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

James Reilly: Some are not but others are.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: I will start by taking up where Deputy Shatter finished. The Minister did me the courtesy of sending me the letter from the Attorney General. He said the advice was privileged and should not be released. He did not say that it could not or cannot be released. It is at the discretion of the Government and it could have been released under certain restrictions to me and other members of the...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: Do I have a minute left or cúpla nóiméad?

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: This section refers to the boards. Should I discuss that?

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: Co-location is part of the boards issue. One of the major problems I have is that the Minister is responsible for these boards and I wish to remove her from that responsibility. It occurs in the documentation and I have made my objection to that clear. It is not my intention to speak to every section.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: The Minister seeks to enshrine in law what has been the approach de facto, namely, disengaging and devolving responsibility from her to others who have not been found to be up to the mark, such as the HSE. There are now nine reviews. The Taoiseach, on 6 November, and the Minister, on 7 November, promised the report of Dr. Ann O'Doherty by the end of November. Tomorrow is the end of the...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: The GP does not have a private co-located surgery beside his or her public surgery in order to achieve that.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: That is correct.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: There is no confusion.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: Why were so many beds lost last year in Beaumont, if it is all so wonderful and working so well?

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: Like my colleague, Deputy Shatter, I will raise the Minister's attitude to the legislation. For the Government to continue to behave as it has done with this Bill would be to tell the people that it will, in future, legislate in the dark and, in the event of legislation being urgent, as the Minister argued regarding this Bill, Deputies will not be given access to the relevant advice issued...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: No one is asking the Minister to legislate against profit.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: The Minister makes the point that people are earning more and the economy has grown and this is the reason more people have VHI cover. I put it to her that 20 years ago there were 18,000 beds in the hospital system, which fell to 11,000 and now the number is at 13,000 while the population has increased by 700,000. It is the lack of access to public health care that makes people feel they...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: It is perverse prosperity that leads us to a situation where more and more people consider they need health insurance to access health care which was freely available here 20 years ago.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: It is 10.23 p.m. The debate ends shortly but we have not touched on the other two sections of the Bill which relate to the Medical Practitioners Act and the Health Act 2004, which dealt with the HSE. Do I have permission to comment on those sections?

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: In that case, we are leaving very little time for the other amendments.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: In that case, in my final comments on co-location I will focus on some of the other issues which arise due to the lack of investment in our hospitals. The Minister stated that those who need isolation rooms should have them but the reality is there are too few of them, particularly at Beaumont Hospital, which cannot deal with all the MRSA patients who should be in such rooms. That hospital...

Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: And orchids.

Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: He should have listened in the House first.

Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: I have asked this question virtually every day since the end of November. The Taoiseach, on 6 November, and the Minister for Health and Children, on 7 November, promised us that we would have the Ann O'Doherty report by the end of November. This is the last day of the Dáil session and there is no sign of it and we have no answers.