Results 161-180 of 1,982 for speaker:Máire Devine

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: I welcome back the Cathaoirleach; it is great to see him. I support the call for the secretarial assistants issue to be resolved. Their long years of waiting for a resolution received a muted response from in the House. I suggest that members of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission should meet staff representatives to speedily resolve this issue. I propose an amendment to the Order of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: I will not press the amendment, though I am not happy about it. It has been a long time and this in the interest of patients. I feel responsible for the people we have lost from sarcoma, as well as the ones still trying to fight with enormous difficulties and ill health. I do not want to divide the House as I am a reasonable individual. However, I am disappointed with the way this has...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: I think I will call a strike of the Seanad next week.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: Under protest.

Seanad: International Day of Persons with Disabilities: Statements (4 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: We are the real Opposition. Members of the other Opposition are absent, which is not unusual. I thank Senator Conway for giving way, which is decent of him.

Seanad: International Day of Persons with Disabilities: Statements (4 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister of State back to the House. Any criticisms I make relate to issues which I am very concerned to see resolved, and that can only happen through genuine dialogue and commitment to achieving full equality for citizens living with a disability. There are 643,000 such people in this country as well as 200,000 unpaid carers. Two weeks ago, when the Minister of State was...

Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: I might not use the full eight minutes.

Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: He still has five minutes, does he not?

Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: We will share it. If I find some sort of impetus to go on, I will do so.

Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: I welcome the Bill and I hope to see its speedy passage in order to have enacted by January next year.

Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: I acknowledge that the Minister worked in a collaborative spirit in the Lower House to achieve this timeline and I look forward to working in a similar vein as it passes through the Seanad. The main purpose of the Bill is to make the necessary legislative changes to allow the provisions contained in budget 2020 to be commenced, including the social welfare payment increases from January...

Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: I would qualify.

Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: Can we get this done on a stand-alone basis or not?

Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: It is disappointing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: I will be brief. Wednesday is a crazy day here. There was a discussion on price earlier. I will concentrate on the offshore wind and solar sectors because they seem to be the potential leaders at the moment. I apologise to those involved in biomass. What is the cost per unit for solar? What is the cost per unit for offshore wind? These issues are important for the people in the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: I have one more very simple question. Those involved in solar energy seem to feel that it is the Cinderella of the renewables sector. Not much attention has been given to them, particularly by comparison with offshore wind and biomass. Is it the contention of Mr. Maguire and Mr. McCarthy, as business people who want to make money, that although they are looking after domestic needs, there...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: Today we found out from the Programme for International Student Assessment, PISA, which is published every three years, that Ireland ranked fourth out of the 36 OECD countries for the education of children.We should be proud of our education system in enabling our children to reach such high standards. Obviously, most of our education system is working well. When it comes to reading,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: Finally, slán to Jim Gavin, the daring, decent and humble manager of Dublin with the unprecedented five-in-a-row that everyone here wholeheartedly supported when we congratulated them on their win. Farewell to Jim. I thank him for the unprecedented run of the Dubs. Up the Dubs.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2019)

Máire Devine: Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah.