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- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Staff Recruitment (22 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: I thank the Minister of State for her presence and I ask her to refer all that is relayed and discussed in this Commencement matter to the Minister, Deputy Harris, for response. Sarcoma Ireland first met the Minister, Deputy Harris, in the first week of July. A commitment was given at that meeting to the group that a specialist sarcoma consultant would be recruited to St. Vincent's...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Staff Recruitment (22 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: Many of the questions I asked have not been answered, which is disappointing. For the past year or so, or perhaps a bit longer, the patients were very competently served by a previous oncologist with a specialism in sarcoma. All they are looking for is somebody with expertise, interest, knowledge and research relating to sarcoma. There was something rotten, perhaps, in the state of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: I echo the points made by my colleagues about the number on patients on hospital trolleys. Meetings have been cancelled in the emergency department at St. James Hospital this morning because staff are being pushed to the limit. We are now at breaking point. I again refer to the treatment of mothers and their children. One of the scandals that was allowed to occur in mother and baby homes...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: It is in the news so I can.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: This is about the treatment of our women, children and mothers across the country.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: Yes, without interruption.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: He is very bold today.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: I wish to comment on Senator Ardagh's contribution about domestic violence. Research was published last week that shows one in six pregnant women is at risk of mental ill health and depression. The subject of domestic abuse against pregnant women was included in the research, but it did not go in to detail, and the rage that is displayed against them and their unborn child. I welcome the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: As Gaeilge.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: No pasarán.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: That is not the point.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: I urge the Senator not to get so annoyed about it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: Sinn Féin called for a reasoned debate.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: We want a reasoned debate. Emotion is not going to work here.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: Senator Butler is bad news.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: I urge Senator Butler to bring his contribution down a notch or two.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: The Senator is very bigoted.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: No, they are not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)
Máire Devine: We will not take that insult anymore.