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Order of Business (6 May 2010)

James Reilly: I also want to ask about other legislation, related to the issue raised by Deputy Ó Caoláin and the bed closures at Beaumont Hospital, namely, the eligibility for health and personal services Bill. Will the Minister tell us what is the point in having a fair deal that releases people to long-term care so the Government can close down the very beds that are made available? A Member of this...

Order of Business (6 May 2010)

James Reilly: Can I put it to the Tánaiste-----

Order of Business (6 May 2010)

James Reilly: -----that the way the Minister for Health and Children gives with one hand while taking away with the other is causing hardship to patients, resulting in longer waits on trolleys, more cancelled operations and more people suffering unnecessarily?

School Curriculum (6 May 2010)

James Reilly: Question 23: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a decision will be made on the introduction of bonus points in respect of higher level mathematics in time of those students entering fifth year this autumn and sitting the leaving certificate in 2012 to make an informed subject choice before they commence fifth year as recommended in the innovation task force report;...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (6 May 2010)

James Reilly: Question 30: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the way the innovation taskforce's aim of substantially raising the levels of competence and attainment in mathematics and science so they feed into science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines at third and fourth level can be achieved if the teaching of science at second level is deteriorating as has...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (6 May 2010)

James Reilly: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if a redundancy payment application from the social insurance fund will be prioritised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18488/10]

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (6 May 2010)

James Reilly: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding an application for a passport in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he expects that this person will have their passport in time to allow them to travel on 15 May 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18525/10]

Written Answers — Trade Statistics: Trade Statistics (11 May 2010)

James Reilly: Question 87: To ask the Taoiseach the value of imports and exports in euro and as a percentage of GNP with the United Kingdom, the United States of America, the eurozone and the rest of the world each year from 1995 to 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18899/10]

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (11 May 2010)

James Reilly: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will provide an index showing Ireland's change in competitiveness with the United Kingdom, the United States of America , the eurozone and the rest of the world each year from 1995 to 2009; the way the change in competitiveness is affected by exchange rate movements and by changes in the general price levels; and if...

Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (11 May 2010)

James Reilly: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that the price of houses would have to fall in order for the financial system to be at risk, according to the stress tests undertaken for the financial stability report in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18898/10]

Written Answers — Pre-school Services: Pre-school Services (11 May 2010)

James Reilly: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is an appeals process for children who fall under the three years three months rule to receive the early child care supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19353/10]

Order of Business. (12 May 2010)

James Reilly: I wish to raise two matters. First, as a result of all the recent hospital bed closures around the country, people have to wait even longer for service and lie on trolleys for even longer then they did hitherto. Will the Taoiseach inform the House when the eligibility for health personal services Bill will be introduced? Will he consider inserting a provision in that Bill that if a person...

Order of Business. (12 May 2010)

James Reilly: There is a precedent for such a provision. If customers are waiting in some supermarkets for longer than 25 or 30 minutes, they will not have to pay for their groceries.

Order of Business. (12 May 2010)

James Reilly: At least people will get some sense there is somebody who cares about their health care and there is some accountability for the accident and emergency departments and hospital management to provide a service. The Minister for Health and Children keeps cutting and cutting while promising to improve services. Yesterday I encountered a case in Beaumont Hospital in which a man was lying on a...

Order of Business. (12 May 2010)

James Reilly: That may well be the case but there is a frustration at the Government's lack of ability to deliver the services it is obliged to. The reference pricing for drugs Bill is listed as No. 71 on the Government's legislative programme and will not be taken this session. When I raised this legislation before, the Taoiseach informed me it and the Prescription Charges Bill, No. 9 on the programme,...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2010)

James Reilly: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me so much time. He will not be telling me to be in order or anything like that.

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2010)

James Reilly: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this Bill, which is a smokescreen to deflect from the fact that the Government ignored the warnings of the Central Bank during the Celtic tiger years.

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2010)

James Reilly: At a time when the current Taoiseach was Minister for Finance, the Central Bank stated clearly in three separate financial stability reports that the Irish financial system faced grave risks. The Central Bank felt so strongly about these risks that it mentioned them in its annual reports of 2004, 2005 and 2006, also when the Taoiseach was Minister for Finance. The annual reports of the...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2010)

James Reilly: We simply cannot afford to bail out Anglo Irish Bank. The Minister's assertion that we turned the corner towards the end of last year and the beginning of this year does not appear realistic.

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2010)

James Reilly: I do not think so.