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Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (17 May 2017)

Máire Devine: May we comment at the end, or must it be done Stage by Stage?

Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (17 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I have been waiting all day for this.

Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (17 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I will be very brief. I welcome this Bill. I am astounded that we did not have this before. It seems neglectful in respect of the trauma patients might be put through. Coming from the perspective of health, in the past there have been people, of whom I would be very aware, who have not been up to scratch and whose practice would not have been the best. Despite that, these people seem to...

Seanad: Childhood Obesity: Statements (17 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Sometimes I get a little fed up being here. We are not passing legislation. We are just making statements. We should spend our time introducing legislation, and legislation such as this is so important for our future, our young and their health - not just their physical health, but also their well-being. I have to hand the A Healthy Weight for Ireland document. I have gone through it but...

Seanad: Childhood Obesity: Statements (17 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Cool dude.

Seanad: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Second Stage (17 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Sinn Féin supports the Senator Reilly's Bill, which I warmly welcome. It has been a long time coming. The Bill deals with awareness-raising, advocacy and data collection, which will be very important into the future, and it is very welcome. If the legislation is enacted, these elements and all of the others it contains will make a real difference to the lives of persons and families...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Findings of HIQA Statutory Foster Care Service Inspection Reports: Discussion (17 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I thank Ms Dunnion. This, I suppose, came on the back of reading the report on Dublin South Central, which is my home area, and being shocked by it. I have several points. Ms Dunnion's report is comprehensive, but there are some aspects of foster care I would not necessarily understand and I ask her to bear with me. I have been trying to match a grandmother with two young babies via...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Findings of HIQA Statutory Foster Care Service Inspection Reports: Discussion (17 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I am Senator Devine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Findings of HIQA Statutory Foster Care Service Inspection Reports: Discussion (17 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I have been listening for the past hour and 15 minutes. What I have heard could be summed up as "dysfunctional". The current situation is absolutely unacceptable in the context of the protection of our vulnerable children. There is something rotten in it and there is something that vulnerable children we are meant to protect have to revisit again and again and again. The term "care...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Fianna Fáil should have voted for it.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Máire Devine: We have had a very happy start to the week. Fianna Fáil is not happy with Sinn Féin. Perhaps we are threatening them too much, but the bluster on my left-hand side from Fianna Fáil in its attempt to get over its embarrassment and a failure to follow its own policies, as stated by my colleague, Senator Conway-Walsh, is cringeworthy-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Senator Daly, please. I wish to raise two matters. I was at a conference on the values of nursing and midwifery held in Dublin Castle this morning with 500 nurses. I want this House to congratulate the chief nursing officer of Ireland and the HSE on what was a wonderful discussion and workshops on our values. They will incorporate and bring back compassion and care, which has been eroded...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Máire Devine: That is so populist.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Máire Devine: It is about fear.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Máire Devine: It is absolutely no money.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Think of the children.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I extend my thanks to the organisers of the Tree of Hope event who were on the lawn this morning. The planting of a Tree of Hope was respectful, bracing and uplifting. I hope we will all ponder and enjoy it as we walk around the gardens. The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Leo Varadkar, is in a bit of trouble this morning over the backlog of maternity benefit payments, for which he...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Surely that is defamation.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Here we go again.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: The Leader is out of order again. He throws lots of digs and is very defensive.