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Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I question whether health insurance is fair, the extra burden that is carried by citizens given their PRSI contributions and that they are trying to keep the health system going. We deal with a Bill like this one every year and it is about taking the risk away from insurance companies. It aims to be Exchequer-neutral but I wonder why are we...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: May I clarify what I said earlier?

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: I just want to ask a question. If I am tabling an amendment, when is the deadline for submission?

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: The Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill has been robustly debated and scrutinised in the other House. I know there were differences among those affected by the Bill, specifically physiotherapists and physical therapists, about some aspects of it and some of the amendments tabled on Committee Stage. We liaised with the representative bodies, the Irish Society of Chartered...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Really.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: I want to raise the issue of the interim report regarding the Grace case. When will members be given the opportunity to receive the interim report in our hands? We have dealt with foster care issues quite comprehensively and there was the launch last week of a comprehensive report by the Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs following a HIQA inspection and the finding of significant...

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Yes.

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: I acknowledge the great work done by all councillors but especially by my colleagues in Sinn Féin. There is a list of them. They include a nurse, a social worker and even a DIYer. Others are the local activist in the community. Let us face it - most councillors do a full-time job for remuneration of approximately €17,000 which, frankly, is an insult. Many of them travel large...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Perhaps Senator Wilson's grandstanding and rhetoric could be turned into decision-making by Fianna Fáil, the republican party, with regard to the Assembly in the North. What aspects of it would he throw out, given a strong mandate for marriage equality, an Irish language Act and the cash-for-ash scandal? He would be quite comfortable standing over corruption and allowing that to go on....

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: I congratulate those involved in the Australian vote for same-sex marriage, especially the 61% who voted in favour of it. I am proud that some of the Irish method was replicated in the campaign and that it was led by many Irish living over there. I hope Australia will legislate for it before Christmas. I wish to highlight the alarming rise in attacks on mental health staff, as reported...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: It was not me.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Will the Senator put on record what he proposes to leave out?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Where is the Senator's mandate?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: We had all this yesterday.

Seanad: Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: I am sharing time with Senator Warfield. I welcome the Minister of State. I wish to record my dissatisfaction with having statements on this because they appear to prevent action. Yesterday in my local hospital, St. James's Hospital, there were 15 patients left on trolleys. The national number was 428. One does not often think of this with respect to children but in 2016 Our Lady's...

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Many of the problems have been identified by my colleagues and are also seen in the area of Dublin South Central which the Minister knows well. I refer to the problems of inadequate training, the threats of the loss of jobseeker payment, lack of real opportunities and the waste of public money going to private companies. I want to raise a point in regard to small and medium-sized...

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: We are the Opposition. On a point of order, what has the Assembly got to do with JobPath?

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: What has the Assembly got to do with JobPath?

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: I cannot believe it.

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Here we go again. Please address me only. You have a problem with focusing.