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Seanad: Health Service: Statements (25 Jan 2017)

Máire Devine: It is time that we accepted that the health service is on dodgy life support in intensive care. Yesterday, 520 of our citizens were lying on trolleys throughout the State. This figure is growing towards the dangerously high levels seen over the Christmas period. The INMO's trolley figures date back almost a decade. They were unwanted at the time and it took a fight to get them accepted,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Weight of Schoolbags: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Máire Devine: I thank the delegations for attending. Twenty years on since the working group reported on this issue in 1997, I am sure schoolbags have got heavier. The baseline for musculoskeletal pain must be impacted on by the extra load. It was stated that prior to the weight of schoolbags becoming an issue, children had reported musculoskeletal pain. Is it what we used to call "growing pains"?...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Máire Devine: I commend the Irish Family Planning Association, IFPA, which I was delighted to host this morning for a presentation on screening for cervical cancer in the audiovisual room of Leinster House. This awareness event was part of the Europe-wide Pearl of Wisdom campaign which aims to highlight the importance of women undertaking regular smear tests. The IFPA is running many events throughout...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Máire Devine: No. Please rephrase that.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Máire Devine: It was well attended.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Máire Devine: I am going to read from notes. Is that okay?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Máire Devine: I note the launch today of the HSE's campaign to lure nurses back in an appeal to their sentimental sides at Christmas. The plan is to hold three open recruitment days with walk-in interviews at the HSE's Dublin headquarters where up to 1,000 full and part-time positions are on offer. The message from the Minister is going to be, "We need you back". This is going to take place over the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Máire Devine: Who suggested that? On a point of order, I want to know if Senator Burke is targeting me with his claim.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Máire Devine: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Máire Devine: We live in the real world.

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2016)

Máire Devine: I cautiously welcome the Bill. Obviously, our stance is that the best approach is to provide universal health care for all citizens on an equal basis and on the basis of need alone.

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Máire Devine: Or the other way around.

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Máire Devine: I want to commend Senator Leyden for bringing the Bill before the House today, but he should not get used to it. To be fair to him, he has pursued this particular issue relentlessly. He initiated a Private Members' Bill in 2005, 2011 and again today. Sinn Féin is supportive of the intentions behind the Bill, as the current system is archaic. The current procedure is too loose, with...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Máire Devine: Ireland's reputation as a country that facilitated - yes, I use the dreaded words - tax avoidance on a grand scale over successive decades was brought back to the fore in recent days with the publication of a report by Oxfam. We have to get real on this. The poverty rates and inequality we have allowed to develop in our society can never be addressed as long as we continue to allow these...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Máire Devine: There have been too many question marks surrounding tax collection for years, most recently in respect of Apple. Sometimes, one just has to call a spade a spade. I am calling for a debate on the findings of the Oxfam report and on how we can go about collecting the effective rate of corporation tax with zero reductions. Our citizens deserve it.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Máire Devine: Why is the Leader-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Máire Devine: No, because I think I know what it will be.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Máire Devine: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Máire Devine: No, because if one does not tell fibs-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Máire Devine: Who says it is not true?