Results 3,021-3,040 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly

Social and Affordable Housing. (21 Jan 2010)

James Reilly: Does the Minister of State accept that 1,300 houses represents an extraordinary failure, given the fact that 100,000 people are on housing lists? It is just over 1% of the total. The term "affordable houses" is a misnomer as houses on the open market are cheaper.

Social and Affordable Housing. (21 Jan 2010)

James Reilly: This is 2010.

Social and Affordable Housing. (21 Jan 2010)

James Reilly: It was.

Severe Weather. (21 Jan 2010)

James Reilly: I concur with the Minister in his praise of those who worked very hard. I would liken them to troops in the field who fought bravely to maintain the roads and services. Is there something about the Minister's constituency and being leader of the minor party in a Government with Fianna Fáil that leads the general to abandon his troops in the middle of battle? That happened with the leader...

Severe Weather. (21 Jan 2010)

James Reilly: It did not. I drove on it and I know it did not.

Severe Weather. (21 Jan 2010)

James Reilly: People in the rest of the country could not access the primary roads.

Severe Weather. (21 Jan 2010)

James Reilly: It is a figment of the Minister's imagination that the roads were open.

Severe Weather. (21 Jan 2010)

James Reilly: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle took his life in his hands when he travelled from Wexford up to Dublin on the N11. The Minister should try to give us the facts.

Severe Weather. (21 Jan 2010)

James Reilly: There was a large hole in the Government.

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (26 Jan 2010)

James Reilly: Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of head shops here; if the opening of these shops is regulated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3101/10]

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 2010: First Stage (28 Jan 2010)

James Reilly: On the drug prescription Bill, we raised the issue of head shops. Would the Minister be prepared to include in it provisions for the quarantining of all substances until they have been passed by the Food Safety Authority or the Irish Medicines Board? I am trying to be helpful because children and young people are being put at risk. Another area which I would like to address is the...

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 2010: First Stage (28 Jan 2010)

James Reilly: There is, the forestry Bill.

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 2010: First Stage (28 Jan 2010)

James Reilly: There might be opportunities there instead of selling off land when it is at its lowest value. The Minister, Deputy Lenihan, might be linked to this issue. Why would one sell property at this point in time when it is on its knees? The land comprises 80 acres which would be valuable for the future.

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 2010: First Stage (28 Jan 2010)

James Reilly: The Minister of State, Deputy Sargent, refers to resourcing horticulture with one hand while he removes the research facility with the other. There were 21 personnel involved in research in horticulture several years ago; now there are 2.5.

School Accommodation. (28 Jan 2010)

James Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for his attendance. It is appropriate that he is here as he has children who attended and some of whom still attend this august institution. I am sure he will agree the parents of children at this school have been extraordinarily patient. They have sought an extension to the school since 1988. They were promised the extension and it was approved in 1998 and...

School Accommodation. (28 Jan 2010)

James Reilly: That is a disgraceful allegation.

School Accommodation. (28 Jan 2010)

James Reilly: I thank the Minister for his response. I sympathise with him on his discomfiture over the nature of the replies he must give.

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (2 Feb 2010)

James Reilly: Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the site for the relocation of the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin; the timeframe for the proposed construction of a new central mental hospital; the location of the new hospital the number of staff that will be employed in the proposed new hospital; the number of patients proposed for the...

Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

James Reilly: On the same matter——

Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

James Reilly: Yes. We currently have a situation, as reported in The Irish Times yesterday, where there is no inspection regime for facilities caring for children and adults with disabilities. Under the health information Bill, will the Taoiseach afford us the opportunity to put that in place before the end of the year in order to show that we look after the truly vulnerable? Second, I note the Minister...