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Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Was he at the Ard-Fheis?

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I support Senator Browne's comments regarding the amount of notice medical personnel should provide. When I chaired the ethics committee of the Medical Council, I received many complaints in respect of trainee doctors. The latter change jobs on 1 January and 1 July. The nature of the complaints would have been, for example, that a trainee doctor had accepted a job in Donegal but had later...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I thank the Minister for taking this Bill and commend her officials on the hard work they have done. Of all the recent legislation on medical issues, this Bill is probably the most sensitive. Two areas of the Bill are worth mentioning. The certificate of good standing means people from outside the EU will no longer experience lengthy delays in having certificates sent from their countries...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I support Senators O'Toole and Maurice Hayes in their call for a debate on the Garda Síochána. Last Tuesday, Senator Cummins and I had the pleasure of attending the AGSI conference dinner in Wexford at which we had the pleasure of meeting Kathleen O'Toole and listening to her speak. Her appointment comes at a crucial time for the force. I agree with Senator O'Toole that we as leaders...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (25 Apr 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: With great sadness and the heaviest of hearts that on my own behalf and that of Senator Wilson I pay tribute to our great colleague and dear friend, Kate. As Senator Dardis said, Kate needed no other title. Everyone who knew her respected and loved her dearly. Senator Wilson, Kate and I were elected to the Seanad in 2002. Neither he nor I had had the pleasure or honour of knowing her...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I also thank you, a Leas Chathaoirligh, and the Cathaoirleach, for your courtesy, patience and generosity of time to every Member in the Chamber in the past five years. I wish the best of luck to those seeking re-election. To the Members who are retiring I convey every good wish. I wish to raise a matter that has become an old chestnut with me. In saying this I look across at Senators...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (13 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: There are more than three people on this side of the House who received more than 100 votes. There we will let the matter lie. I am a proud Tullamore woman and I can barely keep the smile off my face because it is a great honour for me to stand in the House today and congratulate Senator Moylan on being elected Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann. I believe he is the first Offaly man to be...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (13 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I will conclude by wishing the Cathaoirleach wealth, health and happiness in his term of office. It is a great day for him and for the whole of Offaly. I wish his wife, Mary, his daughter, Sinead, and his sons, Dermot, Cormac and Padraig all the best, as I do their spouses and all his grandchildren. I hope he has five wonderful years in the Chair and he can be assured of the support of all...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: We will have an opportunity later on.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "recognising that:" and substitute the following: the number of people employed in the public health service since 1997 has increased by 63%, from just under 68,000 to over 111,500 whole time equivalent staff; and in particular, by the end of 2006, there were 2,736 more medical and dental staff, a 55% increase; 8,975 more health and social...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Is Senator Twomey talking to me?

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I listened patiently to the speakers on the other side of the House. I did not interrupt when they were speaking and I would ask Senator Twomey to show some respect. I know he is new to the House but he should show a little respect.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I am aware of how he behaves because I sat on the health committee with him for two and a half years. He never stops barking. He should sit and listen and have a little respect.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: We recognise in Sligo that there are savings to be made. I spoke to the manager of the hospital this morning and they are prepared to make them. They have to make them. It is the world we live in. We all know about budgets and we have to work within our allocation. I am very used to hearing Fine Gael Members say they met a man who said this, a woman who said that or a child who did...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I am not in the habit of checking the record of the Dáil. I am a Member of the Seanad. I check the record of the Seanad.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I will judge Senator Twomey on his contribution here in the Seanad.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Not only will these units be for treatment, they will also be centres for learning, research, education and access to clinical trials, which is so important for patients suffering from cancer. They can now be put on therapies that might be much more beneficial to their outcome. Research has shown that outcomes are better as a result of treatment in centres that have multidisciplinary teams...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Thank you, Minister.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: He will be heading it up and he brings wonderful expertise and experience to the post and we wish him well. If the Minister gets around to talking about the areas for the west, I would like to ask her about the links in terms of Galway and Letterkenny and perhaps Sligo. We have a wonderful surgeon in Sligo. We value our cancer services in Sligo but we recognise we must do what is best for...

Seanad: Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I wish to share time with Senators Fiona O'Malley and John Ellis.