Máire Devine

Sinn Féin · Dublin South-Central

Activity on Community — 23 events (13 lobbying · 10 questions · 0 votes) full profile →

• 2026-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the specific measures she will be put in place to protect the independent, community-led role of local drug and alcohol task forces under the proposed regional governance arrangements in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17999/26]
• 2026-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health whether, under the proposed regional structures in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, all public funding for community-based drug services, including local drug and alcohol task forces, will be pooled at HSE Health Region level; the safeguards which will be put in place to prevent dilution of funding to areas of high deprivation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18000/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the way in which the independent, community-led nature, and preventative role, of task forces will be protected in the new proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7604/26]
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  BeLonG To Youth Services Ltd. Children and Youth Affairs

  • A group of LGBTQ+ sector representatives presented LGBTQ+ communities' Budget 2026 priorities to the Oireacthas Rainbow Caucus.
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Community Platform Finance

  • Emailed all Ministers, TDs and Senators with a copy of the Community Platform’s Four Tests for Budget 2026 asking them to support these proposals in the run up to the announcement of Budget 2026.
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  LGBT Support and Advocacy Network Ireland CLG Budgetary matters

  • Pre-Budget Meeting with Rainbow (LGBT+) Caucus
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the HSE’s plans for the Weir Home for Nurses in Dublin 8; and whether it can be converted into a museum for Irish nurses and midwives and a community cultural space, as nursing trade unions are interested in a partnership to preserve and develop it. [3723/26]
• 2026-01-07
  LOBBY
  Arthur Edward Guinness Community

  • A return to social purposefulness for The Iveagh Markets
• 2025-10-15
  LOBBY
  St Michael's House Group Community

  • St Michael's House Lobbying
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Family Carers Ireland Community

  • FCI Pre- Budget Submissions 2026
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Outhouse CLG Justice and Equality

  • Shared key priorities and issues affecting the LGBTQ+ Community this Pride
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  The Wheel Community

  • The Wheel hosted launch event for our Pre-Budget Submission 2026. It comprised a panel discussion with speakers from community and voluntary organisations and an overview of The Wheel's priorities for Budget 2026. We invited Ministers, TDs and Senators from the most relevant departments and joint Oireachtas committees and several attended in person.
• 2025-09-08
  LOBBY
  Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI) Education and Training

  • Decision to transition Synge Street CBS to a Gaelcholáiste
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Psychiatric Nurses Association Health

  • As you are aware the HSE imposed an embargo on recruitment in November 2023 which remained in place until July 2024. Some services were exempt from the embargo, for example disability services and several departments in the general services. The PNA strongly urged the HSE to exempt mental health services from the embargo taking into consideration the magnitude of the staffing crisis in the services and the impact on patients, families, and the wider community.
• 2025-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing legislation similar to the United Kingdom’s Awaab’s Law, which sets legal time limits for the remediation of serious health hazards, such as damp and mould in social housing; and if he will respond to the findings of the recent Trinity College Dublin and The Liberties Community Project ‘Respiratory Health Among Residents of Oliver Bond House’ report which identified rates of asthma among the Oliver Bond House population 2.4 times higher than among individuals with addresses in the same vicinity, a situation clearly linked to substandard housing conditions in mid-century social housing complexes across the Dublin City Council area. [25011/25]
• 2025-05-13
  LOBBY
  Local Development Companies Network CLG Community

  • Oireachtas Members were invited to an event launching a rebrand of the Local Development Companies Network and highlighting the work of the LDCs
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Máire Devine asked the Taoiseach with respect to the taskforce for Dublin, if the Liberties area of Dublin 8 is included in the 'Rejuvenating our Capital City Centre' section of the Programme for Government; if elements of this section, including the launch of an urban communities initiative to revitalise disadvantage city areas and consider the appropriate concentration of services in the city centre in particular, will include the Liberties; and the criteria and mechanism by which a community can apply to be included in the 'Rejuvenating Our Capital City Centre' section of the Programme for Government, specifically the urban communities initiative. [17108/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing legislation similar to the United Kingdom’s Awaab’s Law, which sets legal time limits for the remediation of serious health hazards such as damp and mould in social housing; if he will respond to the findings of the recent Trinity College Dublin and the Liberties Community Project ‘Respiratory Health Among Residents of Oliver Bond House’ report which identified rates of asthma among the Oliver Bond House population 2.4 times higher than among individuals with addresses in the same vicinity, a situation clearly linked to substandard housing conditions in mid- century social housing complexes across DCC area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19720/25]
• 2025-04-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional funding for increased GP, dental, education, creche, and other community services will be provided with respect to a specific site (details supplied); whether a Department liaison officer will be appointed to communicate with the local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18289/25]
• 2025-04-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has received correspondence from a party regarding a specific site (details supplied); if they have determined to use it; if so, specifically what group will be resident there; whether additional funding for increased GP, dental, education, creche, and other community services will be provided; whether a Department liaison officer will be appointed to communicate with the local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18290/25]
• 2025-02-12
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review the case for financial support of a community development (details supplied). [5017/25]
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Sporting Liberties Sports and Recreation

  • Campaigning for sporting facilities in the Dublin 8 area
• 2025-01-13
  LOBBY
  Arthur Edward Guinness Community

  • Return to public purposefulness for The Iveagh Markets (heritage real estate) which have become neglected