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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2008)

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

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

Geraldine Feeney: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I have no doubt the Cathaoirleach is a proud Offaly man, although I acknowledge his impartiality in these matters.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I join other Senators in asking the Leader to invite the Taoiseach to the House. I pay tribute to him, particularly for the peace and prosperity he has brought to the country in the past ten years. All Senators on this side have the height of regard and respect for the Mahon tribunal. I listened with interest to Senator Alex White and Senator Regan when they used words such as "tinted",...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I stand corrected. In the Lower House before Easter the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance, and Taoiseach-elect, happened to say to Deputy Kenny that the Deputy was neither capable of or qualified to judge Deputy Bertie Ahern.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: May I just say——

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: While we are waiting for the tribunal to finish its business, I would give the Senators the same treatment Deputy Cowen gave to their party leader. He put him in his box and pulled the rug from under him.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I support Senator MacSharry's request for a debate on the HSE. I would like to see that happen. My reason for rising today is to ask the Leader once again for a debate on eating disorders.

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: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: Rubbish.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: Rubbish.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: The Senator has very little else to say——

Seanad: Passports Bill 2007: Second Stage (5 Mar 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I support Senator Fitzgerald's call for a debate across the Departments of Education and Science, Justice, Equality and Law Reform and Health and Children in light of the death of a second young Polish man this morning. A few weeks ago we held an effective and worthwhile debate on alcohol and drug abuse. While the Celtic tiger society is affluent, certain fabrics in our society have broken...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: Last week I asked the Leader if the Minister for Health and Children would come into the House to debate child psychiatry. I raise the matter again as a matter of urgency and ask that we would have a debate on this important issue. We should particularly speak about the ring-fencing of beds and the creation of dedicated units for young adolescents suffering with eating disorders. It has...