Results 21-30 of 30 for waste management speaker:James Reilly

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (8 Dec 2009)

James Reilly: The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has always shown great interest in the management of waste. This is about waste. Deputies O'Dowd and Hogan spoke about the aspirations of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority to develop the docklands area and to have the dual objective of promoting balanced community development through the use of sponsorships, social...

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2009)

James Reilly: ...She is tough on children but not on reform. I shall return to that point. Is she tough on reforming the HSE? There is no sign of it. She goes after the weakest in society instead of going after waste in hospitals and in management. Concerning the working group idea which has been trotted out yet again, Crumlin hospital asked for this in 2007 but suddenly today it is the panacea for all...

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

James Reilly: ...for 18 of the past 20 years. I do not think anybody doubts that. Political currency is at a low ebb because of all the scandals that have affected Fianna Fáil over the years, but I will not waste any time on that issue. It is great to hear of the bond floatation, but I wonder how well it would do today. Bank shares were up last night, but are on the floor today. That is the reality...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Apr 2009)

James Reilly: ...one morning blind in his left eye. Had he not been able to attend the Moorefields Eye Hospital to receive urgent treatment, he would have lost the sight of that eye permanently. Although he has managed to regain some sight in his left eye, he is permanently visually impaired in that eye as a consequence. He was told in no uncertain terms that had he received treatment before this...

Challenges facing the Health Service: Statements (10 Mar 2009)

James Reilly: ...overtime requirement. I do not believe it is safe for patients or doctors to work inordinate hours. However, patients must be served and doctors must be there to serve them. Rather than tackling wasteful spending within the HSE and approving a redundancy programme, as mentioned by the Minister last year, to reduce management and administrative bureaucracy within the HSE, the Minster is...

Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)

James Reilly: ...on 15 to 20 years of neglect in terms of very low investment in health services by spending the average in two years. More will be required. However, I would not put another bob into health until waste in the sector, and particularly the HSE, is sorted out. The Minister mentioned new consultants both here and at the committee meeting. She said there would be 189 new consultants, that 59...

Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)

James Reilly: ...a few moments ago about having to make choices and her comments on home help services and operations. Operations are being cancelled up and down the country. We want the Minister to go after the waste she acknowledges exists in the HSE, address the redundancies and retraining in front line services required and sort out the top-heavy administration and management. That is where the...

National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2008)

James Reilly: ...cared for. These are the real hardships which the Minister fails to see as she makes announcement after announcement but axes service after service. Many of these cuts are unnecessary due to the waste that occurs through the mismanagement of our health service under the HSE created by the Minister. We have in recent times heard of redundancies, an action that should have taken before the...

Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: .... Members must remember that this body, with its systemic failings, oversees the spending of more than €12 billion of taxpayers' money. The Fitzgerald report found a "fundamental weakness in the management and governance of this process from the outset, because there was no authoritative co-ordination and management role established for the review process as a whole". It reported that...

Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2007)

James Reilly: ...we address the shortfall. If responsibility and credibility are not evident at the top they cannot percolate down to Ministers, the Civil Service and our public services generally. Where will the management leadership come from? How many public servants have lost their jobs because of incompetence or a refusal to do particular work? A case in point is PPARS, which cost €180 million at...