Results 1-4 of 4 for other and baby speaker:Phil Prendergast
- Seanad: Female Genital Mutilation Bill 2010: Second Stage (21 Apr 2010)
Phil Prendergast: When talking about female genital mutilation, FGM, it is important that we recognise there is a clash between culture and medicine. The WHO defines FGM as any procedure involving the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. However, the process of globalisation shows that, in the places where these...
- Seanad: Cancer Awareness: Statements (17 Feb 2010)
Phil Prendergast: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ãine Brady. I also welcome a former colleague, former Senator Kathleen O'Meara, and the team from the Irish Cancer Society who are present. I thank them for the work they do in raising awareness and thank them as well for the statistics brief they provided. As those have been well flagged already, I will not repeat them. In my former work as a...
- Seanad: HSE Child Welfare and Protection Services: Statements (21 May 2008)
Phil Prendergast: I also congratulate the Minister of State and wish him every success in his difficult portfolio. I am sure if there is any help we can give him, we would not be remiss in doing so. The areas of welfare and protection services for children are wide and varied. They range from catering to the very basic needs that must be met for all children to ensuring the health, safety and welfare of...
- Seanad: Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Sep 2007)
Phil Prendergast: I thank the Minister for her presentation to the House. It is clear a review of the VHI and all health insurance is needed. The Labour Party favours a delivery of universal insurance for all patients. The Minister favours private insurers over the not-for-profit insurance provider and VHI, which has led to significantly higher premia, with an increase of 25% in the past two years and 50%...