Results 821-840 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
James Reilly: Hear, hear.
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
James Reilly: I insist that I have five minutes. If other speakers went over timeââ
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
James Reilly: We are wasting more time. I had a speech prepared to outline why the Minister's figures are wrong but I outlined that last night. I have an e-mail from Miriam Wiley of the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, and I will read part of it. Where there is discrepancy between data reported the only way that that can be resolved is by access to the two sources. In this instance it...
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
James Reilly: The Taoiseach talks of reform of the public service, but this happened under his watch as Minister for Finance. This was money which would have given people who were terminally ill some comfort and dignity at the end of their days, money which could have improved the appalling state of our mental health services. No one asked for extra money, just that the money allocated would go to the...
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
James Reilly: While Fianna Fáil may accept a dictator, this nation will not.
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
James Reilly: What we have in this motion is a situation best described by the old proverb "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." The people of Mayo have a bird in the hand â a service that delivers excellent care they are happy with. The people of Sligo have the same excellent service and they wish to retain it. The people of Letterkenny are evolving their own model. What they are being...
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
James Reilly: ââone to two people a month are losing their lives unnecessarily because of overcrowding in the accident and emergency department and in the hospital generally. The hospital is â¬4.5 million over budget, has 100% occupancy in its surgical and medical wards and sees 30 new cases of MRSA every year. The number of overnight stays in April 2008, as mentioned, increased by 136% compared to...
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
James Reilly: The bottom line is that in life you hold on to what you have and you do not let go of it until you see something better sitting on the plate in front of you. In this instance all we have is a plan, without the resources to make it happen. I ask again that Deputies from the north west â Deputies Beverly Flynn, Dara Calleary, Eamon Scanlon, Jimmy Devins, Mary Coughlan, Pat The Cope...
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
James Reilly: I will finish now. I am asking the Minister to allow the people of the north west and the west to keep the excellent service they have until she can make something better available to them, something that is real, not a mirage that seems to be more about trying to save money than saving lives.
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
James Reilly: I commend the motion to the house.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (21 May 2008)
James Reilly: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients inappropriately placed in acute hospital beds in each hospital (details supplied) who are in need of alternative post-acute care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20192/08]
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (27 May 2008)
James Reilly: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the projected cost of the development of the new national paediatric hospital; the funding that has been ring-fenced or provided to date; the source of this funding; the arrangements that have been put in place to meet remaining costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20978/08]
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (27 May 2008)
James Reilly: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the new national paediatric hospital project; the date construction of the new hospital will commence; when she expects the project to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20979/08]
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (27 May 2008)
James Reilly: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that she or the Health Service Executive has recently entered into five year leasing agreements for upgrading and supply of two imager machines for reading cervical smear tests for St. James's-Coombe Hospitals and Rotunda-Beaumont at a cost of â¬1 million per machine totalling â¬2 million; the use these machines...
- Written Answers — Patient Safety: Patient Safety (27 May 2008)
James Reilly: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to regulate eye clinics offering laser eye surgery; if her Department or the Health Information and Quality Authority have remit in inspecting such clinics to ensure they meet best practice and internationally safe standards; if not, if she will take steps to initiate and enable such regulation and inspection by HIQA or the...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (27 May 2008)
James Reilly: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the outsourcing of cervical smears in Cork where 39,000 smears were processed by a company (details supplied); the number of smears that were borderline; the number that were positive; the number that were negative; the number that were high grade; the number that were repeats; the number of high grades missed by...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 May 2008)
James Reilly: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the findings of a Health Service Executive working group set up approximately two years ago (details supplied) to inquire into services for cystic fibrosis patients; if the group has reported; the action taken as a result of the report; if the report has not been completed, when it will it be completed; if she or...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 May 2008)
James Reilly: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will pursue cross-Border co-operation with Royal Group of Hospitals for cystic fibrosis patients (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20754/08]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 May 2008)
James Reilly: Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the recommendations in the Pollack report for an outreach clinic in Sligo for cystic fibrosis patients from the north west; if she or the Health Service Executive have plans to establish such a clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20756/08]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 May 2008)
James Reilly: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will introduce neonatal screening for cystic fibrosis as better outcomes result for children diagnosed early; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20757/08]