Results 1-20 of 152 for long speaker:Maire Devine

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2020)

Maire Devine: ...quite upsetting, as I know how the situation is for them. The solidarity displayed last night in my neighbourhood at 8 p.m., the surge of kindness and the atmosphere of altruism were delightful. Long may it last. The call from all workers in front-line services is "Stay at home because they can't". People should please stay at home. We have no idea where this will go or how long it...

Seanad: An Bille um Bearta Éigeandála ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail (Covid-19) 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Mar 2020)

Maire Devine: I am obviously disappointed. How long will it take to go through the regulators? Many things are going to be further delayed because of Covid-19. Perhaps the Minister could push the regulators a little, given it is healthcare professionals we are discussing and that is what we need. It is a question of speed over perfection. Nonetheless, I take on board what the Minister has said.I have...

Seanad: An Bille um Bearta Éigeandála ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail (Covid-19) 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Mar 2020)

Maire Devine: ...psychiatrist is not available, we then perhaps need clinical nurse specialists or advanced nurse practitioners. There should not be a constant extension of someone’s involuntary status for a long time. I want to give a shout out to the Bills Office for working so hard on the amendments last night. It did really well.

Seanad: Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Motion for Earlier Signature (27 Mar 2020)

Maire Devine: We have no idea of where we are, where we are going to go or how long it will last. We are waiting for the storm to come. We listen to and are guided by the science. We value what is most important: our people and our public services, especially the health services. This has shown that universal healthcare can be achieved and is the best way to achieve a public health system. It is a...

Seanad: An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála eile ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail), 2020: An Dara Céim - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Second Stage (20 Mar 2020)

Maire Devine: ...We need to address that. It is almost like someone has written a revenge horror movie: the youth's revenge on the elderly. It was very scary there yesterday for quite a while. Gardaí did come along and disperse the boys, but this will keep going if we do not raise the social conscience among everybody that it is completely and utterly unacceptable to congregate in streets and...

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)

Maire Devine: Gabhann buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach, although it is a pity that it may be the final time I say that for a long time. The House is often called, including by me over the years, a kind of retirement home for the bewildered. It is where wannabe Deputies cut their teeth before seeking the supposedly coveted title of "Deputy" and, less kindly, is often considered to be a chamber of...

Seanad: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2019)

Maire Devine: ...ailments. A person would be guaranteed that the advice would work and not do any harm. Demand will increase on pharmacies and pharmaceutical assistants because of the paucity of GPs and what is often a long wait for GP appointments. I am delighted this Bill will go through and it looks like everybody will support it across the Seanad.

Seanad: Appointment of Sarcoma Specialist at St. Vincent's University Hospital: Statements (12 Dec 2019)

Maire Devine: I welcome the Minister of State but I am extremely disappointed, as are sarcoma patients listening to this from their hospital beds in St. Vincent's University Hospital and from home along with their families and carers. I had hoped and expected the Minister for Health to be here but he is not so I guess I will just have to get on with what we have and deal with it. I thank the Leader for...

Seanad: Appointment of Sarcoma Specialist at St. Vincent's University Hospital: Statements (12 Dec 2019)

Maire Devine: ...State to ask the Minister to seek an update from the hospital, particularly given that the interviews will not be held until January, because we need to keep the pressure on. We must avoid another long delay. This needs to be done as soon as possible

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

Maire Devine: ...girl in Frawley's of Thomas Street. That was the hub where all working-class people went. Frawley's sold affordable items in every category. It was an Aladdin's cave. It shut down quite a long time ago. When I asked why it was closing, I was told it was closing because there were no more poor people in Dublin. I do not know what that reason was. I am on the ground. I work in that...

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

Maire Devine: ...policy that all such facilities were to close by the end of 2018. The housing adaptation grants administered by local authorities are gone as soon as they are announced because the waiting list is so long. I have spoken here previously about the 18 year old man I met in St. James's Hospital three years ago. He went in not feeling great and was given an awful diagnosis of a degenerative...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)

Maire Devine: ...down quite heavily on me but self-interest is evident. I would like the Minister to come to the House to address those concerns. I would like to ask him why this post has been languishing for so long when so many of the sufferers who pleaded for it have passed away. Many other young people are now diagnosed with this condition.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Developing Ireland's Sustainable Transport System: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Maire Devine: ...already operating in excess of capacity. What is the proposed location of the new park-and-ride facility? Will the site for it be bought under compulsory purchase order and, if so, what is the estimated cost and how long will that process take? My final question is on the aviation fuel tax. I understand the current exemption is to cease in the future but the wheels are turning...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)

Maire Devine: ...the cost, procurement and agreement we have. Today the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association, IPHA, is having a conference. It informed me that Irish patients must wait three times as long for the same medicines as patients in other European countries. Here it is an average of 843 days for 15 new medicines to be funded by the HSE compared with 289 days for patients in 14...

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities: Motion (13 Nov 2019)

Maire Devine: ...2016. Some 18,700 of these people are waiting more than a year and 13,000 are waiting more than 18 months. Almost 8,700 people were awaiting inpatient eye procedures at the end of August. Much like the long waiting lists for assessments and therapies, the claim that things are improving is diluted for citizens left waiting for such long periods. In November 2017, the Vincentian...

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

Maire Devine: ...families. My office spoke with representatives of St. Joseph's earlier today and they told us the quite startling fact that use of psychotropic drugs in their service has dropped from a massive 78% to 23%.For too long, people living with dementia were chemically drugged with heavy doses of psychotropic medication, which hastened their physical and cognitive deterioration. These are great...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: ...Time." I am delighted to bring this Bill to Second Stage. I thank the Minister, Deputy Harris, for being present. I am expecting Mental Health Reform representatives to attend after their day-long briefing in the Davenport Hotel, which was very interesting. They are warriors who play an important role, along with all the other groups that raise community, well-being, mental health and...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: ...of State, more importantly, I thank the NGOs, namely, Mental Health Reform and Mental Health Ireland, community groups and university academics that have had an input into the Bill. For too long, people with mental health difficulties were especially prone to being left out of inclusive development efforts. Psychosocial disability is frequently misunderstood and the capacities of people...