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Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: It is.

Seanad: Garda Overtime Budget: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: I welcome the speed with which the Minister was able to come to the Seanad to discuss issues, albeit only to deal with statements, to which Senators never get answers. It is in stark contrast to the time that has been spent trying to get the Taoiseach to come to the House. It is good and correct to have the senior Minister in the Chamber. We are usually fobbed off with a junior Minister...

Seanad: Garda Overtime Budget: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: The stability of An Garda Síochána may be a bit wobbly because it has an acting Commissioner. Where are the reforms that were promised? It needs a good anchor. That will be some time coming. In the interest of front-line workers doing a job most of us would find far too difficult and demanding, why are the gardaí, like other front-line workers, filling in the gaps with...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Well done.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Senator Coffey is always attacking Sinn Féin.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: I second Senator Gavan's amendment to the Order of Business. I will take no lectures from Senator Coffey. He says the same thing day in and day out.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: He is more disgruntled than usual. I suggest that Fine Gael Senators did not wish to get out of the bed this morning because of the news, and perhaps that has been the case for the past week. Perhaps Senator Coffey should just go back to bed because his disgruntlement is a bit unnecessary.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Perhaps they need a bit more of a rest given the rattling they had over the past week. I wish to raise the issue of Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions. There has been an increase, not a decrease, of 3.5% according to the Environmental Protection Agency. This is having a grave effect on public health. Fifty years of progression in public health and disease elimination is threatened as a...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Fianna Fáil is on the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Happy together again.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: That was corrected although the email was received by gardaí.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: The Leader should be ashamed of himself. His skin is incredible. He is defending the indefensible.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: He should answer for his own actions.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: The Senator should go back to bed; he might wake up in better form.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: This Finance Bill, which puts into practice the measures announced in budget 2018, is another result of the effective coalition, recently matched up again, between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. It is a missed opportunity, where tax cuts were championed ahead of investments in key services that could begin to address the crises in health, housing and education. Apart from the objections...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: I feel this is my day.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: No.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: The Department of Justice and Equality has a great deal to answer for, not only in the context of the ongoing issue of emails relating to Maurice McCabe but also in respect of Garda stations, a matter to which my colleague just referred. The Committee of Public Accounts was told by the assistant Garda Commissioner that he would not prioritise Stepaside Garda station but would put the...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: The assistant Garda Commissioner made that statement this morning.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: The criteria were set by the Government and the Department of Justice.