Results 1-9 of 9 for via speaker:Maire Devine

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2019)

Maire Devine: ...under the weight of demand. We point out that fear drives people to take out health insurance. Indeed, many patients lying or sitting comfortably in a hospital bed today, fast-tracked there via private health insurance, would acknowledge the inherent unfairness of private versus public provision. I have consistently urged the Minister, Deputy Harris, to ensure that this intervention is...

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

Maire Devine: ...of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy Stanton, stated he would address it in this Bill. Yet, it seems to be on the missing list. In the Dáil on Second Stage, the Minister said it would be inserted via amendments on either Committee Stage or Report Stage, but that has yet to happen. I am aware the amendments are taking more time than expected but the Government...

Seanad: Health Services Provision: Statements (12 Nov 2019)

Maire Devine: ...the Minister of State. This is a matter in respect of which I have a particular interest and about which I have particular concern as a proud member of the Oireachtas dementia group. It is via the latter that my colleagues and I work hard on this issue. I refer particularly to Senator Humphreys, who is also a champion for those with dementia. I have to confess, I feel a sense of...

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Feb 2019)

Maire Devine: ..., Dublin South-Central, I hear from many small business owners and motorists, both young and not so young, who are crippled by insurance costs. Just last week, a local club in Crumlin got a grant via social inclusion to allow older people to access the first floor of a building to do a small job on it. They then received the insurance costs because there was a claim from two people...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Maire Devine: ...never meant to mean there should be multiple visits to a GP on several days. It was meant to mean the service would be available three days after a person presenting at a GP surgery, over the phone, via email or on WhatsApp, if it is accepted in the clinic. The person would speak with the GP or secretary to make an appointment after making the momentous decision to attend a GP for this...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Maire Devine: ...Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, did not answer any questions posed on the recruitment and retention of staff in the health care sector. In her reply she said she would address all points raised via email or letter but this did not happen. Last night, we debated Second Stage of legislation on health insurance and risk equalisation. Given the topical nature of this issue, with regard to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Maire Devine: ...has put on record a request that a review of section 13 be carried out. I am unsure and unclear why it has gone to Tusla. Deputy Ó Laoghaire referred to this as well. I am unsure why it has gone via that route. It would be in the interests of children perhaps if the Minister herself appointed someone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Findings of HIQA Statutory Foster Care Service Inspection Reports: Discussion (17 May 2017)

Maire Devine: ...report is comprehensive, but there are some aspects of foster care I would not necessarily understand and I ask her to bear with me. I have been trying to match a grandmother with two young babies via Tusla since last September. There does not seem to be recognition of an infant's growth each day and an urgency in trying to get the foster placement with the family so that these infants...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (9 Mar 2017)

Maire Devine: ...from Bessborough while pregnant and made it to London in the late 1970s. She was abducted from the London streets by the Catholic Crusade of Rescue society in the guise of Fr. O'Hanlon, and forcibly returned via our national airline, which it did willingly on countless occasions, to the more secure prison of the institution on the Navan Road. I acknowledge David Kinsella, whose mother...