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Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: I wish to again raise the case of Emma Mhic Mhathúna. As we know, cancer has spread to her brain. She, this brave warrior for Ireland and Irish women, is using her compensation money and calling out for cytologists and the use of the laboratories in universities that are quiet over the summer period. In her own words, "there's no point in waiting for CervicalCheck - we need to ... [do...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: The Senator voted against the legislation.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: It needs to be on the agenda.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: The Committee on Procedure and Privileges should consider it.

Seanad: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (10 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: I welcome an tAire to the Seanad. I am delighted to be here and hope that this Road Traffic Bill passes. I welcome the members of the Irish Road Victims Association, IRVA, Ms Margaret Kavanagh and her colleagues, who have all experienced first hand the heartbreak, trauma and pain of the tragic loss of their loved ones. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this amendment Bill, which I will...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: That is not unusual.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: I continue to raise the smear test scandal which is not going away. The number of women affected has risen to 221 as of today. I am dismayed but perhaps it is not unexpected. An extra 12 cases have been identified yet the review of the smear test slides has not yet begun two months after the deadline for completion. Some 3,000 tests need to be audited again. It puts the completion of the...

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2018: Second Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister of State. I welcome the Bill and its improved provisions for carers. Carers are unsung heroes. Sometimes they get fed up. I say that because behind the unsung heroes is the hard reality of how they live and how we support them in what they are doing. They deserve our respect, compassion and support. They are the very reason for our amendment. The contribution...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services' Funding and Performance Indicators: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: Apologies. I hope that I will not repeat anything. I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentation. I also welcome the representatives of the member organisations in the Public Gallery. I will fly through my questions, and Dr. McDaid might ignore repeats. I have a difficulty with the oversight group for A Vision for Change. The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services' Funding and Performance Indicators: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: "Well-being" is an important description of what most of us need if we are to grow and nurture ourselves. Early intervention was mentioned. Mental ill-health must be a less significant part and we need to build on well-being. Well-being must be owned by and be the responsibility of the community. I apologise to the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services' Funding and Performance Indicators: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services' Funding and Performance Indicators: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: Great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services' Funding and Performance Indicators: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: Beat my timing, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services' Funding and Performance Indicators: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: Senator Humphreys is correct that the Judiciary and the Courts Service is a pillar of our democracy. However, it is an elitist area of our democracy and I concur and thank Senator Ó Domhnaill for putting it succinctly this morning. The noise that is being caused about GRECO as an important report does not take away from the fact that the Bill is for the reform of the elitist Judiciary...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: I want to raise the disappointment with HIQA. HIQA has written 15 reports on the different centres for people with disabilities throughout the country. Unfortunately Cherry Orchard in my area of Dublin South-Central in Ballyfermot has been taken off the register of approved centres for people with disabilities. It is two separate houses in the Cherry Orchard campus and it has been taken...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: El presidente.

Seanad: Civil Liability (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2018: Order for Second Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Seanad: Civil Liability (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2018: Second Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister to the House. It is an apt time to take this Bill. I am delighted to open the Second Stage debate. This Bill is about being transparent in healthcare, being protected by law and not being protected by the idea of doing something voluntarily, which is unenforceable. We know that to be the case now. More than that, this Bill is about delivering for the men, women,...