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Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I will not be bold enough to name them.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I did not interrupt anyone, but I have been interrupted three times. The truth hurts. Opposition Members can give it, but they cannot take it. The Opposition certainly put a lot of spin on the medical card issue. Its Members did not want anyone to know what they were entitled to. People went away from the big march in Dublin thinking they were going to lose everything, including free...

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: In the same way, Fine Gael introduced the red herring about the VHI.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: On 15 October, I put the record straight on the VHI. I went to the trouble of ringing the VHI. I wonder if anyone in Fine Gael rang the VHI to find out what the true situation was——

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: ——before spinning the story they wanted in the media. Unfortunately, the media pick up what the Opposition is saying because all they give out is doom and gloom. I thank God, for the people of Ireland, that the Opposition is not in Government. I listened to the debate in the Lower House yesterday concerning widows, of which I am one myself, and retired teachers. I hope the Minister of...

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I am meeting retired teachers in my constituency on Monday. It would be nice to know we will continue to give them some comfort. I am proud to stand as a Government Senator, knowing that my party, along with the Green Party and the Progressive Democrats, will always stand by and look after the elderly in our community.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: My party in particular has been the champion of the older community from the foundation of the State. I will not go into what the Opposition parties have done down through the years for the older community. They are Johnny-come-latelys to this group of people. They rant and rave about what the Government has done, but if it were not for Fianna Fáil-led Governments over the decades, the...

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I am being misquoted.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: The spokesperson on finance on this side of the House is male.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I was not here on the night the budget was introduced.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: Three times the normal cost.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: Senator Twomey should give his increase back.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: Then Senator Twomey should give his increase back.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: They are wealthy people. Deputy Reilly was responsible for that.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: It went on front-line services.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: It is his own party that is interrupting.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: That was Senator Twomey's claim to fame last term but he did not last long in the Dáil.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I did not try.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: On a point of order, can I refer to the gesture Senator Buttimer made to me when he walked into the Chamber? He should think about that before he asks me to withdraw a remark.