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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.

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

Geraldine Feeney: On a point of order, Senator Buttimer would lose his seat in this House if I were to say what he did to me when he walked into the Chamber. I will say no more.

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

Geraldine Feeney: How dare you.

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

Geraldine Feeney: I was not the only one in the country who said it.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: That was the point I wished to make. I heard Senator Wilson, the Chief Whip, say to his two Opposition colleagues that there would be a walk-through vote.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: They heard it and I heard it. It was none of my business but I heard it. He indicated bright and early.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: Will the Leader organise a debate on a recent publication from the National Consumer Agency dealing with buying and living in multi-unit development properties in Ireland. I support the comments of Senators Kett and Hannigan in seeking a debate, especially on management charges. I have met with many young people in recent months who have, unfortunately, found themselves made redundant....

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I, too, support the call for a debate on the cervical cancer vaccine. I would like to see a wider debate on the whole cancer area, although I know we have had such debates. If resources were available, the provision of the vaccine programme would be going ahead. I hate to hear provocative language being used on the Opposition side, such as "U-turns". I would much prefer the word...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: It is a postponement; that is all it is.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: If the Senator listened, she would know it is a postponement.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: The Government is committed to the treatment and prevention of all cancers, and we have had that debate many times in this House. One only has to look at the appointment of Professor Tom Keane and the extra €55 million that has been allocated in the budget for the centres of excellence. If the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney, had money, the provision of the vaccine...

Seanad: Medical Cards: Statements (5 Nov 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I welcome the Minister to the House and I hope she will listen. The Minister is a great attendee to the House. She listens and, if there can be compromise, she is open to it. It is a measure of the woman she is and where she is today. She is a reforming and caring Minister and her caring and listening side has come across in recent weeks regarding the medical card scheme. The decisions...

Seanad: Medical Cards: Statements (5 Nov 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: The only thing the VHI asks them to do, and it is perfectly entitled to ask, is that they pay the premia outstanding from the time they left. It is a business. The Opposition must get real.