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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: No, I mentioned them three times. I mentioned parents and children.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: If need be, we can check the transcript.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: The Minister of State does not need to get personal.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: I referred to the Joint Committee on Future of Mental Health Care. I urge the Minister of State not to get personal, as it just shows that he has a defeatist attitude. I implore the Leas-Chathaoirleach to ask the Minister of State to desist from making personal attacks.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: For which I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: No, I will not withdraw my comment. I thank the Minister of State for his reply.

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: I will try to do a Senator David Norris and bring a bit of culture to the discussion. I got the following poem from Palestinian women on the recent International Women's Day. It is called Here We Will Stay. It reads:In Lidda, in Ramla, in the Galilee, we shall remain like a wall upon your chest, and in your throat like a shard of glass, a cactus thorn, and in your eyes a sandstorm. We...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: That is fine. I was just conversing with my colleague. I will raise two issues, the first of which is the closure of Linn Dara child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, in Cherry Orchard. This day service programme was closed on a hush-hush basis on Friday. That means there will be no day programme services for child and adolescents suffering with mental health throughout the...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: That is because the Leader was talking, but I will forgive him.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: It is Linn Dara CAMHS.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: It is not, it is a day programme service. I wish Members would stop interrupting me.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Máire Devine: Can I start again?

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...