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- Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (11 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: I support the Bill. Medical staff, in my own experience, know that a hazy area exists and I hope that this Bill will clear that haze. There are many good points in the Bill. I will not go into the amendments in detail but I welcome a Bill that will replace the existing principle of best interest under the Mental Health Act 2001 with the guiding principles of the Assisted Decision-Making...
- Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (11 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: This legislation, though good, is minuscule when compared with what is needed to change mental health on this island. We need to enact the A Vision for Change strategy, as 73% of the recommendations made in that document remain unenacted. We cannot allow it to languish and gather dust for another decade. As others have mentioned, it has been clarified that the supposed €35 million...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: As the Leas-Chathaoirleach has asked that we not make budget statements I will not do so. However, in regard to Senator Reilly's point that we must stand firm against corporations and conglomerates, where are we at in regard to the Apple tax that we are refusing and appealing? Today is World Mental Health Day and this week, 10 to 17 October, is mental health week. In my view, budget 2018...
- Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: We have all night.
- Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: I do not know about others but this is the second time I have been in these buildings for a budget. It seems really lacklustre. Maybe there is a missed opportunity. I am not sure how to describe it. The two national emergencies in this country are housing and health. This opportunity for a budget to actually do something meaningful for the people of this country has been missed. I am...
- Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: No, not yet. I am still heartbroken by it. It is dreadful.
- Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: The Senator needs to talk to somebody about that, some professional.
- Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: There is no cheap opposition here.
- Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: On a point of order, I thought we were taking statements on the budget.
- Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: It is a point of order.
- Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: On a point of order, the Minister of State is standing on a rant for an election now.
- Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: The Minister of State is going on about Sinn Féin. These statements are about the budget.
- Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: The Minister of State might be better off sticking to the script.
- Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: It is a point of order.
- Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: Come on.
- Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: This is entertaining, but it is a waste of the Minister of State's time.
- Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: How many times is the Minister of State going to say "Sinn Féin"?
- Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: Did the Minister of State study psychology by any chance?
- Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: It is not.