Results 3,521-3,540 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly

Health Insurance Providers (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: I ask the Minister to indicate to the House the solvency target for the VHI in monetary and percentage terms and the level of solvency achieved by the company by the end of March 2010. Does she see any inconsistency between the State's treatment of the VHI, in respect of which it once again extended the deadline for solvency, and of Quinn Insurance? An article in The Irish Times cites Seán...

Health Insurance Providers (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: I contend that the reason 53% of the people in this country take out private health insurance is because they do not have any faith in the public system to deliver in a timely fashion. I do not wish to do a disservice to the late and very brave Susie Long but people do not want to find themselves in her situation. Otherwise, how could one explain the decision? Our hospitals are supposed to...

Health Insurance Providers (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: She has admitted that the market is not fair. Given that the VHI's shortfall is estimated at over €200 million, might it indeed face the same fate as Quinn Insurance? I do not believe we have a fair market and that is why we do not have more players.

Health Insurance Providers (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: One that works, as opposed to the one the Minister introduced.

Health Insurance Providers (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: There is no such thing as unlimited anything.

Health Insurance Providers (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: The only thing that is unlimited is the Minister's promises.

Hospitals Building Programme (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if building work has commenced at any of the eight co-location sites regarding her plan to fast track 1,000 public beds through the co-location plan; if finance has been secured for any of the sites; her views on whether her co-location plan will become a reality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20717/10]

Hospitals Building Programme (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: I thank the Minister. It is timely that we should discuss the matter because, as my colleague, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan mentioned a few weeks ago, we are heading towards the fifth anniversary of the announcement of the plan, which was to fast track the 1,000 public beds. Not a single brick has been laid, a sod turned or a bed delivered. Will the Minister confirm whether finance has been...

Hospitals Building Programme (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: When they are elected they can express an opinion.

Hospitals Building Programme (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: Five years later, there is no real prospect of that happening. I disagree fundamentally with the Minister's point that no other funding is available. There is gross wastage within the Health Service Executive and the health budget. If the funding was directed appropriately and managed properly the funding would be available. I remind the Minister that she promised the House previously...

Hospitals Building Programme (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: Patients are not getting treated because the Minister is closing other facilities and burdening the major hospitals which cannot cope.

Proposed Legislation (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: On the last point, there is tremendous confusion as to dental entitlements. Dentists have been told by circular and other means, in very obtuse terms, that they are to examine patients, and if it transpires that emergency treatment is required, then they will be paid, but they cannot know this until the examination is done. That is a farce. On the substantive issue of eligibility, the...

Proposed Legislation (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: Eligibility must be real rather than virtual, as is the case at present.

Proposed Legislation (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: Yes, they do.

Health Service Appointments (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: It is disappointing that Deputies are unable to obtain the information sought as to the number of candidates for the position and how many are external and internal candidates. Does the Minister have a role in the process of recruiting a new chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive? What will be the salary of the new CEO? We have been given to understand it will be in the...

Proposed Legislation (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: While I have listened to what the Minister of State has had to say, I believe he and the Minister should consider an apology because it would go a long way towards appeasing people who have been wronged. The State may not have made the drug, but agents and servants of the State administered it, and it was available in this country for a longer time than in other countries. Therefore, the...

Leaders' Questions. (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: Disconnected.

Leaders' Questions. (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: There is no third generation broadband, to add insult to injury.

Leaders' Questions. (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: What about the speech?

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that disability service providers in the West are struggling to provide basic services due to funding cuts; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that respite care will have to be cut, two community houses will have to be closed, three multidisiplinary posts cut and day services charged for and reduced from...