Results 721-740 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly
- Written Answers — Coastal Erosion: Coastal Erosion (22 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: Question 287: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are funds provided to combat coastal erosion particularly in the north County Dublin-Fingal area; if there is a plan in place to address coastal erosion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15121/08]
- Written Answers — School Discipline: School Discipline (22 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: Question 349: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedures in place to deal with allegations of verbal or physical abuse of students by teachers; if, in particular, there are guidelines to deal with such allegations which are fair to all parties and cause the minimum disruption to both the student concerned, other students and the teacher; if there is a policy of temporarily...
- Written Answers — Asbestos Remediation Programme: Asbestos Remediation Programme (22 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: Question 404: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, taking account of the expensive process of removing and disposing of asbestos safely according to regulations, there are grants available to assist in the removal and disposal of asbestos roofs from domestic dwellings; if not, his views on introducing such grants, particularly in the case of hardship and...
- Departmental Expenditure. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the finance allocation to the Health Service Executive in 2008 will enable it to deliver the 2007 level of services in addition to specific service improvements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16775/08]
- Departmental Expenditure. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: It is no surprise we have the second highest increase in spending while we have come from being the second lowest out of 28 countries only a few years ago. I have a letter from Mr. Woods, the national director of finance. The HSE sought â¬14.7 million to maintain existing services but the Minister has decided to give them â¬14.1 million. Was there an agreement to that effect or was it...
- Departmental Expenditure. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: The question is coming.
- Departmental Expenditure. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: ââthe reduction of elective surgery to four days a week in Cavan-Monaghan; the closure of ten beds in Cavan-Monaghan; and Monaghan to be taken off call. I also refer to the intended closure in August of UCHG, the hospital which is designated to be the regional centre of excellence for cancer care in the west and is the centre of tourism for this country. How clever is that? An embargo...
- Departmental Expenditure. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: Was this by agreement or is this the reason we have this never-ending list of cutbacks, including cutbacks to home help for the elderly, home care packages for the disabled and now the hospital in the home scheme to be removed? While we are talking about cutbacks, has the Minister made any progress on redundancies in the HSE and how much does she hope to save? I ask her to answer my first...
- Departmental Expenditure. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: We no longer have health boards.
- Departmental Expenditure. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: In that case how can the Minister explain this long list of cutbacks? Will she answer the question in respect of progress made on redundancy packages within the HSE, especially in light of the threat to strike by IMPACT trade union because of the recruitment ban?
- Accident and Emergency Services. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: The Minister is rejecting her own figures.
- Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the reported plans to outsource the reading of all 300,000 cervical smears outside this State to another continent, causing the closure of all cervical smear laboratories here and the consequent loss of more than 100 highly skilled specialised jobs involved in the teaching and reading of cervical smears at a time of...
- Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: The Minister's reply is incredible. A cervical cancer screening programme was piloted in the mid-west in 1999. Either the Department of Health and Children or the Health Service Executive engineered the tender for this contract. Why was action not taken in recent years to encourage, assist and resource the laboratories in this State to be in a position to tender for the contract? Some...
- Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: Will the Minister reconsider this tendering process, particularly in light of the patient safety issues, to which I referred? In addition, smear tests are reported in a different manner in the United States. We are building into the system more room for human error that may impact on the patient in a negative fashion.
- Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: The Minister and the Government of which she is a member have had ten years of economic boom to achieve this. It is difficult to accept her undertaking to do so in the coming years as we face into an economic downturn. The public will not swallow that.
- Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: It is my understanding that one of the main United States tenderers for this contract is currently taking ten weeks to turn around results.
- Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: What about the 85% efficiency rate versus the 95% efficiency rate?
- Health Service Staff. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her estimation of the number of general practitioners needed in the next ten and 20 years; her views on whether under current education and training arrangements there could be a serious shortage of GPs in the very near future; the action she will take to address this impending shortage; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Service Staff. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: The Minister referred to 0.5 GPs per 1,000 persons. We have 52 GPs per 100,000 while France has 164 and Austria 144. To put this in context, throughout the country GPs are closing lists, with 35% of GPs in the north east closing lists because they are overworked and cannot take any more patients. This has been coming down the line for some time. In her reply, the Minister alluded to the...
- Nursing Home Support Scheme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: A number of issues arise. Earlier, the Minister alluded to the fact there had been a huge improvement in respect of waiting times. The matter was raised with the Minister by my colleague, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan. During the past 30 days there were, on average, 300 patients lying on trolleys in hospitals. On one day alone, there were 397 patients lying on trolleys in our hospitals. This does...