Results 1,401-1,420 of 1,467 for speaker:Geraldine Feeney

Seanad: Prison Visiting Committees: Motion. (5 Mar 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: I have probably strayed from the point.

Seanad: Prison Visiting Committees: Motion. (5 Mar 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: I have been listening and I appreciate that Senator Brian Hayes has asked me to return to the subject of this debate. Can I point out the importance of the visiting committees? They had an important role when Nora Owen was Minister, as they highlighted overcrowding and drug problems in the prisons. One does not hear of such problems today as a consequence of the good leadership of this...

Seanad: Prison Visiting Committees: Motion. (5 Mar 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: The Senators opposite would accuse us of trying to hide. My interpretation of the 1925 Act is that any person may apply for a place on a prison visiting committee. I cannot give names, but I assure the House that I know of one or two eminent people, who are not politicians and are not associated with any political party, who have served on such committees. It gives me great pleasure to...

Seanad: Prison Visiting Committees: Motion. (5 Mar 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: It was not an attack.

Seanad: Prison Visiting Committees: Motion. (5 Mar 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: The word "attack" is too strong.

Seanad: Prison Visiting Committees: Motion. (5 Mar 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: The Minister accepted the amendment.

Seanad: Prison Visiting Committees: Motion. (5 Mar 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: The Senator should have listened to the Minister's speech.

Seanad: Prison Visiting Committees: Motion. (5 Mar 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: Senator McHugh was not here when the Minister spoke.

Seanad: Prison Visiting Committees: Motion. (5 Mar 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: The Progressive Democrats support the amendment.

Seanad: Prison Visiting Committees: Motion. (5 Mar 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: Take a bow.

Seanad: Prison Visiting Committees: Motion. (5 Mar 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: Rightly so, as it is better.

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: The Labour Party was the inventor of spin. Where is Mr. Finlay?

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: That is not true.

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: Did the Opposition never spend anything when it was in Government?

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: The Senator should refer to what is happening today rather than going back 40 years.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: Rubbish.

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: I, too, welcome the Minister to the House once again. He appears to spend more time in this House than in the Lower House but we do appreciate him.

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: Perhaps we could make him an honorary Member of this House.

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: I doubt if that would happen. I, too, welcome this short Bill. I do not intend to go through it as other speakers have made relevant points but will refer to a few areas. The Health Insurance Authority has a five member board. When I looked up the membership this morning, I was impressed by the way the board is financially weighted and by the actuarial and pension information available. I...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: Other speakers have gone into detail on risk equalisation, etc., but my parents, who lived to a ripe old age, were members of the VHI for 40 years and insured us as children. We got huge service from the VHI. Like Senator Henry, I praise the organisation and give credit where it is due. My parents reaped benefits from the VHI that were a thousand times greater than what they paid out in...