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Seanad: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: Amendment No. 5 is the most important and the success of the legislation depends on it. The cost of implementing it must be fully met by an increase in the overall budget for disability services. One cannot stretch the budget; it is already in crisis. I urge the Minister, Deputy Harris, to use the detailed legislation and plan for autism care to argue for the increase in funding for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: I thank the Minister for the update. All of this started with the body of work that this committee has undertaken. Significant failings emerged in the report into the foster care system in Dublin South-Central, which is where I am from, and I am rather concerned about this. I welcome that we only have 8% residential placements. That is good for our children. Some of them are outside...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: I have one tiny supplementary. At the beginning, I meant to ask about significant failings that were found in foster carers in Dublin South-Central and Cork - there were two areas. Is there a follow-up to that?

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: I express my condolences on yesterday's tragedy in the Kimmage area of Dublin South-Central. Councillor McHugh is on the ground there since yesterday assisting the shocked, bereaved community. The State's baby boom saw almost 64,000 live births recorded in 2016. That is 1.3 births per 1,000 members of the population, which means the highest natural rise in Europe. We have the lowest death...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: Ours? What about the Senator's partners?

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: It is better than the Senator's.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: We are confident.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: On a point of order, Senator Buttimer has gone off subject.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: That did not arise as a subject. The Senator just likes to get a dig in every now and then.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: Senator Buttimer is a bit defensive about our budgetary submission, which is excellent, if I may say so.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: They are always costed.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: No.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: Oh my God.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: The Leader should not point his finger at me.

Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: I second the amendment.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (6 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: I thank all the witnesses for attending. It is our second full day of hearings and our eyes have been opened. I have spent a lifetime as a psychiatric nurse and I know the ins and outs and intricacies of it all. As my colleague observed, recruitment and retention are important. I would say to Dr. Doody that the events relating to Linn Dara highlight the shambles - in its entirety -that is...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (6 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: I will not give the Minister of State a bye-ball today. I am sorry but on most days in the Chamber I start by saying two words; "Linn Dara". We talk about it every day, day in and day out. It is indicative of the mental health services for our children in Ireland that, in the face of an emergency, we went and closed 11 beds, half of the unit. It just does not make any sense. Along with...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (6 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: What about emergency legislation?

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (6 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: I asked about Linn Dara.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (6 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: That is a token.