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Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I have raised this time and again. As I said before, we have three ring-fenced beds and 12 beds in private hospitals. It is a potential killer. We debate the loss of life in this Chamber through drug abuse, road traffic accidents and even gang land killings, yet we do not recognise the seriousness of eating disorders and the terrible effects they have on our young people. Any time a...

Seanad: Kidnapping and Detention of Ms Ingrid Betancourt: Motion (10 Apr 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (22 Apr 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I, too, welcome the Minister to the House and compliment her on her excellent presentation. The Minister had no notes and spoke on this issue for 22 minutes which tells me she is at home with her brief and knows it intimately. It is obvious it is very much part of the Minister's day to day working life. I do not know of any other Minister who comes to this House and deals as adequately...

Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (22 Apr 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: His colleagues were afraid to speak out. They remained silent.

Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (22 Apr 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: On a point of order, I thought we would have our question and answer session at 6.50 p.m. and that this debate was on patient safety.

Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (22 Apr 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: Like other Senators, I welcome this type of debate where the discussion is followed by a question and answer session with the Minister. I am sick and tired of asking on the Order of Business about services for eating disorder sufferers and I am sure Members are fed up listening to me calling for a debate. It is not the Minister's fault that this urgently required debate has not taken place....

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: The Senator should not go on about respect.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: We do not need lectures on respect. We know all about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I am glad the impasse involving the IPU has been resolved. I congratulate the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, and her team, especially the Minister of State, Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher. It would be wrong if we were to say that one side had been victorious in this dispute. Senators on all sides who have worked on this matter would agree that compromises were made by...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I also support the calls for a debate on the fall-out from last night's "Prime Time Investigates" television programme. However, in so doing, I do not agree with the proposal to amend the Order of Business as that is a knee-jerk reaction. On view last night was a wider societal issue, which highlights the terrible problems that exist. From my perspective, it highlighted the breakdown of...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: This is about bringing professionals together, whether they are social workers or other care professionals who work with social workers——

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: ——and trying to work out the best response to the breakdown we are now experiencing. Society has moved on a great deal in the past 20 years and is now plagued with problems that never existed previously, which was visible in last night's programme. When I visited Africa four years ago, people were talking of the terrible plague of HIV-AIDS, which led to grandparents being obliged to rear...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I ask the Leader to organise for the Minister of State, Deputy Andrews, to debate bullying. I know Deputy Andrews will be in the House tomorrow. "Prime Time Investigates" must be congratulated. We all know where we want to be on Monday nights when that programme is broadcast. Everybody wants to watch it to get the picture. We see the tip of the iceberg but the programme goes into the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: Bullying is not a new phenomenon. It is an age old problem but the methods are new. It is not about texting or the Internet, it is the age old problem of bullying. I was taken aback when a teacher on the programme talked about the aggression of students and how some come to school with knives in their bags. What will it be like when they are in the workforce? Will there be fighting in...

Seanad: HSE Child Welfare and Protection Services: Statements (21 May 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I congratulate him on his elevation to high office and I wish him well in his tenure. "Prime Time Investigates", as I said on the Order of Business earlier, has become a valuable programme. The makers should be congratulated on the programmes they produce every Monday evening. The week before last, welfare and protection services for children...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I support Senator Coffey's call for a debate on obesity in younger children. I agree that the document sent to all Members this week was very informative. I also support the call made by Senator Mary White for a debate on education for those aged under five. I agree with her that there was an excellent debate on child welfare in the Chamber yesterday and an excellent exchange of views with...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: The said professor made his comments in a lengthy contribution to the Committee on Health and Children many months ago. It is interesting that this issue only arose last night and this morning, but those comments were made previously. The professor talked about his colleagues here calling him in Canada to ask what would be the best treatment for their loved ones who were suffering from...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: None of the Fine Gael members saw fit to attend the Committee on Health and Children last week when we were discussing palliative care. I rest my case.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: Senator Twomey is a Johnny-come-lately to this issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: This subject is the Senator's new found interest.