Results 1,221-1,240 of 1,467 for speaker:Geraldine Feeney

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: The Senator should get the facts. There was more to that situation than meets the eye.

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: What the Senator read in the newspapers was not correct.

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: That is not true.

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: That is not true.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: I support my colleague, Senator Cummins, who talked about the advertisement for the cure for cancer. What is going on? The way people are allowed get away with it is appalling. If there is a medical practitioner involved in such advertising, he or she can be dealt with by the Medical Council, held accountable and called before a fitness to practice hearing. In some cases people who are not...

Seanad: Disabilities Bill: Motion. (28 Apr 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: I second the amendment and welcome the Minister of State. We all know the publication of the Disability Bill 2001 immediately gave rise to various groups and individuals expressing concerns with the result that the Bill was withdrawn. In the eye of a storm, it is brave to go back to the drawing board. The Government is bringing forward a variety of changes in a harmonised manner. This Bill...

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (31 Mar 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: Like other Senators I welcome the Minister of State. The arguments for and against the smoking ban are well and truly over. They should be forgotten and there should be no more arguments about it. We must get on with this measure now that the ban is in place. I congratulate the junior Minister, the Department and, as other speakers said, the Government on implementing this initiative because...

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (31 Mar 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: Indeed I do not. It was lovely to eat out on both nights in public houses which serve food and everyone, including smokers, was talking about the nice clean air. I did not wake up this morning, as Senator Feighan and I have often talked about, having come out of a smelly, smoke-filled pub with sore eyes and a sore throat, a running nose and stinking clothes. I am looking forward to the...

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Second Stage. (31 Mar 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: I wish to share time with Senator Kett. I welcome the Bill. The title is a mouthful — I listened to the Minister trying to get his mouth around words such as "execution", "sentencing states" and so forth so I will simply refer to "the Bill". I was researching the Bill this morning and reading about the Schengen agreement and other conventions. The mind boggles at the depth of the issues...

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Order for Second Stage. (31 Mar 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Civil Liability and Courts Bill 2004: Second Stage. (11 Mar 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: I welcome the Bill and the Minister. He will have a swelled head with all the compliments on the wonderful pieces of legislation he is introducing. I hope I do not sound rude when I say this Bill seems to be long overdue. However, now that he has introduced it, it is much to be welcomed. For too long the State and its people have been held to ransom by those referred to by the Minister, who...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (4 Mar 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. We all knew this Bill was coming but it rings sweet in one's ear to have it before the House. I listened to Senator Feighan state that his party would support the Bill. It is getting all-party support, which is pleasing. That is the way in which we must proceed in the battle against tobacco. It is wonderful that Ireland, a small State on the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: On a point of order, the only problem here is the shape of the ball.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: On Saturday, we will see the making of sporting history when the Irish women's rugby team will, for the first time, play three hours before their male counterparts. Heretofore——

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: Heretofore, the Irish women's team would have played the day before or the day after.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: They will have 40 minutes to leave the stadium and they are not being accommodated with tickets to watch their male counterparts. An international female player will not get the chance to watch her brother play.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: I ask the Leader with her persuasive powers——

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: ——if she would allow——

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: It is unfair that I am being cut off like this.