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

Geraldine Feeney: I welcome the Minister back to the House again today. I welcome this detailed technical Bill. As has been pointed out, the VHI has been a part of the lives of most of us. The company is 50 years old and it has served us well. This Bill had to be introduced for the purpose of bringing the VHI in line with its competitors in this country — Quinn Healthcare and VIVAS Health — in terms of...

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

Geraldine Feeney: Midwives are better.

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

Geraldine Feeney: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: The electorate did not turn its face on Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: With regard to a matter raised by Senator Frances Fitzgerald, it is unacceptable that 17,000 people are on a waiting list.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Whatever the number, it has come to my attention through my local hospital in Sligo that not enough people avail of the treatment purchase fund, particularly in orthopaedics. In Sligo, we find people do not want to travel and this is why waiting lists are so long. We need a change of mind-set and must educate people that for the foreseeable future they must travel for emergency or immediate...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: In regard to what my colleague, Senator Leyden said — I have just been appointed Front Bench spokesperson on health — not all of the 11 chief executive officers were given jobs in the HSE. If I am correct, perhaps one or two of them were accommodated in the new HSE. I do not speak on behalf of Professor Drumm but, as a member of the Joint Committee on Health and Children in the last...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: The Senator should know better with his background. That is an allegation.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: The only thing wrong with the Senator's party is that they do not have any Ministers.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: This is a speech.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Is he calling for a debate? Where is the question? This is a speech.

Seanad: Coroners Bill 2007: Second Stage (4 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I was following the debate in my office and I had not intended to contribute, but there are a few points I would like to make. I welcome the Minister to the House. As someone who was unfortunate enough to have had to attend the Coroner's Court when my husband died a number of years ago, I have first-hand experience in this area. I wish to put on record the excellent service of coroners all...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I was one of the Members who did not get to speak yesterday. Therefore, I ask for patience while I briefly address the matter I sought to raise then. Regarding world health day, I welcome the debate on world health. There is an onus on each Member of the House to get rid of the terrible, unfortunate stigma attached to mental illness, one of the biggest factors affecting those suffering...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I support Senator O'Reilly's call for a debate on the lack of beds for adolescents suffering from anorexia nervosa. This was one of the last issues I addressed on the Order of Business last term. Teenagers are not the only ones to suffer from anorexia nervosa; it can also affect children as young as nine years of age. I wish to raise the tragic murder of 17 year old Manuela Riedo in Galway....

Seanad: Burma: Motion (11 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Burma: Motion (11 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Will the Leader have an urgent debate on the withdrawal by pharmacists of the methadone service? I have referred to the professionalism of pharmacists in the House on many occasions, and I have also referred to how well trained they are and the good service they provide. However, I must point out today that most of their income is derived from the State. In recent years they have prospered...

Seanad: Witness Protection Programme Bill 2007: Second Stage (31 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: How much time?

Seanad: Witness Protection Programme Bill 2007: Second Stage (31 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Witness Protection Programme Bill 2007: Second Stage (31 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Is that agreed? Agreed.