Results 1,421-1,440 of 2,007 for speaker:Máire Devine
- 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.
- Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)
Máire Devine: "Under" is a bad word to use as well as there is obviously a hierarchy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)
Máire Devine: I support Senator Freeman's call in respect of 16-18 year olds in our mental health service with nowhere to go. Any initiative is welcome but we need to solidify things for those young people. I wish to talk about rights and equality for the disabled. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are trying to outdo each other with promises of tax cuts prior to the budget but they need to realise that...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)
Máire Devine: The motion is being sent to the wrong committee.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)
Máire Devine: And have more debate.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister. Here we are again, making statements, but I am really not fond of statements as we should be here for legislation. Since the last statements in the Seanad on this issue, the homelessness figures have continued to rise, especially among children. I am disappointed we are back to listen to the Minister accept how dreadful these figures are, to promise to do more and...
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Máire Devine: Politicians need to think outside the box in order to tackle the housing crisis. One great outcome of this initiative, apart from building so many much needed homes, is the cross-party support which was achieved. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has representation from every party and none. The fact that this intense political rivalry could be set aside in order to tackle this...
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Máire Devine: Gabh mo leithsceál.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Máire Devine: I ask Senator Buttimer to be a bit respectful.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Máire Devine: Senator Buttimer has to be protective of his Ministers, but please dún do bhéal.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Máire Devine: The Minister in question was at times apoplectic in his rejection of our proposals for capital expenditure. I can only hope that some day the Government will be hopping mad and shameful about how disgraceful it is to allow children to be born into homelessness and the insecurity it brings, and the families' despair. Shame on us all.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)
Máire Devine: I will be brief. I am sorry I missed the engagement, but I was attending a meeting with representatives of the Health Service Executive to try to sort out children's issues. Kids have journals which parents sign to confirm they have done their homework. Could a brief guide for parents be included in each book? Could schools do this when they are being printed? The parents could sign it...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services Report (26 Sep 2017)
Máire Devine: I will share a minute of my time with Senator-----
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services Report (26 Sep 2017)
Máire Devine: Yes.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services Report (26 Sep 2017)
Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister of State to our new abode. I am not sure how it will pan out but we will do our best to behave ourselves. I want to raise the issue of Roscommon Mental Health Services and the report published a few days ago. The report reveals secrecy, poor standards and, quite frankly, negativity within Roscommon Mental Health Services. It also shows that moneys were given back by...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services Report (26 Sep 2017)
Máire Devine: The Minister of State referenced A Vision for Change. It is an excellent document, but its sell-by date is last year. Some 73% of it has not been implemented. In this instance one can rightly call the Roscommon-Galway report, Aversion to Change. It is stuck in the past and stuck in the old ways. I have two things to ask of the Minister of State. The first is that the implementation...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services Report (26 Sep 2017)
Máire Devine: What about the cheque?