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Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (17 May 2017)

Máire Devine: It was stated that more than 1,000 names relating to Tuam and Bessborough homes had been found and that these files contained evidence of financial fraud, horrific levels of infant mortality, falsification of birth certificates and illegal adoptions. I will quote from an email that was forwarded to the people in the Visitors Gallery in October 2012. This was the beginning of it. It was...

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (17 May 2017)

Máire Devine: What happened to them then? This was in 2012 and we had complete silence and nothing was heard. The next time the documents reared their heads, it seems, was in 2014 when the interdepartmental group report on mother and baby homes was published. However, the 1,000 files were not included in that particular report. Instead, according to correspondence from the HSE, the files were handed...

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (17 May 2017)

Máire Devine: They have done their part and that shames us. This is now up to Members in these Houses. The Seanad should schedule statements on this matter as soon as possible. We cannot mismanage this again but it is exactly what we are doing. I think it is more than mismanagement. It is a deliberate concealment of the historic files of 1,000 women and perhaps 1,500 babies. It distresses me and I am...

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (17 May 2017)

Máire Devine: On a point of clarification, are Senators allowed to name persons if the matter is on public record?

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (17 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I understand parliamentary privilege applies.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (17 May 2017)

Máire Devine: We have not agreed it.

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Yes, but there are thousands of files are missing.

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.