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Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: They might travel abroad for cheaper nursing care.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: I wish to share time with Senator Henry.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: I wish to highlight the level of care that many elderly people have been getting. It is time to pay tribute to the nurses and other staff of nursing homes for their valiant efforts over the years to provide care which goes well beyond monetary value. My party highlighted the issue last year as people were still being charged illegally for nursing home care. The previous Minister for Health...

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: The Senator is speaking on behalf of the Government.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: It cannot be Government policy because a mistake has been made.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: We should ensure it is convenient for people to be reimbursed and no obstacles should be placed in their way. I am sure the Minister of State will make sure of that.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: That is what I wanted to clarify.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Frank Feighan: It is not a helpful for any member of the Government parties to suggest roadblocks to place in the way of people who are entitled to be reimbursed having been short-changed by the Government for too long. The Supreme Court decision is a stinging rebuke by the highest court in the land. The meagre offer of a payment of €2,000 to compensate for a gross breach of constitutional rights was...

Seanad: Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)

Frank Feighan: The Senator has changed my mind.

Seanad: Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the Minister to the House and wish him well in the future. I also wish to compliment and congratulate my colleague Senator Cummins on bringing this important Bill on children gambling on the tote to the House. I spent much of my youth going to race meetings. I did not go because I enjoyed it, but because my father went with his friends. I think I was sent in the back of the car to...

Seanad: Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)

Frank Feighan: Hopefully the horses will get faster. I am a lottery agent and by law, anybody under 18 is not allowed to buy a lottery ticket or scratch card. As an owner of an outlet that is a lottery agent, I must enforce this law rigorously. I am sure the full rigours of the law will come down on any lottery agent seen to break the law. Thankfully, we have had no trouble. There were times in the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)

Frank Feighan: In Roscommon.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (3 Mar 2005)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the Taoiseach's comments on the western rail corridor, especially given the many flawed reports which overestimated the amount of funding needed for that corridor. I welcome his commitment to the western rail corridor and look forward to funding being advanced as soon as possible. Senator Mooney raised the issue of teenage drinking. Maybe we should debate this again. The problem has...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (3 Mar 2005)

Frank Feighan: It would be very helpful to me. I will speak for myself.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (8 Mar 2005)

Frank Feighan: I support the call for a debate on the future of Aer Lingus. As Senator Finucane correctly pointed out, it is more than four months since its chief executive resigned in controversial circumstances and a decision on his replacement has not been made. Time is of the essence. The future viability of the company will be undermined unless a decision is made. I refer to the issue of children who...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2005)

Frank Feighan: I was also shocked by last night's IRA statement in which it stated that it had offered to kill the killers of Robert McCartney. People's reaction was to ask from where the statement was coming. Despite various statements and hot air and the McCartney family's visit to Dublin, the IRA has still failed to produce a single witness statement from any of the people involved. We should focus on...

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Frank Feighan: I ask the Leader to invite the relevant Minister to the House for a debate on child care costs. A report published today has stated that child care costs——

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Frank Feighan: It is appropriate to have another debate, because there is a report in today's newspapers which, if I might address Senator White——

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Frank Feighan: There is a report on the issue in today's newspapers and another debate would be very appropriate.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Frank Feighan: New information came to light this morning.