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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?

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: I raised the matter this morning. To add to it, Senator Hopkins needs to push for the implementation group not to include those who have already been found to be ineffective in Roscommon-Galway. I want to start with the Dubliner, Fr. Joe Mallin, son of Michael Mallin and the last surviving child of the 1916 Rising leaders. He is 104 and we celebrated his birthday in Dublin 8 last week. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: Well done Dublin.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: The team is in the Mansion House tonight.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: It was last week.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: This is the Dublin Simon Community's narrative.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: That is the Dublin Simon Community narrative. Correct the record please.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: Correct the record. This is the Dublin Simon Community's narrative.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: I apologise. This is the Dublin Simon Community's narrative, not Sinn Féin's.

Seanad: National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021: Statements (26 Sep 2017)

Máire Devine: The Minister of State is trying to do something positive in bringing this strategy before the House. However, given the evidence of previous strategies, I remain to be convinced and I am unconvinced by it. The national disability inclusion strategy is, at best, a naive and half-hearted attempt to address the most serious issues facing people with disabilities. It shows little ambition to...