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Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: The Brothers of Charity have already been hit for €1 million under value for money savings and another €1 million because of the moratorium on recruitment. They cannot even replace the CEO-----

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: -----and now they are told they will be faced with another €2 million cut.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: If the Ceann Comhairle will forgive me I will continue for one second. This is a very important issue. We can all go on our summer holidays-----

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: -----but these people have no respite care for their loved ones. The Taoiseach stated here this afternoon that only 130 out of 5,000 respite beds were under threat.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: I want to ask a direct question. Is the Taoiseach telling the House that the 5,000 respite beds to which he referred are all for intellectually disabled people? Are they not also for care of the elderly and other areas?

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: The beds in Limerick are gone, and there are more to go in Galway. They will be lost in Dublin. There are far more than 130 beds-----

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: No.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: I do not wish to interrupt the Taoiseach, but the Government can fix a problem when it identifies one, or it can use it as an excuse to withdraw services. That has been the case.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: Nobody wants it every way.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: We want problems identified and fixed.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: I put it on the record of the House-----

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: I put it on the record of the House that these reports-----

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: Facilities are being starved of resources to make them unsafe.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: Reports are commissioned to show they are unsafe-----

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: -----and those reports are then used to close the facilities down rather than addressing the problem.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: The Taoiseach did not tell us when we will see the Dignam report, which has been with the HSE for four months.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: On a point of order, I apologise for interrupting but will we get a copy of the Minister's speech?

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: The Bill is vehemently opposed by the Opposition with good reason. It will be aimed at the most vulnerable, sickest and weakest in our society and, yet again, as I pointed out to the Taoiseach on the Order of Business yesterday, he has long-fingered, along with the Minister, the tough decisions that have to be made about generic prescribing through which hundreds of millions could be saved...

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: That is for the entire population in Northern Ireland, not just one third of the sickest. Stop trying to be mischievous.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (7 Jul 2010)

James Reilly: Yes, but it is for all the population, not the sickest one third.