Results 741-760 of 2,035 for speaker:Máire Devine

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: I am sorry, but-----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: On what? Why?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: No.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: Do not stand there and try to make it up and say I-----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: The Leader is agreeing with the cancelling of-----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: It is right to take time off to be with family over Christmas.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: Why? It is not as simple as that.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Industrial Disputes (7 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister of State to the Seanad. I raise this issue on the day 500 ambulance personnel refuse to work additional shifts. Hopefully, we can address the current industrial relations issues between the Psychiatric Nurses Association, PNA, National Ambulance Service Representative Association, NASRA, and the HSE. The situation is escalating with an increasing number of ambulance...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Industrial Disputes (7 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: I thank the Minister of State. If it is not a legal right, is it illegal to join a union of one's choice? It seems this is a dogfight, with SIPTU and the HSE cosily together on one side and, on the other, up to 500 members who have decided that they do not want to belong to that representative body and they have asked other people to represent them. They have represented them hundreds of...

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: We welcome the Bill which we have discussed at length in this House on different occasions and it is about time that changes take place in the HSE. The two patient advocates is a great idea but I take on board Senator Ruane's point about whether the high standard of professionalism omits and disqualifies others from being a member of that board. It is prudent and best practice to have these...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: It was with dismay I saw that there are 180 Committee Stage amendments to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018. There is public disgust about these amendments. I am also disgusted about them. Let us take one in particular. It is impossible to carry out a burial of remains before 12 weeks. There are no remains. It is just menstrual blood. Are we going to follow...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: I am speaking for the public. I am speaking about the dismay and the last sting of eight dying wasps-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: I will leave the there. I also wanted to raise the statement issued by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, earlier to the effect that the nurses and midwives will be balloted on all-out strike action, commencing with a 24-hour all-out strike and building up over time. The ballot will be held over the next few weeks. At issue here are understaffing in the health service and...

Seanad: Accessibility Issues for Voters with Disabilities: Statements (6 Nov 2018)

Máire Devine: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit arís. It is good to see him back in the House. I also welcome the use of templates in polling stations in the recent referendums on the eighth amendment and on blasphemy, and the presidential election. It is a welcome move that allows those who are visually impaired to vote without assistance for the first time. It is allows the...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Máire Devine: I refer to the closure last Friday of the Authentic Food Company in Dundalk. Senator Nash raised the issue during the Commencement debate earlier. Staff in the company were treated deplorably by management. Its parent company has its headquarters in Manchester. A total of 180 people were employed at the facility in Dundalk, most of whom had given a lifetime of service to the company, yet...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Máire Devine: People need to vote "Yes" with the many bodies which have called for the removal of this law.

Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2018)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister of State. Sinn Féin welcomes both amendments to section 9, particularly Senator Ruane's amendment. If we had a hospital board that did not have any medical practitioners or medical expertise on it, it would seem a bit-----

Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2018)

Máire Devine: Yes, the Senator will, and we will have ample opportunity to listen to him prattle on. The point has been made by the two Senators who spoke on the amendments that what is proposed is a break-up of the old boys' club. I do not necessarily agree with Senator Norris who said that expertise rather than gender balance is important in terms of the board. I agree that expertise on the board is...

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Máire Devine: Sergeant Maurice McCabe has become well known and he is now a household name in Irish society and beyond. He is the person most central in this tribunal. I am sure he wishes it were the case that none of this transpired. Unfortunately, the actions of his superiors meant he was drawn into one of the largest controversies involving An Garda Síochána in its history. He is to be...

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Máire Devine: I have no problem with that. There is a good deal in the report about Tusla, the allegations of rape, Sergeant McCabe's family, society and its loss of strength of feeling. What Martin Callinan did to try to undermine and discredit Sergeant McCabe was truly disgusting. I could go on about Superintendent Taylor, who is equally damaged by the report. He has internalised guilt for wrongdoing...