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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (31 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Yes. Ms Bond has touched on the issue of homelessness-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (31 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I think so, yes.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (30 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Is the Minister of State taking the second matter?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (30 May 2017)

Máire Devine: This is happening quite frequently. This matter relates to the closure over the last couple of weeks of 50% of the beds at the Linn Dara unit in Cherry Orchard. The engagement, thus far, by the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, in this regard has been poor. Owing to the closure of these beds children who would have been inpatients at Linn Dara were left queuing last weekend at accident...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (30 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Linn Dara is a modern unit and it is a shame to see it half empty. The 20 or more children on the waiting lists to all intents and purposes have been culled. Ireland's overall suicide rate has stabilised in the past two years, but among young boys and young men it is increasing alarmingly. Our country shouts out in despair to remind us to look after, embrace and make sure our children are...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I will try to be a little more reasonable and have respect for the Chair but I understand it is difficult at times. I echo what has just been said. We are facing a potential Taoiseach who overtly despises the poor.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Máire Devine: He is running a very poor campaign.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Máire Devine: It is frightening for the rest of us. I support Senator Freeman in the questions she asked of the Leader about mental health, especially the mental health of our children. We have been talking about this for years. Every time the Leader rises to respond, he roars back at us and tells us "dún do bhéal" and be quiet-----

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Máire Devine: -----because we are asking questions and asking for forensic audits of the mental health budget that seem to disappear. The Leader may well laugh, but the children of this country do not. Services are being shut down time and again-----

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Máire Devine: -----when we need to expand them and embrace our kids and not leave them languishing in accident emergency departments and other not-fit-for-purpose services for too long. I welcome Deputy Pearse Doherty's Bill, passed last night, which will see the removal of the six-year rule. It will strengthen consumer rights for people who have been done in by financial institutions over a number of...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Máire Devine: The Senator should not be proud of it. It is failure about which we are talking.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Which party is that?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Máire Devine: The Leader was not listening.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Máire Devine: The Leader should open his ears.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Máire Devine: The Leader was doing his very best.

Seanad: Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (24 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I second the proposal.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Máire Devine: See you on the dancefloor, Senator Norris.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Is Senator Norris finished?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I echo the words of condolence for Saffie Rose and Georgina, the eight and 18 year old young girl and woman, who were the first victims from Manchester to be named today. We are heartbroken and we send our love and support to the people of Manchester. Today I welcome the review published by the HSE into maternity care in this country. The clinical complaints covered four decades, with...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Máire Devine: That is really unfair.