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Seanad: Proposed Stadium at Lansdowne Road: Statements. (5 Feb 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: That is begrudgery.

Seanad: Proposed Stadium at Lansdowne Road: Statements. (5 Feb 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Proposed Stadium at Lansdowne Road: Statements. (5 Feb 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Proposed Stadium at Lansdowne Road: Statements. (5 Feb 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: Such remarks will not get the Senator anywhere.

Seanad: Proposed Stadium at Lansdowne Road: Statements. (5 Feb 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: The truth hurts.

Seanad: Israel-Palestine: Motion. (4 Feb 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: I wish to share my time with Senator O'Rourke. Like other speakers, I commend Senator Norris for the manner in which he keeps this issue at the top of the agenda and thank him for his excellent contribution. It has been outlined to the House just exactly how high up on the agenda of the Government, in its Presidency of the European Union, and the European Union is the issue of the trouble in...

Seanad: Israel-Palestine: Motion. (4 Feb 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: In that case, I will just say that there were people from Northern Ireland. This is very appropriate to what I want to say.

Seanad: Israel-Palestine: Motion. (4 Feb 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: They spoke about their experience in the Northern Ireland conflict and stated how people would go nowhere without trust and dialogue. They stressed how important it is to keep the dialogue going at a time when one thinks it is going nowhere and one has nothing else to lose. Previous speakers mentioned the wall and the violation of the rights of those who live in the West Bank. It is clear...

Seanad: Third Interim Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements. (4 Feb 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: Like other speakers, I, too, welcome Ms Justice Laffoy's report and am glad to have an opportunity to contribute to the debate. Regardless of the House of which one is a Member, the report opened our eyes and our minds to the terrible tragedy that was Baltimore, on which we are all in agreement. It made me reminisce about the time I watched the film of Dickens's Oliver Twist. The report...

Seanad: Crisis Pregnancy Strategy: Statements. (29 Jan 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. We appreciate the time he spends with us. I am pleased to have the opportunity of debating the excellent report we received towards the end of last year from the Crisis Pregnancy Agency. The agency was set up two years ago and was born out of the decades of debate surrounding crisis pregnancy. The purpose of the agency is to underpin and develop...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: In light of the change in UK legislation last week which means that from 2005 there will no longer be anonymity in respect of sperm donations, it is timely to open the debate here and, perhaps, to change our law. A change in the legislation would not only be humane, it would be ethically and morally right.

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Statements. (21 Jan 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: Like other speakers, I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also welcome the report of the National Disability Authority and commend the body on its excellent work on behalf of those suffering with disability. It is recognised, maybe not by all sides of this House but by those outside it, that the huge investment of funds by this and the previous Government has gone a long way to...

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Nov 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: Like Senator Quinn, I also see merit in Senator Henry's amendment, which I support. The Medical Council believes it would be unacceptable for anyone other than a medically trained person to issue a medical report. That is not being done to get jobs for doctors, but in the interest of the public to ensure safe practice and to maintain high standards. Senator Henry has been led to believe we...

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Nov 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: My voice would not be as strong as Senator Bannon's.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Nov 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: I join Senator Brian Hayes and Senator McCarthy in asking the Leader to invite the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Harney, to take questions, either before or after her address, on stem cell research. It is a complex issue. Senior medical professionals inform us that stem cells from adults are equally beneficial, if not better, than those from embryos. We...

Seanad: Stem Cell Research: Statements. (19 Nov 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to contribute at such short notice. I was enjoying watching the debate in the comfort of my office and all of the contributions have been excellent. I wish to place on record that I am chairperson of the Medical Council's ethics committee. In that context, Senator Terry correctly quoted the council's guideline in this area. She also stated that the...

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: The Senator's party started it.

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: I was enjoying that. I was at the Gaiety Theatre last night and I did not have such fun.

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: I know, a Chathaoirligh, and I understand your position. I welcome the Minister of State for Health and Children, Deputy O'Malley. It is always a pleasure to see the Minister here as the representative of our partners in Government. I know Fine Gael does not have much good to say about the Minister's party, but we will always praise it.

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: Stay quiet over there. Nobody interrupted the Senator. I also welcome the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Coughlan. As well as being a good, competent, strong Minister, she is also caring and kind. She could have come in last week when the Estimates were introduced and given one big bang to social welfare. Then the Opposition Members would have had something about which to crib...