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

Geraldine Feeney: That might happen later. I agree particularly with what the Senator said about VHI coverage and what it pays for. It seems that anybody who asks persons in a nursing home or a private or public hospital if they are all right can put in a bill and get a few bob. Like the Senator, I have raised this issue on other occasions in the Chamber. I would like to see a situation whereby a person...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Second Stage (21 May 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: There must be a telepathic connection between me and Senator O'Toole, because I was in my office packing my bag to go home when I realised I had never heard a man speak so much sense. I picked up my bag and ran to the Chamber to support him in his comments, particularly with regard to other professional bodies and how they are run, and how new legislation has changed the whole outlook of...

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: 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...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Geraldine Feeney: Unless the Senator has a point of order, he should not interrupt. Dr. Courtney's blueprint is working well. I take my hat off to this consultant. It is also working in other areas. Senator Feighan said no one wanted to know about Hanly outside Dublin. I object to that. I come from the north west and we welcome Hanly. We are embracing Hanly in the north west and do not have a problem with it....