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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: I second Senator Rose Conway-Walsh's amendment to the Order of Business. Shortages of nursing staff are, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation today, compromising services. We have been highlighting that for a long time. Safe care and dignity of patients is at risk. The HSE has removed provisions for agency staff in many services and the Health Information and Quality...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2017)

Máire Devine: I support Senator Mullen and his offering for what to do with our waste. I have asked myself the same question as I am sure we all have. I recall that a fire took place at a waste provider in Ballymount a few years ago. On that occasion it was thought that the company had hoarded a large amount of recyclables as they had been deemed valuable. Some recyclables are deemed more valuable than...

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

Máire Devine: I welcome Senator Reilly's Bill. Hopefully it will go through smoothly today. Senators may be aware that the Seanad has been holding public consultations on Thursdays with all stakeholders in the area of child mental health. We hear harrowing stories from parents and also stories that are not so harrowing - but maybe they are glossed over by the HSE. We know the state of the child and...

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

Máire Devine: On amendment No. 1, there is a minimum requirement of medical professionals that must be present for individual assessments. Is there a minimum requirement in the context of the amendment? Amendment No. 2 allows for the widening of the scope of professionals as may be deemed appropriate. This is a welcome provision. I would ask for clarity on amendment No. 1 because I have a slight concern...

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

Máire Devine: No, but I thank Senator Reilly for the clarity.

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.