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

Máire Devine: I thank the Minister of State for her response. She has outlined the process and criteria for the treatment abroad scheme. However, my concern is with the oversight of the care of those children and the facilities in which they are being treated as opposed to the rigmarole of getting them such treatment. It is about where we are sending them to. This report was damning of St. Andrew's and...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business. I would like an invitation to be extended as a matter of urgency to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Katherine Zappone, to come to the Chamber to respond to questions on the second interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes which was published yesterday and her response to it. The survivor...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: Far be it for me to divide the House. I will withdraw the proposed amendment if the Leader will confirm that the Minister can come to the Chamber before the end of May to have a further debate. I thank all the other Senators. As a House, we can work together on this.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: Yes. I withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: The Cathaoirleach is absolutely right.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: It is apt timing that this representative of "wasters.com" throughout this country will raise the issue of Ireland’s water and the water commission which continues to sit in session today to discuss its report on the future of our water. Over the past few years, hundreds of thousands of people have marched through our capital, as well as various cities, towns and villages, demanding...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: I am talking on the back of the protest at the weekend and that Fianna Fáil is not quite ready to pull the Government down. Accordingly, it is acquiescing to the demands of Fine Gael and the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Coveney, to save face. The important point from the wonderful protest and demonstration on Saturday is that the wasters in...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: Senator Colm Burke referred to water charges in the North. He sounds like a disgruntled and ignorant broken record. It is about time he educated himself. We will do a statement on that matter if he needs it.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: It has recently been reported that the High Court has found that Angela Kerins, who had taken a case against the Committee of Public Accounts, is only obliged to pay one third of the costs of the case while the remaining two thirds are to be borne by the Committee of Public Accounts. This is quite a significant and unusual development. It is the first time this has happened in the history...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister of State. I welcome the legislation and I commend Senator Ó Ríordáin for pushing it forward. It is a first step in moving away from treating addiction as a criminal matter and towards treating it as a public health issue. The most recent data available from the national drugs-related death index show that almost two people died each day in 2004 because...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: Dublin 4.

Seanad: Adult Safeguarding Bill: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister to the House. I welcome visitors and stakeholders, particularly Senator Kelleher's sister. I am sure they all worked with Senator Kelleher for nine months - a gestation period - hoping to get this Bill through, so well done to them. This Bill is about five things - awareness, understanding, procedure, good practice and mandatory reporting. The Bill will bring...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of Childcare (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: I thank the witnesses for attending. It is an interesting area of law. I wish to clarify a few issues. In some cases the guardian ad litemis the only voice for the child and it is most important that the child's voice is heard on all occasions. The criteria for the appointment of a guardian ad litemare outlined. They include education, experience and professional qualifications....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of Childcare (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: Can I get an answer to my question on the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of Childcare (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: The answer to the Deputy's question is that we believe Tusla cannot be trusted. That is the short, unscientific answer. I thank the Minister for coming to the committee again today. I raised earlier the matter of ensuring this service will provide for the needs of children with disabilities, be they intellectual or physical. The children who may be represented in court may not have the...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: I second Senator Craughwell's amendment to the Order of Business calling on the Minister for Defence to come to the House. The headline we have been subjected to, yesterday in particular, is that Irish children are being exported to psychiatric institutions, mainly in the United Kingdom. There were six in the last two years that we know of, three of whom have ended up in St. Andrew's in...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: We are exporting our children, as we have done in the past. These vulnerable children are being sent away from their families, their friends, their home, their country and, most importantly, their community. What message are we giving them? It is that we do not want to listen. We are sending them to outside institutions, leaving them with no means of communication with family or friends...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: The Senator is out of order.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Máire Devine: The Senator should resume his seat.