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Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: This is a damp and dull budget day, and this is an election budget more than a budget for the country or its people. I will focus on a few areas.

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: An additional €1 billion is being allocated to the health budget. Some €335 million of that commitment is for the estimated overspend in the system that happens year in, year out. It is never recognised but the money is always given and it is taken as read that there will be an overspend. That is because our population has grown.People are living longer. There are more...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: Great. I will lash through this. The Government is attempting to hoodwink us once again. The Minister of State needs to remember that, as a nurse and trade union member of long standing - at least 12 years - I know that we have been very vigilant and alert to budgets and mental health spending every year. In the last few years, an additional €35 million went to health services but...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: That is the figure over a year. The extra-----

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: No.

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: The Minister of State cannot state an untruth.

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

Maire Devine: I have had a brief meeting with parents who have taken leadership into their own hands with respect to autism units and classes for their children. This is happening throughout the country but particularly in Dublin. In Dublin 12, Dublin 15, Dublin 8 and Dublin 6, parents have commenced a parent support group because their children are isolated and alone. They have no information and no...

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

Maire Devine: Is that yours, Terry?

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

Maire Devine: What is in it?

Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: None.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Decisions on Supervision Measures) Bill 2019: Second Stage (2 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: We welcome the Bill. We have no objection to it. It will have the effect of allowing an Irish resident who is sentenced to a period of probation while temporarily in another member state to be supervised by the Probation Service. It is important that the right of accused persons charged with offences abroad are protected.It is just as important the victims be protected by ensuring that the...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: I support this amendment. When this issue kicked off over the summer recess, we wrote to the committee requesting that the Minister be asked to appear before it to discuss the matter, which call we reiterate today. This is a serious issue. The finding of the independently appointed Data Protection Commission is that the public services card is unlawful. Yet, the response of Government and...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: The Senator wanted to vote on it.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: We support this. We attempted to have a similar report commissioned in the deliberations for the Social Welfare Bill for last year but the Minister passed it on to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. Data on fuel poverty are badly needed. Unlike my colleague, I did not support the increase to the carbon tax because we need to sort out fuel poverty first. The...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: We have already discussed it. I am sorry, Acting Chairman, but I am just trying to be helpful.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: I support those comments. As a member of the climate action committee for nearly a year, I know it has consistently discussed just transition. Every Department must understand that label of "just transition" and implement novel ideas because we will need them. Bord na Móna is currently in negotiations with the union and it will revert to us towards the end of October or November to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: I am sorry I missed the presentation. I was busy elsewhere. The project is brilliant. It is unfortunate the witnesses are pioneers and it has taken so long, which is frustrating. The committee has discussed this and has recommended that the one-stop-shops should be run by the local authorities. However, given their experience, the witnesses are the experts. Have the local authorities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: The community-led type is what we need for sustainable communities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: It is a type of code, or it is expected.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: I want to concentrate on the national children's hospital, which is located at the end of my street. The Minister met some of the residents from the area when they attended the health committee on several occasions and he knows their concerns about the impact on their surroundings, their neighbourhoods and their homes, which are still collapsing, as well as the ongoing difficulties with the...