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Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: With regard to a matter raised by Senator Frances Fitzgerald, it is unacceptable that 17,000 people are on a waiting list.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Whatever the number, it has come to my attention through my local hospital in Sligo that not enough people avail of the treatment purchase fund, particularly in orthopaedics. In Sligo, we find people do not want to travel and this is why waiting lists are so long. We need a change of mind-set and must educate people that for the foreseeable future they must travel for emergency or immediate...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: In regard to what my colleague, Senator Leyden said — I have just been appointed Front Bench spokesperson on health — not all of the 11 chief executive officers were given jobs in the HSE. If I am correct, perhaps one or two of them were accommodated in the new HSE. I do not speak on behalf of Professor Drumm but, as a member of the Joint Committee on Health and Children in the last...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: The electorate did not turn its face on Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I wish to share time with Senators Fiona O'Malley and John Ellis.

Seanad: Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I welcome the Minister back to the House again today. I welcome this detailed technical Bill. As has been pointed out, the VHI has been a part of the lives of most of us. The company is 50 years old and it has served us well. This Bill had to be introduced for the purpose of bringing the VHI in line with its competitors in this country — Quinn Healthcare and VIVAS Health — in terms of...

Seanad: Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Midwives are better.

Seanad: Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "recognising that:" and substitute the following: the number of people employed in the public health service since 1997 has increased by 63%, from just under 68,000 to over 111,500 whole time equivalent staff; and in particular, by the end of 2006, there were 2,736 more medical and dental staff, a 55% increase; 8,975 more health and social...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Is Senator Twomey talking to me?

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I listened patiently to the speakers on the other side of the House. I did not interrupt when they were speaking and I would ask Senator Twomey to show some respect. I know he is new to the House but he should show a little respect.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I am aware of how he behaves because I sat on the health committee with him for two and a half years. He never stops barking. He should sit and listen and have a little respect.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: We recognise in Sligo that there are savings to be made. I spoke to the manager of the hospital this morning and they are prepared to make them. They have to make them. It is the world we live in. We all know about budgets and we have to work within our allocation. I am very used to hearing Fine Gael Members say they met a man who said this, a woman who said that or a child who did...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I am not in the habit of checking the record of the Dáil. I am a Member of the Seanad. I check the record of the Seanad.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I will judge Senator Twomey on his contribution here in the Seanad.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Not only will these units be for treatment, they will also be centres for learning, research, education and access to clinical trials, which is so important for patients suffering from cancer. They can now be put on therapies that might be much more beneficial to their outcome. Research has shown that outcomes are better as a result of treatment in centres that have multidisciplinary teams...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: Thank you, Minister.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: He will be heading it up and he brings wonderful expertise and experience to the post and we wish him well. If the Minister gets around to talking about the areas for the west, I would like to ask her about the links in terms of Galway and Letterkenny and perhaps Sligo. We have a wonderful surgeon in Sligo. We value our cancer services in Sligo but we recognise we must do what is best for...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: We will have an opportunity later on.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (13 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: There are more than three people on this side of the House who received more than 100 votes. There we will let the matter lie. I am a proud Tullamore woman and I can barely keep the smile off my face because it is a great honour for me to stand in the House today and congratulate Senator Moylan on being elected Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann. I believe he is the first Offaly man to be...