Results 1,501-1,520 of 2,007 for speaker:Máire Devine
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: It is not shambolic. The Senator is making that up.
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: Why should we apologise? We have asked for an apology.
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: Focus on your own history.
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: Tá brón orm.
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: Is that an apology?
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: Is that relevant?
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: That is not relevant.
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: The Chairman should rule it out of order.
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: I am very sorry for Senator Ardagh's troubles.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Mental Health Services: Seanad Public Consultation Committee (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: I welcome Senator Freeman, whom we all know well; Mr. Peter Hughes, general secretary of the Psychiatric Nurses Association, in respect of which I must declare an interest as I am a member of the Psychiatric Nurses Association so I know Mr. Hughes quite well; and Mr. Gareth Noble, a children's law specialist. Céad míle fáilte - they are very welcome. They are here to present...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Mental Health Services: Seanad Public Consultation Committee (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: Does the Senator anticipate questions or observations at this point?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Mental Health Services: Seanad Public Consultation Committee (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: Perhaps the members could wait until the end for questions, comments, expressions of thank you or any revelations that anybody might have. We will move on to the next witness, who is Mr. Gareth Noble. He is very welcome.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Mental Health Services: Seanad Public Consultation Committee (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: I thank Mr. Hughes. I am cognisant of the time and Dr. Geoffrey Shannon has been waiting for a while. Does anybody have very short questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Mental Health Services: Seanad Public Consultation Committee (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: I apologise to Deputy Neville, but I am really under pressure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Mental Health Services: Seanad Public Consultation Committee (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: I will take the final question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Mental Health Services: Seanad Public Consultation Committee (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: What was the word Deputy Ó Laoghaire used?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Mental Health Services: Seanad Public Consultation Committee (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: I will have to cut this short. Have everyone's questions been answered adequately?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Mental Health Services: Seanad Public Consultation Committee (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Making the criteria for clinical nurse specialists and advance nurse practitioners less stringent will absolutely improve the services. I thank Mr. Peter Hughes for mentioning homelessness. Almost 3,000 children are homeless tonight in our city. Go raibh míle maith agaibh. Let us progress and mind our children. I will suspend the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Mental Health Services: Seanad Public Consultation Committee (28 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: I was looking forward to hearing Dr. Shannon's presentation. I am delighted he is on the side of children. He has swept away the politics and engaged in straight talking in claiming the independence of his office. He has been very strong on that and about not being influenced. We have been comprehensively dealing with a Public Health (Alcohol) Bill in the Seanad. I regret that the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)
Máire Devine: I thank Senator Feighan for his remarks on the strange goings on in the North. I would like to reassure the Senator there is legislation in place to deal with those UVF flags. This is a one-sided issue. I know this House likes to appear balanced and point to republicans doing the same. I lived on the Ormeau Road for 12 years and we lived under those UVF flags. Despite the legislation and...