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- Seanad: Hospital Services (19 May 2009)
Geraldine Feeney: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this important issue and I thank the Minister for agreeing to take the Adjournment debate. The matter I want to raise relates to expectant mothers, and the case I will deal with is in the Galway area. An expectant mother cannot avail of private accommodation in a public hospital unless she has made a private contractual arrangement with a...
- Seanad: Hospital Services (19 May 2009)
Geraldine Feeney: I thank the Minister of State. I do not believe an expectant mother will be able to get a private bed in a public hospital. However, it is heartening to note that so many consultants have bought into the public contract rather than the public-private one. A private patient may not get a private bed, although a consultant who takes on an expectant mother but who is not there for the...
- Seanad: UN Committee Report on Children in Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Geraldine Feeney: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Brian Lenihan, to the House. Since our previous debate on this issue, we have already seen substantial change in the area of child protection. Not alone do we have a committee on child protection, of which the Minister of State and I are members, the Taoiseach has announced we will have a referendum in the...
- Seanad: Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements. (9 Mar 2006)
Geraldine Feeney: ...report. We thank Judge Maureen Harding Clark for the speedy report she has presented. Before I begin I want to congratulate Patient Focus, particularly Sheila O'Connor, who stuck with this issue and counselled very vulnerable women when nobody else was available to listen to them. I am aware of the personal circumstances of the Neary women because I sat on the Medical Council's inquiry...
- Seanad: Ferns Report: Statements (Resumed). (15 Nov 2005)
Geraldine Feeney: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for his excellent presentation and the manner in which he delivered it. No Member was unimpressed or unaffected by the presentation and the manner of its delivery. We normally rise to welcome a Minister who is coming to the House to take a debate and we also welcome the subject of debate. Sadly, the Ferns Report cannot be welcomed by...