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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...

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.