Results 1,781-1,800 of 2,054 for speaker:Máire Devine
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: Sorry, I did second the amendment.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: Very naive.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: Well said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: It is great to listen to the two architects of the failure of the health service. I wish to speak about the 90% of the 35,000 nurses in the INMO who have voted to take industrial action to begin on 7 March. Perhaps those represented by SIPTU might follow suit. I am surprised that this issue has not been raised on the Order of Business already as it is an overwhelming rejection of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: This is about the capacity of the health service which needs resources. The Government and we, as legislators, have a duty to look after and cherish our own people, including patients and those involved in the beleaguered health service that is being driven into the ground. Everybody states day in and day out that he or she is dealing with it and trying to do this, that or the other-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: A radical approach is needed, but that is not happening. It is the same old same old. We will never get anywhere if we continue in this way.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: A sudden interest in the health service - boring.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: The Senator has used this one for how many months?
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: Get over it. Build a bridge.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: I have had an interest in the health service for more than 30 years.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: Who gave that impression?
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: Who exactly gave that impression?
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: I do not know where the Senator got that from. Is that from the Minister, Deputy Harris?
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: I would like to present-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: Was it the Minister, Deputy Harris, that was the source of these?
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: The people that do not work-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: The Leader is very nice.
- Seanad: Amendments to Councillors' Conditions: Statements (8 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: We need to recognise the role of the councillor.
- Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (8 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: I am disappointed that the Minister, Deputy Harris, is not present to hear these very important statements on the future health of the children of our nation and the biggest health project undertaken in the history of this State. I am aware of the presence of the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, who represents Dublin South-Central. I have been a representative in that area. The...
- Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (8 Feb 2017)
Máire Devine: I am available.