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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)

Maire Devine: ...Dublin south-central area, where I live. The report covers an area that radiates out from the Liberties. As other Senators have said, this problem affects more than one area in the country. The dogs on the street know this. I am on the street, and I know it. I am a Liberties girl. I was born, reared and educated in the area and I work there. I remember a time when I worked as a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: ...his plans. We have lost many patients with sarcoma during the period in question and others are very anxious to find a way forward in a constructive manner. I suppose I could be compared to a dog with a bone as I will not let go of this issue. On reflection, given that the Taoiseach has referred to me and others as wolves, my retort is: beware the waxing gibbous moon; beware the rising...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Committee Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Maire Devine: Senator Higgins is dogged and has a great eye for tiny detail. It has taken me three years to grasp that. The word "an" or any other small word that is missing from text or added to it raises the Senator's antennae.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (7 Feb 2019)

Maire Devine: ...a new Senator in 2016. We managed to secure a meeting with the Minister for Health that summer. Lo and behold who comes in behind him, whom we had not invited, only a troupe of personnel or top dogs from St. Vincent's hospital. These people tried to answer for the Minister but he was there to answer to sick patients, many of whom have died since. I seek clarity on three issues. What...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2018)

Maire Devine: ...than 2,000 vacancies throughout the nursing profession. The Public Service Pay Commission has stated that there is no issue with nursing recruitment, but that is inaccurate and misleading. The dogs in the street know it is an issue. The staff and the patients know it is an issue. To take psychiatry alone, mental health is spoken about a great deal. The latest audit of nursing...

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

Maire Devine: ...clinical view in the assessment of a child, knowing that it involves the whole family or neighbourhood. There is a problem in terms of resources and culture. Does the witness believe Tusla is so dogged, weary of fire-fighting and under-resourced that it has developed a defensive culture that does not allow emotional care and attachment to its job of getting in, signing, sealing and...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Maire Devine: ...up by medical documents, of the physical, emotional and sexual violence that made up their daily lives. The Minister also talked to survivors, yet she agrees with the commission's statement. The dogs in the street know that abuse of an horrific nature occurred. I have counselled many survivors and I am privy to the extremities of the twisted abuse they suffered. It was a sadistic...

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (8 Feb 2017)

Maire Devine: ...to BAM Ireland on Friday last. I do not believe the Minister of State has answered any of my questions. She needs to repeat the cost and break it down. We need value for money and a cost analysis. We are running away with ourselves. The dogs on the street know we do not need the history of what we need or do not need. We are asking for a breakdown of costs and not a history lesson....