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Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (28 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: Not really, I just think that many of the amendments that Sinn Féin will not be supporting are technical and unnecessary.

Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (28 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: I again congratulate Senators Colm Burke, Marie-Louise O'Donnell and Ruane. There is compassion and empathy for those who have experienced the worst possible thing, namely, someone going missing. To bring the Bill through the House is a great thing and I am delighted to support it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Early Intervention and Talk Therapy: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: I regret that I missed some of the meeting but I had to go elsewhere. Ms Manahan just touched on the cost benefit analysis which was one of my questions. We need not just to convince the VHI and other private insurance companies, which cover about 45% of our population but the HSE as well. Currently some €400 million is being spent on psychotropic drugs as opposed to the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Direct Provision System (27 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. There are currently more than 5,000 people incarcerated in prisons for the innocent of Ireland today. It is direct provision I want talk about. My party believes it is the new eighth amendment. It is the new industrial schools that much shamed the State for many, many years. It is how we treated the most vulnerable. Do we not learn? When one...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Direct Provision System (27 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: I know the Minister of State cares about these issues. It is apt that we raise these issues during what we consider Pride week. There is nothing proud about direct provision. I will call it incarceration. I will not call it what the Minister of State would like me to call it, which would dilute what it really is. The Minister of State is asking LGBTI people in direct provision to become...

Seanad: Education (Digital Devices in Schools) Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I congratulate Senator Craughwell on the introduction of this thoughtful and considered legislation. Senator Gallagher has alluded to the size of mobile devices. I reckon that within a generation, children might be born with them chipped into their DNA. It seems to be going that way. There is no doubt that technology is one of the most pressing child...

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: I move amendment No. 36:In page 24, to delete lines 26 to 34 and substitute the following:“(h) provide that the admission policy of a second level school that provides education through the medium of Irish may provide for the inclusion of students that have attended a primary school that provides education through the medium of Irish,”. I will not discuss this amendment, but...

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: I am not sure if the Senator is referring to myself as a republican; the Fianna Fáil Senator to my left is claiming the title, too. We will not get into that today. Sinn Féin will support Senator Ó Ríordáin's amendment and I hope he reintroduces it. It is about opportunity and equality. It is ridiculous to be going back to grandparents to give a choice for...

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: Can I speak?

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: I am representing Senator Gavan who is busy sorting out European affairs. I do not know much about the amendment but I will support Senator Ruane and discuss it. I was a member of a school board of management. Given my expertise in the area of ill health and mental and emotional distress I was aware of certain high-risk factors but because teachers did not have the knowledge they were not...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: I support Senator O'Donnell in that regard. I want to raise the issue of the spend on agency workers in the HSE. Last year almost €1 million per day was spent on agency workers such as locum doctors, consultants and, in particular, nurses. Of the €15 million that was put in to boost the mental health budget, from January to March of this year, €13 million of it was...

Seanad: HIQA Report on Tusla: Statements (26 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire ar ais chuig an Seanad. I concur with my Sinn Féin colleague. The current position with Tusla as highlighted in the HIQA report means we are failing children and their interactions with youth services. The report highlighted a number of key performances where Tusla is failing in its duties, one of which was the inconsistencies in practice around the...

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Motion (26 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: It is unusual to have anyone thanking Sinn Féin but it is appreciated. Deputy Buckley and I spoke at length and decided we would take the advice of the Minister of State in the interests of facilitating the passage of the Bill. Perhaps we are coming to a better place for people suffering from ill health in this country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Deficiencies in Mental Health Services: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I give respect to Ms Brennan. It is great that her voice is here and more recently it has been proven in this country that ordinary voices such as hers are the catalyst for change. That is why we need to keep pushing this. It needs to change but it must come from our ordinary families and children who suffer in this country. I thank her for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Deficiencies in Mental Health Services: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: It is 400 or 40 to one.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: I also wish to raise the United States withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council, perhaps as a kick back in respect of the separation policy it is attempting to apply at its borders. It is like the response of a petulant child who does not get his or her own way - "Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah". I commend RTÉ on the wonderful documentary last night , "No Country for Women". It was...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Mental Healthcare in South-East Region: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: Cuirim fáilte arís roimh an Aire Stáit. Unfortunately, the debate this evening will not be on positivity because we do not have that in this country. I will give the facts to the Minister of State. I have a key question for him and I implore him to respond to it. I will outline the key indicators regarding mental health services in the south-east region and across the State...

Seanad: Mental Healthcare in South-East Region: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: It is.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Máire Devine: I concur with today's statements in light of the unfolding of trauma involving children, parents and families in Trump's America. There has been a ratcheting up of division and hatred there. We need another way. I wish to talk about the Bill to amend the Civil Liability Act. We need this urgently. There was yet another High Court case earlier today in which it was recommended that a duty...