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Seanad: Provision of Health Services by the HSE: Statements (Resumed) (16 Jun 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: It is.

Seanad: Provision of Health Services by the HSE: Statements (16 Jun 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: I welcome the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, and, like Senator Fitzgerald, thank her for spendng so much time in this Chamber. I am sure all Members will agree it was a treat to listen to her excellent presentation. She has an incredible grasp of her brief down to the most minute detail and appears to deliver on it with such ease that I imagine, were Members to ask about...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: I welcome the debate tomorrow on the terrible situation that pertains in Israel, Gaza and the wider area. Like other Senators, I voice my outrage at the storming of the aid ship by Israeli forces. Innocent lives were lost. They were people who were trying to obtain human rights for the suppressed people of Gaza. Will the Leader ensure the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Martin,...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 May 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: I support the calls for a debate on services for older people. In doing so I congratulate those involved with the "Prime Time" programme for the special report broadcast last night by which I was very moved. What was shown was nothing short of disgraceful. One would have to be made of stone not to be moved in seeing a young man who has been struck down and crossed the oceans of the world...

Seanad: Ombudsman for Children Report on Children First Guidelines: Statements (19 May 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: I am pleased to welcome the Minister of State back to the House. He has been in attendance frequently of late. I welcome the Ombudsman for Children's report, but it would be much better if we were able to debate it without the tragic discovery of the body of Daniel McAnaspie in recent days. It would benefit us all if we were not as emotional about the issue. The atmosphere is charged and...

Seanad: Ombudsman for Children Report on Children First Guidelines: Statements (19 May 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: I did not interrupt anybody. Fine Gael and Labour Party Members said this issue was not political, but when there is a tragedy, every issue is political. Senator Cannon's speech was good and worthwhile, but I smiled when I heard it because a few short months ago he was on this side of the House and agreed with everything that was being implemented by the Government. Now, all of a sudden,...

Seanad: Ombudsman for Children Report on Children First Guidelines: Statements (19 May 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: I am saying this in view of what I heard in my office. Questions were asked about how many advertisements were placed in newspapers to recruit social workers. Is that important? Is the important issue not-----

Seanad: Ombudsman for Children Report on Children First Guidelines: Statements (19 May 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: -----the 200 extra social workers we now have in the scheme?

Seanad: Ombudsman for Children Report on Children First Guidelines: Statements (19 May 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: I did not interrupt anyone.

Seanad: Ombudsman for Children Report on Children First Guidelines: Statements (19 May 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: I listened in my office to every speaker before I came into the Chamber and I did not interrupt anybody.

Seanad: Ombudsman for Children Report on Children First Guidelines: Statements (19 May 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: I am being very accurate.

Seanad: Ombudsman for Children Report on Children First Guidelines: Statements (19 May 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: I am delighted to see that the Department is now ready to recruit 200 social workers. The Minister of State has highlighted his great concern at the fact that 16% of the children in State care do not have a social worker. I hope the new allocation of social workers will address this. The existence of a Minister of State with responsibility for children is a major step because now the...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: What about the CEO?

Seanad: Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: Statements (13 May 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: I must ask Senator Mooney to conclude. There are three further speakers offering and they will not be able to contribute if he continues with his contribution.

Seanad: Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: Statements (13 May 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: Is it agreed to extend the time available for statements by 15 minutes and that the debate will now conclude at 2.45 p.m.? Agreed.

Seanad: Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: Statements (13 May 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 May 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Harney, on the great sanction she has introduced. I also congratulate Senator Wilson, as others have done, on raising the matter in question 18 months ago in the House. As one who participated in that debate, I recall the Minister, Deputy Harney, saying she would not speak first because she wanted to listen to the views of Senators. She took them on...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: Last weekend, the HSE published two summaries of a lengthy report on its handling of the tragic deaths of a young boy aged 17 years and a young girl aged 18 years. Will the Leader please allow a debate on the issue of abuse of children in the HSE's care? It has been there for the past few months, but it cannot be allowed to go off the agenda. A few weeks ago, all Members asked for a debate...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: It debases the office and the man.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: Political differences are fine but this type of nasty political ridicule-----