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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: We already know that a committee of these Houses——

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I am informing my leader of what has gone on so that he can reply to Senator Fitzgerald. If this is not the arena in which to do so I do not know what is. A great deal has happened since the issue was raised here last week. It is wrong of Fine Gael to come in and take the high moral ground on this.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: Fine Gael was accused this morning at the committee meeting of trying to politicise the issue. The IPU said it does not want Fine Gael politicising it and dividing the committee.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Dec 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Sometimes when we speak of the national children's hospital we forget that it is not a hospital for Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow, but a national children's hospital. People from as far away as where I live in the north west in Sligo, and those a further 150 miles north on the Inisowen Peninsula, will come down to it. Once we start coming into Dublin, we do not mind whether we are on the...

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Dec 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: As somebody who sat on the Medical Council for five years representing the public interest the Bill, as I stated on Second Stage, is 30 years in gestation. When I joined the Medical Council in 1999, people were clamouring for a new Bill. The then Act was so antiquated it was severely restrictive. The amending Bill was not rushed through the House. There was plenty of discussion. I...

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Motion for Earlier Signature (20 Dec 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I move: That pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to her."

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Motion for Earlier Signature (20 Dec 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: At 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 30 January 2008.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Dec 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Unlike my two colleagues, the cap does fit very comfortably on my head regarding co-location and most of my Fianna Fáil colleagues would be quite happy about co-location. Most of those who have used the public health service refer to the excellence of the service. They will always say it was top-class and that they could not have asked for anything better. However, there is always a "but"...

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (19 Dec 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: We are. That is why we are on the Government side of the House and Senator Alex White is on the Opposition side.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (19 Dec 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I welcome the Minister to the House once again and I am pleased to contribute to the Bill. As the Minister pointed out, various bodies associated with the health service are governed by the 1961 Act. Legal advice now suggests that this legislation is faulty and could be unconstitutional. The Bill is sensible and seeks to put right and prevent problems in the future. As the Minister...

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (19 Dec 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: That was one of the reasons.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (19 Dec 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: It is Christmas time, so we will be generous.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (19 Dec 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Not at all. Approximately half of Irish people have private health insurance.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (19 Dec 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: The public did not reject co-location. That was my point.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (19 Dec 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: The public spoke.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Wait for it.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (4 Dec 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I did not know the former Deputy, Senator and Councillor Seán Keegan, but as a Tullamore woman, I live only seven miles from Kilbeggan. There were no boundaries as far as Seán Keegan was concerned and he was well known in Tullamore and throughout Offaly. I wish to be associated with the sympathy expressed on his passing. I first learned of his illness when I canvassed Tom Cowley in...

Seanad: Overseas Missions: Statements (29 Nov 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Kitt, to the House. I am delighted to have an opportunity to contribute to the debate. I am unique in that I have a special relationship with the Defence Forces as I get their nomination to contest the Seanad election. I meet the men and women of RACO and PDFORRA several times a year and I know at first hand what brave men and women they are....

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Go back.

Seanad: Overseas Missions: Statements (29 Nov 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: They are women soldiers.