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Seanad: Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (20 Jun 2017)

Máire Devine: Senator Ardagh picked it up wrong.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Parking Regulations (31 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister of State. This matter relates to the direction given to local authorities regarding residential car parking. We can all say with certainty that this matter has caused a great deal of hassle in areas. Being Dublin-centric, I am speaking about Dublin. I will not address individual requests, angst or fights but there is a great deal of anger and disbelief about the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Parking Regulations (31 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I thank the Minister of State. I was hoping the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport might have a bit more influence over transport issues within cities and urban areas. I have been conducting an online survey for the past month, asking about priorities in the Dublin South Central area. Issues of housing and health are coming up as top priorities, but they are followed by car parking....

Seanad: Report on Use of Section 12 of Child Care Act by An Garda Síochána: Statements (31 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I again welcome the Minister. It is a case of déjà vu. Here we go again. So many things seem to be rotten in our State and we uncover layer after layer. What do we do with it? Section 12 was exercised about 680 times a year. The report was commissioned by the Garda following the removal of two children - quite a racist incident at the time. Internationally the media was over...

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

Máire Devine: I thank both groups for their work. Their compassion and passion for our vulnerable children comes through clearly. Does EPIC agree with the statement that, given the emotions of children, institutional care is of a lesser quality than direct foster care in a home? There has been an increase in the number of children under 12 being placed in institutional care. Is that due to the lack of...

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.