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Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: Is it in order for me to ask about promised legislation?

Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: Perhaps the Tánaiste will comment on the value of the proposed eligibility for health and personal social services Bill which is due to come before the House given that people cannot access health services and that letters forwarded to hospitals by GPs requesting care are simply thrown in a corner.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (23 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: They are alive with energy.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: We will put it on the long finger again.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: The Minister is no fairy godmother.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: Nobody is pretending that.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: I wish to share time with my colleague Deputy Varadkar. We will debunk some of the rewriting of history that the Minister has just done before the House. First I must comment on the Taoiseach himself - through the Chair, of course. He is not leading but rather loitering with intent. His intent is to continue on as he has done for the past two and a half years, presiding over a worsening...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: In addition, it has come to my notice from several surgeons that patients known to have cancer of the bowel, oesophagus or lung are being pushed down the list to accommodate people who might have breast cancer. Such is the political drive for reform in this area and to ensure the statistics stack up. Let us consider the Minister's great reforms. One of these was supposed to be co-located...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: I am sorry I have only one minute left because there is so much more about which to talk, including the hospitals in Portlaoise, Limerick, Galway, the north east and Tallaght. There is a common thread with regard to the problems that occurred in the north east, Portlaoise and Tallaght: the system knew there were problems but would not act until it was good and ready. In December, when the...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: Where was the Minister when all this went on? This is the key point, lest those across the House miss it. There are times in life, even as a doctor, when one cannot do much, but one shows concern and tries to be there for the patient. There are times, when people are in difficulties, that their relatives and friends turn up and show concern even if they cannot do much about it. The...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: That would be a kind of change.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: Did the Taoiseach mix up the two Marys?

Written Answers — Tobacco Prices: Tobacco Prices (23 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that the price of tobacco products does not fall as a result of the recent EU judgment on minimum pricing of tobacco products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12730/10]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (23 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; if officials from his Department are attending or have attended the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body on a Protocol on Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products fourth session in Geneva, Switzerland, between 14 and 21 March 2010; his views on this protocol; and if he...

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: In such circumstances, the Taoiseach should allow us to deal with the matter properly. He should read what the former Ombudsman, Mr. Michael Mills, had to say on the matter.

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: Then the report should be brought before the relevant committee in order that the matter might be debated in full.

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: I do listen but I have a difficulty with what I am hearing. The Taoiseach wants to bury the report at sea.

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: The line Minister probably got bogged down.

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: I wish to raise the same matter and another unrelated matter.

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

James Reilly: On this matter, I asked both that this secondary legislation be put in place and that the Minister for Health and Children introduce secondary legislation to ensure first that there would be product liability on all the products sold and second that the Irish Medicines Board and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland would be obliged to pass all substances for sale in such shops. This would...