Results 561-580 of 1,467 for speaker:Geraldine Feeney

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: Two weeks ago the Joint Committee on Health and Children met with the sudden cardiac death syndrome group, at the group's request. The group is comprised of parents who told us about the deaths of seven young people from sudden cardiac arrest who died within six weeks of each other. The most horrific, heart-rending stories unfolded during that one and a half hour meeting. I ask the Leader to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: It has already been answered for the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: Hear, hear.

Seanad: A Strategy for Cancer Control in Ireland: Statements. (28 Jun 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: The Senator is not meant to notice that.

Seanad: A Strategy for Cancer Control in Ireland: Statements. (28 Jun 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Tim O'Malley, to the Chamber. I also welcome A Strategy for Cancer Control in Ireland. It makes extremely interesting reading. This is not the first time I have spoken in the Chamber on the issue of cancer, and at the outset of each occasion I spoke about what an emotive issue it is. Everyone knows someone within his or her immediate family, a relation...

Seanad: A Strategy for Cancer Control in Ireland: Statements. (28 Jun 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: I will not. We must move away from the days of having or wanting a centre of excellence in every town, village or county. We must not continue to espouse this policy. Professor Drumm talked about clinicians having to accept that they must operate evidence-based systems focused totally on quality outcomes for patients. This, in addition to quality assurance, is what it is all about. Some 60%...

Seanad: National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (28 Jun 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: I add my voice to the concerns expressed by other speakers. I accept and recognise the Minister's point of view on the matter. Like Senator Dooley, I ask that at a later stage we might reconsider the section. While I accept the Bill will be passed, we may get another chance to remove such a provision from all legislation. The wording is standard in all legislation going through the House. The...

Seanad: National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (28 Jun 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: I am not going back to Second Stage.

Seanad: National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (28 Jun 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: As we have asked other Ministers I ask the Minister, Deputy O'Donoghue, to take on board what we have said and mention it at Cabinet to try to have the provision omitted from future legislation.

Seanad: Office of Tobacco Control Annual Report 2005: Statements (27 Sep 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and am pleased to have the opportunity to debate this comprehensive report from the Office of Tobacco Control. Other speakers have outlined the fact that the main objective of the report and the office is to inform public opinion and build support for tobacco control measures. The Minister of State spoke about the thrill of being in the United...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: That is the Labour Party's line.

Seanad: UN Committee Report on Children in Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: I wish to share time with Senator Daly. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Power, to the House. I am delighted to speak on this debate. As the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, mentioned, the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by the UN General Assembly in November 1998. Ireland signed up to the convention in September 1990 and ratified it in September...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: I support and welcome the debate called for by Senator Brian Hayes on the location of the National Children's Hospital. I am on record as speaking in the House when the location of the new hospital was announced. The announcement was welcomed with great words and applause, it was said it was long-awaited and so on. Everyone sang from the same hymn sheet on that occasion, particularly——

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: ——-medical personnel as well politicians. Having sat on the Joint Committee on Health and Children, I have engaged in the debate where it was said time and again that the National Children's Hospital should not be confused with a Dublin children's hospital. This is a hospital for the entire country to deal with children from the Inishowen peninsula to the furthest point in Kerry, from...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: Whether a sick child is Muslim, Christian, Catholic or Protestant should not enter the equation.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: The hospital should be located on the best site for the sick children of Ireland and not confused with a Dublin hospital.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: I, too, would like Professor Des O'Neill's report on the Leas Cross nursing home to be published. While publication would be in the public interest, we must also bear in mind the legal advice the Health Service Executive has obtained in this matter. I am also a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children and, like Senator Henry, have seen the advice given to the HSE. I...

Seanad: Mental Health Commission Report 2005: Statements (19 Oct 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: I thank Senator Kitt for sharing his time with me and I welcome the Minister of State back to the House. Senator Ryan is correct in saying that the Minister of State is a listening Minister. He is also a caring Minister whose brief suits him very well. I am delighted to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I will focus on the annual report for 2005 of the Mental Health...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: Like other speakers, my mind was focused over the weekend on the terrible tragedy played out in Threemilehouse, County Monaghan. One wonders about the request for a debate on road safety because we have had umpteen debates on the issue. I was very taken by the words of Fr. Martin O'Reilly during the funerals of the two little cousins, as they were thought-provoking and laden with common...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Geraldine Feeney: Perhaps then we would not witness a repeat of the terrible pain and agony inflicted on all those families in Monaghan. Could a debate on road safety cover both drug and alcohol testing? Many young people may be doing drugs rather than drinking and no testing is conducted for drugs. Other European countries carry out such testing and it should be mandatory in Ireland.