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Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (11 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: Question 926: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether a zero tolerance testing regime using drug testing systems already available and used here in places of detention should be immediately put in place taking into account the recent tragic cases in the media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34384/07]

Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: Yesterday in the House I asked the Taoiseach about this matter and he stated: "I will ask the Minister to brief the Deputy on the other issue", namely, this health Supplementary Estimate. We have been telephoning about this matter since it arose. The clerk to the committee was not sure when it would meet. A quorum could be formed and a meeting called within two hours. We are talking, on...

Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: I am sorry to interrupt the Taoiseach but we had a Supplementary Estimate only two weeks ago and we have another one now. It is bizarre stuff.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: A Cheann Comhairle, as a new Member who should be more familiar with the rules of the House but is not, will you help me? How do I find out, on behalf of women, when the Ann O'Doherty report will be made available? How do I find out when the HIQA report on cancer services in Cork which does not cover the time the Finnish pathologist was there will be made available? Is the word of the...

Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: ——we would have it by the end of November. The Minister said on 7 November that she would have it by the end of November. I asked about the report yesterday but got no reply. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked again today and the same thing happened. How long must we go on? What is the function of the House?

Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: I am getting deeply disturbed by it.

Order of Business. (13 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: Before we move on to the issue I want to raise——

Order of Business. (13 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: I hope there will be a debate. Regarding standards in public office etc., and perhaps the Leas-Cheann Comhairle can direct me in this regard, how do we ensure that commitments given by the opposite side of the House are met? Two days ago I asked the Taoiseach about a briefing on the Supplementary Estimate in health.

Order of Business. (13 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: At the Joint Committee on Health and Children yesterday, the Minister promised to give me all the information this morning. That is the reason we divided on that issue.

Order of Business. (13 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: On the Health Information and Quality Authority legislation——

Order of Business. (13 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: It is the amendment Bill. I ask the Tánaiste, and I hope it will be third time lucky, when we will get the Ann O'Doherty report, which is an integral part of the reviews being carried out along with the other HIQA report on Galway. It was promised by the Taoiseach and by the Minister on 6 and 7 November and it is now the second week in December.

Order of Business. (13 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: Is that sine die?

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (13 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug sniffer dogs available and used in the fight against illegal drugs here (details supplied); his views on making more widespread use of such dogs in the community to aid detection of drugs in communities and to inhibit the free sale of drugs in places of public entertainment; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (13 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to proactively test drivers for the presence of illegal drugs in a similar manner to the successful random alcohol testing campaign which is the norm and which is an effective tool in curtailing the use and abuse of alcohol while driving; his views on whether such a zero tolerance testing regime, using drug...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: I wish to share time with Deputy Neville.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: It would have been much easier for us on this side had the Minister made available to us the legal opinion. I read the Attorney General's note to the Minister which stated it was privileged and should not be released. That does not mean it could not have been released; it could have been released at the Minister's discretion. If the Minister was truly interested in a bipartisan approach to...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: The Minister looks very well.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: We know that schools built under public private partnership which were supposed to save 6% ended up costing 10% more than if they had been built by traditional methods. The PPP model is far from proven and requires much more debate than what is allowed today. Much like this Bill, it is fair to state that the entire co-location plan has been guillotined. It is supposed to release 1,000 beds....

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: I thank my colleagues in the Labour Party for bringing this issue to the floor of the House. Although it is not the first time for a Bill of this nature to come before the House, this one has come about primarily because of the situation pertaining to the threatened cessation of pharmaceutical services throughout the country. Clearly the issue has been that the HSE has used the Competition...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: They are not for profit hospitals.