Results 181-200 of 1,467 for speaker:Geraldine Feeney
- 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...
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Geraldine Feeney: Exactly.
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Geraldine Feeney: I was listening to the debate and I heard the contributions of the Members of the Labour Party, which claims it is fighting the cases of the less well-off and those on the margins of society. I do not know where they have been but I would like to remind them of a few points. Obviously, these are not the points they read. They only read what suits them. Spending is up by â¬6.5 billion since...
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Geraldine Feeney: Perhaps Senator Bannon could go on that scheme and have a little treatment because he will not stop interrupting me.
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Geraldine Feeney: I am aware of people in my constituency who have been treated under this scheme and I know it is wonderful. Does Senator Bannon know what they say, that they cannot wait for the Opposition to come knocking on the door because they have no ideas? It was a Fianna Fáil led Government that brought in schemes like this to help the people. The Government has allocated â¬32 million to this scheme...
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Geraldine Feeney: I have good news for Senator O'Meara.
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Geraldine Feeney: I want to point out to her that Nenagh hospitalâ
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Geraldine Feeney: It relates to the Estimates.
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Geraldine Feeney: If she was here, what I would like to say to herâ
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Geraldine Feeney: The acute psychiatric unit in Nenagh hospital will be upgraded. In Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, step-down facilities are being introduced, as well as facilities for patients with Alzheimer's disease, psychiatric services and services for the physically handicapped. If two hospitals in a small constituency were not enough, the Hospital of the Assumption in Thurles is also getting a unit for...
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Geraldine Feeney: I am delighted to read in the Estimates that there will be money for the implementation of the Hanly report. The system outlined in that report will be wonderful when it is up and running. If Senator Bannon is not talking about cuts, he is talking about extra charges. I would point outâ
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Geraldine Feeney: Will the Senator listen instead of losing the head? If he listened to me, he would learn something.
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Geraldine Feeney: I just want to point out to Senator Bannon, because he did raise it in his contribution, that we have increased spending by â¬1.6 billion to over â¬40 billion. That, if he can do his sums, is about 4.7% of average spending. I am proud to stand over the Estimates in this Chamber. I am proud of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Coughlan, for the way she did the calculations....
- 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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...