Results 861-880 of 2,031 for speaker:Máire Devine

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: Well done.

Seanad: Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (25 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: Fáilte arís a Aire Stáit. I thank Dr. Scally and his team and, in particular, the women who contributed to the report. Their evidence and testimony were invaluable to this process, as well as to the final conclusions contained in the report. The women were beyond brave and have done a great public service by sharing their experiences. The past and present scandals of our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Engagement with Ms Marie Donnelly (20 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: I thank Ms Donnelly. I am a bit gobsmacked at it all. It is fascinating and complicated at the same time. I hope the guy in the German utility was fired for making such a dreadful error. I am very aware sometimes of a rural-urban divide and I am the first Dubliner to speak today. Ms Donnelly said that 20% of dwellings in the city have an A-B energy rating, whereas only 10% of houses in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Engagement with Ms Marie Donnelly (20 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: They would say they are being robbed.

Seanad: Children's Health Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: The storm delayed me.

Seanad: Children's Health Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: I move amendment No. 4:In page 8, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “(2) Children’s Health Ireland shall guarantee that there shall be no non-medical influence in the clinical operations of the hospital within the laws of the State.”. Gabh mo leithscéal, Storm Ali has delayed me. I have tabled this amendment in order to hear what the Government has to...

Seanad: Children's Health Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: I want to respond to my colleague, Senator Ardagh. She knows that my heart and soul, and that of my party, is in providing a children's hospital. It is probably disingenuous of her to say that we are seeking to delay the Bill. It is not about delaying the Bill - it is about making it a better Bill. That is what we are here to do and it involves proposing amendments. I note that the...

Seanad: Children's Health Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: I am happy to withdraw the amendment. My rephrasing or interpretation of what the Minister of State has said is that there will be no non-medical influences in the running of the national children's hospital.

Seanad: Children's Health Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: That is agreed. I will withdraw the amendment on that basis.

Seanad: Children's Health Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: I move amendment No. 5:In page 8, to delete lines 24 to 26. I understand the need to provide for the hospital to be able to borrow for capital purposes against its income and assets. Such a provision is used by many universities and other institutions across the State. However, I do not see why the hospital would need to borrow for current purposes, given that the State should be funding...

Seanad: Children's Health Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: Yes. I wonder what Sláintecare will think of this philanthropy and the dependence on corporate private funding for our children's health. This is ideologically driven. The health of our nation, in particular that of our children who will be in the wonderful flagship building which is going up in my neighbourhood, should not be dependent on scrambling for the scraps offered by...

Seanad: Children's Health Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: I move amendment No. 6:In page 9, line 4, to delete "or current".

Seanad: Children's Health Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: Can I discuss it?

Seanad: Children's Health Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: I move amendment No. 8:In page 10, lines 29 and 30, to delete "the Minister." and substitute the following:"the Oireachtas, following a public interview process of candidates conducted by the Oireachtas Select Committee on Health.". I will take all the amendments together. To ensure that candidates are satisfactory, I am proposing that all board members are approved by the Oireachtas and...

Seanad: Children's Health Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: It is a bit of a shame.

Seanad: Children's Health Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: Well done.

Seanad: Children's Health Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: I thank the Minister of State for her response. Sinn Féin and the signatories to these amendments in no way want to stall the progress of the building of the national children's hospital. I assure everybody that the hospital is being built. Every day I leave my home, often after sleepless nights, I see the work at the end of my street. My house is full of muck and dust. I want the...

Seanad: Children's Health Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: Public confidence in our health service is what we most need. We need to ensure these amendments are accepted. Those who oppose them are deciding they do not want that to happen. Transparency and becoming independent from what we had in the past are vital to building public confidence in the battered and uncertain health service that we now deliver.

Seanad: Children's Health Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: I move amendment No. 9:In page 10, lines 31 and 32, to delete "the Minister" and substitute "the Oireachtas".

Seanad: Children's Health Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Sep 2018)

Máire Devine: I move amendment No. 10:In page 11, line 19, to delete "the Minister" and substitute the following:"the Oireachtas, following a public interview process of candidates conducted by the Oireachtas Select Committee on Health,".