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Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2019)

Maire Devine: I thank the Acting Chairman. I was getting dizzy for a little while there.

Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2019)

Maire Devine: I move amendment No. 3: In page 17, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “Report on financial impact of changes to hours Carers can work outside the home 28.The Minister shall prepare and produce a report on the impact of the increase in hours carers in receipt of Carer’s Allowance can work outside the home from 15 hours to 18.5 hours without a corresponding...

Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2019)

Maire Devine: I will just go over this again. Amendment No. 3 seeks an increase to the income disregard. Such an increase was not announced in budget 2020. The Minister referred to her report. Does she intend to increase the disregard at the next budget?

Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2019)

Maire Devine: I will withdraw the amendment and reserve it for Report Stage.

Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2019)

Maire Devine: I move amendment No. 4: In page 17, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “Review of the means test for Carer’s Allowance 28.The Minister shall carry out a review of the means test in place for Carer’s Allowance in consultation with key stakeholders, including Family Carers Ireland and that the report shall be presented to the Oireachtas Joint Committee...

Seanad: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Second Stage (11 Dec 2019)

Maire Devine: I second the proposal.

Seanad: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Second Stage (11 Dec 2019)

Maire Devine: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Maire Devine: I will fire off four questions. The first is for Dr. Hendrick. I refer to a study by Dr. Kim Naudts at the University of Amsterdam. She stated: In Europe, two and a half centuries of land-use change increased the forest area by 10% and has put over 85% of the forests under management, but it has failed to result in net CO2removal from the atmosphere, because wood extraction released carbon...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Maire Devine: Insurance companies probably.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Maire Devine: Then just to the Department-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Maire Devine: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Maire Devine: What about free trees for urbanites?

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

Maire 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)

Maire 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)

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

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

Maire Devine: Under protest.

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

Maire 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)

Maire 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)

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

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

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