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Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (8 Mar 2011)

Phil Prendergast: ...it into an ability by achieving greatness shows what can be done. I did not have the honour or opportunity of serving with Willie, but having listened to the contributions of those who knew him, I feel very humbled to be in a Chamber in which he served so long and well. I offer my condolences and those of my party to his family on their sad loss.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)

Phil Prendergast: ...in the fullest sense, but the area in Rathgar where people were being nursed was the ideal location for them. It would not have harmed Fianna Fáil or the Green Party to have voted this in. I feel very disappointed that this has not happened. People are so irate in this country. Some people now have to pay prescription charges, while others have suffered social welfare cuts. We have...

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)

Phil Prendergast: ...a need for a specialist centre that has not yet materialised. St. Luke's is a centre of excellence taking in the same old clichés on what is a centre of excellence. Such a centre is where people feel they get all their needs met in a holistic way. This unit and hospital provides for people and I ask that the House accept the amendment.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (1 Jul 2010)

Phil Prendergast: ...close relationship with both the team they deal with and indeed all the staff who work in St Lukes, as opposed to attending for similar facilities in other more mainstream hospitals where patients feel they are on a conveyor belt and indeed keel over if a staff member knows their name without looking at a file! Surely, you have to agree, that in these darkened days patients need and...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Phil Prendergast: ...This charge would be levied on people who are already at a disadvantage, even a charge of 50 cent. This is not about the level of the charge; it is the fact that vulnerable people who are already feeling perhaps low or depressed or sick or just not well, are being charged a charge which, rightfully, should not be levied on them. In my work as a midwife I am aware of the high costs...

Seanad: Women's Participation in Politics: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Phil Prendergast: ...who worked as a midwife in the health service for over 20 years, I am well aware of the anti-social nature of that job. Politics is also an anti-social profession and, in that context, I often feel I am missing a wife. This debate is truly historic. It is the first occasion on which the issue of women's participation in politics has ever been placed on the agenda of either House of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2009)

Phil Prendergast: ...to be provided to children with mental health difficulties and for a mental health assessment framework to be applied to all children in care. These demands are not abnormal. I have strong feelings on this issue, which I have raised previously in the House. The time has come for a discussion on the matter. If real progress is not achieved, we will not be doing any good for these poor...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (15 Dec 2009)

Phil Prendergast: ...on social welfare recipients, especially young people, the disabled, the ill and the elderly. It exposes the outrageous hypocrisy of the Minister for Finance's call to patriotic duty. The wealthy feel no pain in this budget but young people do. The full jobseeker's benefit rate will now only be paid to those under 25 if they participate in an approved training or education course and in...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (2 Jul 2009)

Phil Prendergast: ...of age and was put on the higher rate. It should be the case that people who are still in school should not be put on a higher rate, given the dramatic jump. Those who are less well off would feel it significantly. Every other point has been discussed by previous speakers.

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Phil Prendergast: ...an arbitration process in the event that agreement cannot be reached between the Minister's designated body, which is the National Treatment Purchase Fund, and the nursing home. There is a strong feeling that there should be an appeals system where the NTPF fails or refuses to agree to include a nursing home on the approved list. That is a glaring anomaly which should be addressed....

Seanad: Information and Communications Technologies: Motion (17 Jun 2009)

Phil Prendergast: ...and the more recent local elections a huge number of people expressed great frustration about this. I heard many uncomplimentary comments about the Irish provision of services. There is a feeling that Ireland is the worst country in Europe in terms of the delivery of broadband services. The targets in the plan appear to be reasonable, but I am concerned about the aim to achieve 100%...

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Second Stage (10 Jun 2009)

Phil Prendergast: ...of disquiet that so many young women are being caused worry and distress in the absence of a vital preventative service. I have strayed from the point somewhat but this is an issue about which I feel very strongly. It will have to be brought back on to the agenda. It is gravely flawed to have reneged on a commitment which brought hope to so many people. That was not the correct course....

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (19 May 2009)

Phil Prendergast: ...not condone any practice that would be ill-informed or that would involve a lack of oversight. We should recognise that it provides invaluable support and education for the adoptive community. It feels it could be constrained by having to seek and maintain registration. It is not clear why this incorporation would be required or the extent to which it would be required. The association...

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (13 May 2009)

Phil Prendergast: ...this amendment because of the nature of the contacts I have had with people in this regard. Moreover, I took no issue with any aspect of their e-mails because I discern the reason they would feel sufficiently strongly to do whatever they considered was necessary. I believe such actions were born out of frustration, as opposed to being deliberately provocative. It is simply that it...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2009)

Phil Prendergast: I join with what previous speakers said in regard to yesterday's embarrassing incident. I feel privileged to be a Member of this House and I am proud to be here representing viewpoints and doing what I need to do. What happened yesterday is bad press that we do not need given the calls for reform of the Seanad. This type of behaviour sends out the impression that we do not take our job...

Seanad: Mental Health Services. (6 May 2009)

Phil Prendergast: ...reduce social isolation. Research has shown that one in four people will experience mental health problems at some time in their lives. Many people, following discharge from inpatient services, feel isolated within communities, lack confidence and find it difficult to access social, educational and cultural amenities. The mental health service in south Tipperary set up this project in...

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Phil Prendergast: ...are hurting deeply as a result of the actions of this Government. It is scurrilous to say that anyone was here for the crack on that day when people, as best they could, protested and let their feelings be known about the actions of the Government.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (9 Dec 2008)

Phil Prendergast: ...the Government's plan for addressing lengthening dole queues, spiralling domestic debt and ever increasing rates of eviction and home repossession. People are facing an awful situation and they feel hopeless. The legislation is the Government's financial blueprint for living on low pay or a State pension, and for coping with disability and illness. Like so much of this Government's...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2008)

Phil Prendergast: ...injury are the latest to be targeted because the home liaison nurse's mileage allowance will be discontinued. Approximately 10,000 people will be both worried and disadvantaged by this move and I feel especially for those with serious emotional or behavioural difficulties as a result of their injuries. They will have to find their own way to treatment centres rather than the staff...

Seanad: Medical Cards: Statements (5 Nov 2008)

Phil Prendergast: ...by 20% and that of electricity by 17.5%, while inflation is at 4%. People who worry about heat or are prone to colds find that their confidence has been damaged, whether because they no longer feel they have the safety net of the medical card or because they have a genuine fear that they are not keeping control of their health to the same extent. They are getting sick and being admitted...