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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Post Office Network (22 May 2018)

Máire Devine: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I raise the issue of the future of the national network of post offices, the standing of which has been wobbly in the past decade or so. Many post offices have shut their doors and the future remains uncertain for those which continue to operate. Postmasters and postmistresses have provided a great community service and a warm space for...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Máire Devine: I thank the Minister of State. There is some €15 million for growing and modernising the network. Who makes the decisions on the priorities and where this €15 million will be invested? Does the Minister have any influence over that? The Minister of State says people are not proficient or comfortable in accessing digital services online at home and he is providing some...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Máire Devine: No.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2018)

Máire Devine: I add my voice on the matter of the brutal and tragic killing or murder of a young child and a young woman over the past few days. I am not sure about others, but I and the women of Ireland feel a deep injury at the killing off of the voices of this girl and this woman who would change our nation. My sympathies and heartfelt condolences go to the families.According to recent research by the...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2018)

Máire Devine: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2018)

Máire Devine: I wish to raise the report today that the Poolbeg incinerator has reduced waste exports by 7%. This is welcome but incineration is not the way to go for producing energy. It just encourages waste and is an easy policy option. There are emissions with the production of waste in the first instance and there are emissions at the end when we burn it. It is not good for the environment. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Máire Devine: That is okay. There is a small article on the budget. I am aware that the witness has said that she expected to answer more questions than to present. It is a political issue because it is a crisis. Given the explosion in the population and the increase in demand by those in emotional distress and by those with diagnoses of mental ill-health, I believe there should be a request or a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Máire Devine: There are shortages.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Máire Devine: If funding is on a national basis, how is it divvied up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Máire Devine: Is it separate from the mental health budget?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Máire Devine: What about patient participation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Máire Devine: Is it possible to talk to the interim director general about putting this issue on a steering group for children with complex medical needs? Seanad Éireann passed a motion on this but the HSE is sticking two fingers up in response and is saying it will do what it wants. I am trying to represent parents in really difficult circumstances.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Máire Devine: That is a sideline issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Máire Devine: Wow. That is news. What about communications?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Máire Devine: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to the effect that No. 12 on the Order Paper be taken before No. 1. The Bill I wish to introduce aims to right a long-standing anomaly. At present, 16 and 17 year olds can give consent on their physical or dental health but they must be 18 to consent to mental health treatment. The expert review of the Mental Health Act recommended this be...

Seanad: Mental Health (Capacity to Consent to Treatment) Bill 2018: First Stage (16 May 2018)

Máire Devine: I move: That leave be given to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Mental Health Act 2001 and for that purpose to provide for the right of minors over the age of 16 to consent to mental health treatment and to provide for related matters.

Seanad: Mental Health (Capacity to Consent to Treatment) Bill 2018: First Stage (16 May 2018)

Máire Devine: I thank Senator Norris.

Seanad: Mental Health (Capacity to Consent to Treatment) Bill 2018: First Stage (16 May 2018)

Máire Devine: I have thought long and hard about it and I believe we should take it next Tuesday, 22 May 2018.

Seanad: Special Education Provision: Statements (16 May 2018)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister and his statement on speech and language therapy and occupational therapy provision. I am speaking on behalf of constituents in Dublin South-Central, my area, whose population of people with disabilities is above the national average. The recent RTÉ programme showed parents and children at St. John of God special school, Islandbridge, and how they are suffering....

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 May 2018)

Máire Devine: There is indoctrination in the acceptance of the dehumanising of the Palestinian people and of genocide. We stand here and say these words and it goes on and on. I am not sure if anyone heard the RTÉ news last night, but the station interviewed an Israeli Government spokeswoman and asked her why Israel was shooting dead Palestinians. I thought I was hearing things, but she responded...