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Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: She is playing politics.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: She is a sister, not a miss.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: I support Senator Fitzgerald's request that the debate on the Ryan commission report into child abuse be held in sessions. Given that the report is published in five volumes, it will be difficult to cover everything in a single session. We owe it to the victims to take our time and not rush the issue. The agenda of the House is not such that we would be unable to have five debates on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: While I have the height of respect for Sister O'Connor, who is a very good woman, I am sure she was sent out to do a job. My experience of CORI in my work as a politician is that it acts as a defender of the weakest in society. I ask its members to defend the weakest in society in this case and to avoid having an appropriate response dragged out of them. I concur with Senator O'Toole's...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Second Stage (21 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: There must be a telepathic connection between me and Senator O'Toole, because I was in my office packing my bag to go home when I realised I had never heard a man speak so much sense. I picked up my bag and ran to the Chamber to support him in his comments, particularly with regard to other professional bodies and how they are run, and how new legislation has changed the whole outlook of...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: I support Senator Rónán Mullen in his call for a debate on the impending report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse from Mr. Justice Seán Ryan. I have never heard of such a thing as a most senior clergyman, in the form of His Excellency Diarmuid Martin, warning us of what a terrible, appalling report this will be. I ask the Leader to set some time aside next week to discuss...

Seanad: Hospital Services (19 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this important issue and I thank the Minister for agreeing to take the Adjournment debate. The matter I want to raise relates to expectant mothers, and the case I will deal with is in the Galway area. An expectant mother cannot avail of private accommodation in a public hospital unless she has made a private contractual arrangement with a...

Seanad: Hospital Services (19 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: I thank the Minister of State. I do not believe an expectant mother will be able to get a private bed in a public hospital. However, it is heartening to note that so many consultants have bought into the public contract rather than the public-private one. A private patient may not get a private bed, although a consultant who takes on an expectant mother but who is not there for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: I support the calls of my colleague, Senator Mary White, for a debate on the Monageer report. I agree with her that it would have been better to leave blank pages rather than blackening out 29 pages. Will the Leader write to the Simon Community, which is 40 years old today, to congratulate and commend it on the wonderful work it does in large towns and cities? In the past month, many Members...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: My two minutes cannot be up. Other Members went over their time.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: If I may reply to Senator Cummins.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: We will name Senator Healy Eames who did a great injustice to Senators on this side of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: Last week she used a serious debate for her own political gain.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: Senator Healy Eames made political gain-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: She tried to use a personal attack in a debate last week for her own political gain.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: He only said there was a better way of spending the money.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: He is misrepresenting what the Minister for State said.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: No, he is not.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: That is wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: The Senator should listen to him.