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Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: This is the Parliament.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Cromwell's words, "To hell or Connacht", have been enshrined in our memory. However, when the Taoiseach was making the appointments yesterday, even at Minister of State ranks, he appears to have forgotten Connacht. I realise that he is a west of Ireland Taoiseach but a Taoiseach cannot function as a Minister. I am appalled, in the interest of balanced regional development, that Galway was...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is not just about Galway, but about Galway as the economic driver for the region. It has 250,000 people, is a cultural capital, is a university city and has attracted foreign direct investment, FDI, although less in recent times. The majority of the announcements are now in Cork and Dublin. The entire west relies on Galway. If the Taoiseach had read the reports from the Western...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: On another issue, will the Leader write to the chairman of the UN Human Rights Committee, Sir Nigel Rodley, who described Family & Life's submission in defence of the unborn child as "breathtakingly arrogant"? I ask him to remind Mr. Rodley that the unborn has constitutional rights in this country.

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (15 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Tánaiste to the House and congratulate her on her election as leader of the Labour Party. Her leadership and judgment as a female marks new territory in this country, particularly for the Labour Party. I wish the Tánaiste well in the future. I welcome this Bill. I thank the Tánaiste for acknowledging my work in relation to a particular section of this Bill,...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I do not wish to follow the musical highs of Senators Barrett or Mullen but it is an understatement to say the Garth Brooks events are resonating more deeply with the public than the Cabinet reshuffle. On a more serious note, approximately 20% of the working population in Ireland has spend money on this event. We are always trying to reactivate and inject confidence into the domestic...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Could somebody please tie all of this together? Our beloved Garth Brooks also needs to be a tiny bit flexible if he wants the ship to reach the shore and to stay here. It is a no-brainer. If the licensing laws are such and cannot be fixed, could we tie it up so that the concerts can happen in Dublin, in particular as Croke Park and the Football Association of Ireland are willing to offer...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Is Senator Mullins not welcoming it?

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That is not what I asked.

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: On a point of information, my question was about how many GPs the Minister of State needs to sign up to the scheme.

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Minister of State for his responses which have gone some way towards clarifying many issues that are being thrashed out. We have not yet been given full clarity, however. I am a strong advocate of primary care, of which general practitioners form the backbone. The primary care system does not work without general practitioners. I built up a business case for a primary care...

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I understand amendments No. 9 and 19 are included in the group.

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: General practitioners have informed me that their budgets are so tight, they are unable to replace obsolete equipment. The Minister of State is correct that we must shift our focus from hospitals to primary care and the community setting. To do this, we must help general practitioners to buy the diagnostic equipment they require to carry out X-rays in the community and procure the...

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister of State. We have had an Adjournment debate on this issue. Like others, I have attended a meeting in Galway of approximately 250 GPs where I learned that it is the one part of the health service that is working well. Some 98% of GPs reported that their patients did not need to go to hospital and that they were able to deal with them and that they were being...

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I accept that but I know that there is a large number-----

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I appreciate this is an opportunity for an interchange where we will get the facts. Given that the majority of GPs are not willing to sign this contract-----

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: -----I am concerned for the patients because I do not want a free GP service for under six year olds that is only a service in name. The information available to me from the UK is that one can wait seven days for a seven-minute appointment. If I have a sick child under the age of six years - I have had occasion to be that mother - I do not want to wait even for one minute once I know the...

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I will hold on that amendment. I look forward to the Minister of State's replies on where the negotiations are at in terms of the percentage of GPs who are not willing to sign the contract, given that there has been a number of moves since I raised the matter on the Adjournment. Based on the Minister of State's knowledge of the take-up of GPs, how reliable will the service be? For example,...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Overseas Development Aid Provision (8 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I am pleased to hear about the various links the Minister of State has outlined. I was not familiar with all of them. I understand that his answer is "not now". I did not mention an area where there is a real need. My husband did voluntary work there in the area of agriculture. He found that the people needed help to advance their breeds of cattle. A former ambassador from Africa told me...