it an urban myth that they promote this as evidence-based research in the University of California and in Australia? The change of lifestyle is also very important. Agriculture is not just about livestock. It is also about horticulture and the production of good quality vegetables and fruit that can be our main diet if we change our lifestyles. The next generation coming up is much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: I thank the witnesses.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: The Leas-Chathaoirleach is very generous.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: We have worked hard together as a group. Today we made a decision to focus on the estimated 4,000 people who develop dementia each year. That is at least 11 people per day. Those are not my estimates; they come from the HSE's Understand Together information campaign. Each one of these 11 people and their families need access to a dementia adviser to support them as they embark on their...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: As a member of the all-party Oireachtas group, I am acutely aware of the lack of equity. Sinn Féin's budget submission strongly advised the Government to provide funding for an increased allocation for dementia advice.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: Fianna Fáil was asleep but it has woken up with the threat of an election in the air and good for it.I want to talk about air pollution and climate change. A poor whale was washed up in Indonesia with 6 kg of plastic - including 25 plastic cups, 115 plastic bags and flip-flops - inside it. I do not know if there was a human attached to the flip-flops. Our air, sea and land are exposed...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: No.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: It is rude.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: That is not good language.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: Earlier today, I and hundreds of people joined survivors of the Stardust nightclub and the families of the victims outside the Office of the Attorney General on Merrion Square. We all know the horrific story of the 48 young people who died on St. Valentine's Day in 1981. The Justice for Stardust campaign group has gathered 48,000 signatures. The families state that they have the new...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: That is scandalous.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: Well done, Minister Ross.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: There is, yes.

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath. I wish to respond to a point made by Senator Colm Burke regarding the increase in the number of nursing staff managers by 1,000. That does not reflect an overall increase in the total number of staff. There are 2,700 nursing staff vacancies today. That was done to retain people by giving them a promotion but it is not an increase of...