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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (3 Mar 2005)

Frank Feighan: It would be very helpful to me. I will speak for myself.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)

Frank Feighan: In Roscommon.

Seanad: Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)

Frank Feighan: The Senator has changed my mind.

Seanad: Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the Minister to the House and wish him well in the future. I also wish to compliment and congratulate my colleague Senator Cummins on bringing this important Bill on children gambling on the tote to the House. I spent much of my youth going to race meetings. I did not go because I enjoyed it, but because my father went with his friends. I think I was sent in the back of the car to...

Seanad: Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)

Frank Feighan: Hopefully the horses will get faster. I am a lottery agent and by law, anybody under 18 is not allowed to buy a lottery ticket or scratch card. As an owner of an outlet that is a lottery agent, I must enforce this law rigorously. I am sure the full rigours of the law will come down on any lottery agent seen to break the law. Thankfully, we have had no trouble. There were times in the...

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: They might travel abroad for cheaper nursing care.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: I wish to share time with Senator Henry.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: I wish to highlight the level of care that many elderly people have been getting. It is time to pay tribute to the nurses and other staff of nursing homes for their valiant efforts over the years to provide care which goes well beyond monetary value. My party highlighted the issue last year as people were still being charged illegally for nursing home care. The previous Minister for Health...

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: The Senator is speaking on behalf of the Government.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: It cannot be Government policy because a mistake has been made.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: We should ensure it is convenient for people to be reimbursed and no obstacles should be placed in their way. I am sure the Minister of State will make sure of that.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: That is what I wanted to clarify.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: It is not a helpful for any member of the Government parties to suggest roadblocks to place in the way of people who are entitled to be reimbursed having been short-changed by the Government for too long. The Supreme Court decision is a stinging rebuke by the highest court in the land. The meagre offer of a payment of €2,000 to compensate for a gross breach of constitutional rights was...

Seanad: Mental Health Commission Annual Report 2003: Statements. (17 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the Minister of State. It is welcome that the Mental Health Commission was established in April 2002 under the provisions of the Mental Health Act 2001 and that a modern framework is being provided for people who need treatment or protection. The Mental Health Commission is the main vehicle for the implementation of provisions of the Mental Health Act 2001. Those who suffer from a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: I join Members in congratulating the President on referring the Bill to the Supreme Court. Many mistakes have been made and moneys have been taken illegally. The Government has given tax breaks to the rich and super rich. On this occasion moneys were taken illegally from the old and vulnerable. As a politician, every day over the past two or three years I have received representations on that...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: However, I ask the Minister to come to the House to outline what the Government can do to stop thousands of Irish citizens having to travel abroad to support the Irish football team. This is a position we should not face. It is not of the GAA's making but of the Government's making because for too long too many promises were not honoured.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: The Leader should ask her colleague sitting beside her.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: Last night, I watched with great interest a television report on the massive Garda operation, and its unprecedented success, against organised crime. While I am delighted with such an outcome, I must ask how this criminal activity evolved. How did the Garda and the authorities allow organised criminals, thugs and gangsters in west Dublin to become established? It happened because the Garda...

Seanad: Overseas Development Aid: Motion. (9 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and wish him well in his new position. While I am the sort of politician who acknowledges positive Government action, I must make my feelings known if it does anything which is not advantageous. In 2000, the Government decided to allocate 0.7% of GNP to overseas development aid by 2007, which is only two years away. The promise was made before the...