Results 961-980 of 1,982 for speaker:Máire Devine
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Máire Devine: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Maybe some of this was covered while I was in the Seanad for a vote. On the retention of staff, recruiting from abroad and attracting nurses and medics to return home, the World Health Organization has suggested we should not rob Peter to pay Paul. We need to refocus on how we provide our indigenous healthcare staff. We have the youngest...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Máire Devine: Mr. Hughes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Máire Devine: Seven hundred.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Máire Devine: Gabh mo leithscéal but I wish to ask Ms Tierney about the director general. It is the hottest topic, I would imagine, apart from the failing of services we are unable to provide. When will the advertisement for the director general be placed? Is the Public Appointments Service involved? What are the criteria?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Máire Devine: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Máire Devine: Could Ms Tierney send us the job description when it is complete?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Máire Devine: Transparency is vital to the public.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Máire Devine: There should be no helicoptering in because we need to be accountable and responsible for transparency in the appointment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Máire Devine: The establishment of the board requires legislation. We will scrutinise it, amend it and vote for or against the various proposals. Previously, appointments to the board were made by-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Máire Devine: Were there political appointments?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Máire Devine: Let us hope there is now. We will try to ensure it. We will see what the legislation looks like. I thank Ms Fiona Tierney.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Máire Devine: It is not even about the HSE. It just seems that if somebody is in favour, he or she might be slotted in. That has happened before.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2018)
Máire Devine: I concur with the statements made earlier by various Senators about listening yesterday to the incredulous, polite interview with Dr. Scally. His frustration was palpable on the "Six One" news on RTÉ. The HSE does not get that everything is changed, changed utterly. It is still in the mindset of circling the wagons and protecting its own interests. It seems oblivious to the need for...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2018)
Máire Devine: I referred to health.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2018)
Máire Devine: The Leader should not be condescending. I know my figures, thank you very much.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2018)
Máire Devine: The Leader is so smart.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: A Vision for Change: Engagement with Department of Health Oversight Group (30 May 2018)
Máire Devine: The witnesses are charged with refreshing and reviewing A Vision for Change. I am blue in the face, however, from talking about documents which go nowhere. A Vision for Change is 12 years old. Psychiatric nurses were excited when it was first launched because we had an input into it. However, it was realised it was just used as a fiscal scalpel towards services and not the rolling out of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: A Vision for Change: Engagement with Department of Health Oversight Group (30 May 2018)
Máire Devine: Yes, Mentimeter is a good way to engage.
- Seanad: Community Banking System: Statements (30 May 2018)
Máire Devine: Well said.
- Seanad: Report on Children's Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (30 May 2018)
Máire Devine: I thank Senator Feighan, he is very kind and generous. I welcome the Minister of State. Picking Senator Coghlan as Chair of the hearings into child mental health services was a no-brainer. I thank Senator Joan Freeman and everyone on that committee. It was both harrowing and enjoyable. I also thank the parents and the young adults who allowed us into their lives, and their trauma, in...