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

Máire Devine: That does not count in the mathematics.

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

Máire Devine: No, it is an increase in the number of nurse managers but not an increase in the number of staff.

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

Máire Devine: No, it is not.

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

Máire Devine: I had to make that point because it is a fudge.

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

Máire Devine: The main deficiency in our healthcare system is the absence of universal healthcare. I support Senator Boyhan raising this in the debate. Sinn Féin repeatedly raises the inherent inequality in our health system during these debates every year and each year the inherent inequality has been allowed to flourish. Rather than navigating a way out of reliance on a two-tier system, it...

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

Máire Devine: Not all citizens.

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

Máire Devine: Communism.

Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: I support the proposed new section and amendments Nos. 17, 18 and 19, which propose the drawing up of register of countries that have met acceptable standards in greyhound welfare. If this type of approach was taken to trading in other goods, we would be better at protecting human rights. Amendment No. 18 proposes to make it an offence to export a greyhound to a country on the white list...

Seanad: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I also welcome the Bill. Sinn Féin is fully behind the idea of exploring alternatives to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. Using them is something we cannot do anymore. As a member of the Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment, we are delving into this issue and meeting stakeholders and providers. We will...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: I thank Senator Ó Céidigh whose knowledge of and passion for small businesses has opened my eyes and ears. I come from a health background where it is more difficult to understand small businesses. With Senator Freeman, I worked in psychiatry for over 30 years. During the years of the downturn we gained a new diagnosis term - ecoside - suicide caused by the economic downturn -...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: The Leader does not have to make a political point; he could just ask a question.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: Thank you.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil le gach duine. It is wonderful to hear the Gaeilge. It is popular in this Seanad because Senator Ó Céidigh uses it on so many occasions he baffles me, but I am getting there. I jotted some notes that occurred to me but they might not necessarily be in order. My first question is for the representatives of Enterprise Ireland and Dr....

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: We have been trying to address the issue of public banking in this Chamber, but we are not getting very far. I want to ask the officials from the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation about worker co-operatives, an issue I have raised previously. A significant proportion of GDP in many countries across Europe benefits from worker co-operatives. It accounts for 13% of GDP in...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: I have to take a deep breath today. The Leader will know that my first speech in the Seanad was for the nurses of Ireland. The Taoiseach yesterday and the Minister for Health today showed they must be badly advised given their most recent decision to cancel Christmas leave for nurses and doctors. It has drawn the ire of health workers and the health unions, including the Irish Nurses and...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: Maybe the Leader wants to address all these emails and telephone calls that I have got.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: I have got letters from nurses in Australia who said they had no chance of coming back.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: Excuse me. Dún do bhéal le do thoil.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: Nurses will not be used as a-----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: Correction: it was an email. The Leader should use his brain.