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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.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: The Leader should stop lecturing us. It is his true form.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: It is the Leader's default position to lecture and to get digs in every now and then.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: The Leader is nasty.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: He does not know how to address the Chair. Day in, day out, he is like a broken record.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: The Leader will undermine his party's position.

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I welcome the legislation on behalf of Sinn Féin. It is one tool to tackle a major problem and I congratulate Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin on pushing it through. It is a good day when action is being taken. In December last year the Health Research Board released figures for deaths due to poisoning and a drug overdose in the years from 2004 to 2017, inclusive....

Seanad: Gender Recognition (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (10 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I welcome everyone to the House and congratulate my colleague, Senator Warfield, on bringing the Bill before the House. I also want to thank Independent Senators Norris and Grace O'Sullivan for co-signing the Bill. This is a human rights issue, but I want to discuss the Bill from the perspective of mental health and well-being on the island, for which I am Sinn Féin spokesperson. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Máire Devine: The Senator is not wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Máire Devine: Bring it on. It will be no contest. He has an empty head on the subject.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Máire Devine: I echo the sentiments of Senator Freeman on the great success of the Darkness into Light walks. I do not believe I was that generous at 3 o'clock last Saturday morning in the Phoenix Park. Well done to her. The Senator was correct in stating that this and previous Governments over the past 15 years have taken a fiscal scalp to mental health services. The Leader should not tell us that...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Máire Devine: We do not acknowledge-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees: Discussion (3 May 2017)

Máire Devine: My question is also about CE workers. In the inner city area they are devastated that they cannot continue. I know the intention is to improve standards but it would be an uplift for them if there could be a concentration on them in order for them to continue their career in child care. What, if any, contact do the witnesses have with the children of asylum seekers and refugees, or who has...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (13 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Helen McEntee. It is good to have the correct Minister of State in the House. It is not the case that Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn was shooting the messenger because this issue affects all Senators. The issue I raise is the care of children outside the State. A small number of children need special care which cannot...