Results 301-320 of 1,467 for speaker:Geraldine Feeney
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: It is open.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: It would be rude not to have answered.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: It is time to acknowledge what is right.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: The Senator is not listening.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: I welcome the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to the House and take my hat off to the Minister of State, Deputy Tim O'Malley, who was in the House from 3 p.m. I had a script when I came into the House at the start of the debate but I threw it away when I heard Senator Browne. He said that no one on the Government benches would discuss the Hanly report. He said we were terrified...
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: The Senator had his time and did much cribbing, saying things that were not true so I will have my say now without interruption.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: No one on this side of the House is afraid to discuss Hanly. I am delighted to come in here and talk about it again, it is good news.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: We have only been back in the House two months and already we have discussed some aspect of health four times on Private Members' business.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: It is no wonder Fine Gael is in Opposition, it is in a rut.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: Members of both Opposition parties, the Labour Party and Fine Gael, are like a dog with a bone. Will they get up off their tails and move on and do something to give themselves a chance to get back into power?
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: At this rate, Fine Gael is going nowhere.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: I have said all that I wanted to say on several occasions about the Hanly report. There was an article in The Irish Times on 3 August 2004 on a report compiled by Dr. Peter Barrett of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel in Britain, which reviews contested plans for change in the British health service. He came to Ireland and had a look at the Hanly report and said he did not see anything in...
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: The Senator most certainly did talk about closure. Dr. Barrett went on to say that there was nothing in Hanly to prevent flexibility, local consultation, development of local services and the keeping of services locally, as long as it was appropriate and safe to do so. Again, is that not best for patient care? He further said that the perceptions reflected people's anxiety about change. The...
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: There is nothing rusty about Dr. Barrett. Senator Bannon should read his report. The development of primary care and the ambulance service will, Dr. Barrett says, go hand in hand.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: I heard somebody referring to the ambulance service. Is that not another reason to listen to more people such as Dr. Peter Barrett and let us have less of the terrifying tactics from the Opposition? The only good thing I heard Senator Browne say was his reference to Dr. Gary Courtney, a man I know well. I have visited St. Luke's and many hospitals during my five-year term on the Medical...
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: Is the Senator making a point of order?
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: Unless the Senator has a point of order, he should not interrupt. Dr. Courtney's blueprint is working well. I take my hat off to this consultant. It is also working in other areas. Senator Feighan said no one wanted to know about Hanly outside Dublin. I object to that. I come from the north west and we welcome Hanly. We are embracing Hanly in the north west and do not have a problem with it....
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: It is very much a part of that. I represented the public interest on Hanly and I am proud because it is the blueprint to the future of medicine.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: Of course, the people will get it.
- Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)
Geraldine Feeney: Senator Bannon should listen to Senator Mansergh.