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- 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.
- 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...