Results 421-440 of 1,467 for speaker:Geraldine Feeney

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Jun 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: One has to start somewhere.

Seanad: Garda Investigations: Motion. (28 Sep 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: I understood earlier that the rest of the Senators who were offering to contribute were to be allowed five minutes each but I will be as brief as I can. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, to the House. I sat here for the duration of the debate and have really been touched by what people have had to say. I realised how brave we are to come into the House and say what has...

Seanad: Tax Code. (5 Oct 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: I would like the Minister for Finance to outline the recent policy changes regarding the taxation of expenses for members of boards of governors of the institutes of technology and the VECs who sit on interview panels. I also ask the Minister to treat the issue with consideration and flexibility. For years it has been accepted practice that members of bodies receive their expenses at agreed...

Seanad: Tax Code. (5 Oct 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: I implore the Department of Finance to encourage the Revenue Commissioners to view this with consideration and flexibility.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: I support speakers on the other side of the House who raised the untimely and unfortunate death of Mr. Patrick Walsh. It is time we knew the facts. Many untruths have been circulated and sometimes the untruths are more damaging than the facts. I was glad to hear Senator O'Toole say it is not a case of somebody coming in to the House because we seek to lay blame. It is most unfortunate this...

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: ——of the legal profession and particularly the charging structures in place therein.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: The Senator should read the entire report on the PPARS project.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: The Senator was a health board member.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: He is a friend of Mr. Adams. Perhaps we can have another tribunal.

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: Rome was not built in one day.

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: The Senator would come in with a magic wand.

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: I welcome the Minister of State and second the amendment moved by my colleague, Senator Glynn. I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak to the amendment. The €120 currently being spent represents a 1,000% increase on the £12 million that was spent in 1997. I listened to my good friend, Senator Bannon, with whom I hate to disagree because doing so can give him cause to shout, allege...

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: I am unaware of anybody who does not want elderly family members to be cared for at home. However, sometimes that is not possible. This Government is committed to having the elderly cared for in the community and at home. As Senator Minihan noted, people are living longer and are more independent than they were in the past. They want to stay at home and the onus is on us to provide them with...

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: Plenty of evidence exists. Senator Minihan referred to a report of the National Economic and Social Forum. The sub-committee of the forum on which I sit ——

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: —— launched that report three weeks ago. I often speak in this House about the work done on that matter. The sub-committee includes no more than three politicians, while lay people who look after the elderly comprise the remainder of its members. Those lay people would say that a lot has been done, acknowledge what has been done and the amount of the funding invested in the services for...

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: ——and a key priority is supporting people to stay in their own homes and communities and moving away from the practice of placing people in residential care as a first option. The Minister said that currently we do not offer enough support to high dependency patients who want to remain at home. She is determined to change this and expects to see major increases in home care packages as...

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: It would be remiss of me not to comment on what Senator Browne said about the scandal of the Government's handling of the nursing home charges in respect of those over 70 years of age. He and I sat on the inquiry into that matter carried out by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children. He was disingenuous in how he has put across his point. There was a full hearing and the facts...

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: I do consider that health boards were ever controlled by one or other of any of the political parties. Fianna Fáil might have been in the majority——

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: ——but I do not believe we ever controlled anything. There is a big difference. We should not knock Professor Drumm. We should give the Health Service Executive room and time to carry out the good work that it is about to do. We need to be patient. We have 18 months to go to a general election. The Senators opposite will jump up and down plenty of times between now and then but we will...

Seanad: Animal Diseases: Statements. (20 Oct 2005)

Geraldine Feeney: I hope it is not contagious.