Results 81-100 of 152 for long speaker:Maire Devine

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)

Maire Devine: ...about it since. The concern is that Dr. de Greiff will reach the end of his term as special rapporteur for the UN in May, which is about a week away. The issue is apt because there will be a long discussion on the matter tonight at the launch of My Name is Bridgetin Dublin, which is the story of two missing baby boys from the Tuam Mother and Baby Home. It is the story of Bridget Dolan....

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Steering Group (18 Apr 2018)

Maire Devine: ...'s Voice was represented on the HSE clinical group on domiciliary care for children. There are precedents for this type of representation. The parents making this representation today have long been organised in advocating on behalf of their children and have the necessary skill set to operate at steering group level. This is about listening to the real experts, namely, the people who...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

Maire Devine: ...the Government and the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, indicated and acknowledged that to exclude specific cases was a mistake. I welcome this more constructive approach; it is long overdue. There is a need for compassion towards women whose only crime was being poor and vulnerable and who were considered and treated as being worthless by society. I ask that the...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Maire Devine: .... It is not brain surgery that could sort this out. Could the Leader get an update from the Minister on Comhliosta, a very simple initiative that will be easy to implement and that will reduce the long waiting lists by using services in other hospitals?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (7 Feb 2018)

Maire Devine: ...) Bill 2016, particularly because the Tribunal to Inquire into Certain Planning Matters and Payments dealt with issues of corruption in the planning process. It is disappointing that it is taken so long for Government to implement some of its recommendations. I strongly agree with Senator Boyhan’s point on public engagement. I ask the Minister to strengthen the provision and not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2018)

Maire Devine: ...shot itself in the foot. We and in particular the kids with mental health issues are living with that today. Previous witnesses said that if there are applicants the recruitment process takes too long. It is too cumbersome and wrapped up with a lot of red tape. They ask if the community health organisation, CHO, areas, did the recruitment directly would that significantly improve and...

Seanad: Emergency Department Waiting Times: Statements (31 Jan 2018)

Maire Devine: ...beds, an anomaly of 151. I am not sure if that is correct. Is it anything to do with the development of the national children's hospital? If so, it is no wonder we are seeing an increase in waiting times. I have long stood in this Chamber as a advocate of a community-owned approach to our health and well-being. There is a certain level of attendance at ED which does not need to be...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (31 Jan 2018)

Maire Devine: ...ten years and there are 335 people who are homeless. We are in a situation where these figures seem as though they are only numbers not people. We are becoming used to discussing it. There is no longer any awe or any shock factor to it. What progress that has been made in Rebuilding Ireland is only a drop in the ocean, at least for people living in my area. The figures are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Community Health Care Organisations: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Maire Devine: ...not caught up in it. It is dedicated to those in mental distress. Considering it would be good. We used to have many rehab units and A Vision for Change did not foresee the need for medium-to-long-term care. Mr. Walsh alluded to the potential need for more units. Are there plans in that regard and how many more would be needed? I am curious. Perhaps I am just being suspicious,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Community Health Care Organisations: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Maire Devine: They are more comments than anything. The Dublin weighting is probably a problem. We have been pushing it as a union for a long time but the Minister for Finance is not listening to us very well. Tony O'Brien's yellow pack graduate nurses and his quote "we forced them out" are significant. They never got over it because he never apologised for that. In respect of getting generic training...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jan 2018)

Maire Devine: ...entire working lives. I do welcome the review as well as the introduction of the new home caring credit for up to 20 years to assist workers who took time out to raise families and care for others. The long-awaited action by the Government on this matter is welcome. We must also recognise, however, that pensioners will be bitterly disappointed not to receive what was taken from them and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Community Health Care Organisations: Discussion (18 Jan 2018)

Maire Devine: ...to give extended leave and, in particular, who to discharge. I acknowledge that it is an emergency protocol, but it is risky for clinical staff. I am known for my brevity and will not go on too long. The moratorium was damaging to staff but the insulting graduate nurse contract offered several years ago has created a damaging legacy in the context of trying to recruit staff. Issues...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Maire Devine: ...information. I went to bookshops. I went to inform myself and to get away from the rhetoric that was smothering me, my friends and my sisters. We are 50% of the population and we have come a long way. In the 1980s we were young and we were on the cusp of a new generation. It has taken another three decades or so for the young people of today to have their voice. They are heard and...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Maire Devine: ...enough to be able to afford a pension. Certainly, when we consider that 80% of the relief goes to the top 20%, we would have to question the suitability and sustainability of the reliefs over the long run. Looking at Britain, it has moved to taper off all reliefs over a certain income, which is an angle worth exploring, and this is something we have slightly started to do with PRSI....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Funding and Budgeting of Mental Health Services: Health Service Executive (22 Nov 2017)

Maire Devine: ...go into the black hole of agency. Is there a figure for mental health spending on agency to patch up our inpatient and outpatient services? While the beds in Linn Dara in my area have reopened, it was closed for a long time, which was unacceptable for our young people. If another €35 million of €40 million is allocated next year to recruitment and retention, it will not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Funding and Budgeting of Mental Health Services: Health Service Executive (22 Nov 2017)

Maire Devine: ...unit in Tallaght Hospital at the end of this month. This is due to staff shortages but I would also like to know about the implications on the budget. I worked in high-dependency units for a long time and I know that shifting from such a unit to a general ward requires far more supervision and far more so-called "specials" for very volatile individual patients in the form on one-to-one,...

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Maire Devine: ...or do not receive a proper wage to support their young families. There is a need for greater female representation, but we are not going about it in the right way in encouraging it. The changes are welcome, but they are long overdue and do not go far enough. I urge the Minister of State to re-examine the issue and truly recognise the work done by councillors by giving them the wages...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2017)

Maire Devine: ...active on this topic, about which I am seriously concerned. The Department of Justice and Equality has a plan for a gambling control Bill, although it is fair to say and everyone agrees that it is long overdue at this stage, especially as it will include some provisions aimed at child protection. I have outstanding concerns about free games which are targeted at children online and...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Maire Devine: I ask him not to take too long about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)

Maire Devine: ...'s mental health document, and after a lot of online abuse, children will be in need of it. An observation is we were very innocent when we started off with mobile phones and then Bebo came along. Does anyone remember Bebo? Then there was an explosion of communication possibilities. I give out about it because people have ways to get us do stuff for them. For our children perhaps it...