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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

James Reilly: I, too, am very concerned about that and I believe we should be moving in that direction. I have spoken to the Department about it. We will engage with the HSE, move the situation forward and revert to the Deputy on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

James Reilly: I want to be absolutely clear about this. I have met with Commissioner Andor on a number of occasions. I have given him a commitment that we will be within the working time directive in the next 24 months, that we have a time schedule laid out and timelines that must be met about different areas. That is why the hospital groups aspect is so important because it will allow for reduced hours...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

James Reilly: I have made this point previously. It is bizarre that we are spending large sums of money training our own graduates, some of whom make the best doctors in the world. We know that because when they go abroad they excel. We educate and train them to go abroad to work and we go to Third World countries and recruit their doctors. That does not make any sense. The issue around a clear career...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

James Reilly: The Chairman advised Senator Crown a few minutes ago on a question that was not on the clár.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

James Reilly: I will leave Deputy McLellan's questions on the dentists and medical cards to the Minister of State, Deputy Alex White. I am sure Mr. O'Brien and Ms Laverne McGuinness will have points to make on the ambulance service in Cork. It would be worthwhile, at a mimimum, conducting a review of local GPs to see what is their experience of the ambulance service and to quantify whether there is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

James Reilly: Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan may find that he is wrong. There has been much negotiation. In fairness, we must allow the sporting organisations to replace their current advertisers and sponsors with others. They stated the same about tobacco advertising when it was removed and, sadly, there is still 29% prevalence of tobacco smoking in the country. Happily, I am able to say there has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

James Reilly: It is a bit rich to be told about a recruitment embargo that Fianna Fáil introduced itself. It is a bit rich to talk about the country's finances when we all know the cause of the problem and that we are struggling. Despite taking €3 billion out of health services and losing over 10,000 staff, we have not only maintained a safe health service but have also improved it, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

James Reilly: The Minister of State and I have been working on this aggressively. The Minister of State has led the charge and I am 100% behind him. I have had meetings with senior Cabinet colleagues on the matter in order to seek agreement. As with the Minister of State, I am hopeful that the memorandum will be signed off this week. Let me make one point that I got distracted from making on the power...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

James Reilly: I want to echo what the Minister of State said about Croke Park II. If Croke Park II is accepted, it will be a real triumph for all of the people of Ireland, particularly those using our health services. It will give us many more hours of nursing to enable us to provide more care and services. We can look forward to exciting times of real change in our health service, which will improve...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 2:To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following:"commends the Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Alan Shatter T.D., for the strong progress made in the ongoing programme of modernisation and reform of An Garda Síochána, in particular the consolidation of the Garda station network which will provide an additional 61,000...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

James Reilly: I express my strong confidence in my Cabinet colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality, and Defence. I wish to put on the record of the House my belief that the Opposition's motion is pure political opportunism. What will be apparent in this Chamber tonight and tomorrow night, as we discuss the Minister, Deputy Shatter, is his clear track record of hard work and his determination to...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

James Reilly: The Minister, Deputy Shatter, does much more than support those people who are swept to the sidelines of society, who were ignored, including by governments headed by Fianna Fáil, and who were damaged by inattention or worse. He fights for those people with a passion and is relentless in his insistence that society's responsibilities must be enshrined in national law.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

James Reilly: Since he became a Minister, Deputy Shatter's contribution to the Government's reform programme has been unstinting. He himself outlined the long list of legislation he has brought through this Chamber and the many Bills published that have yet to be introduced. Let me tell Members something of the qualities of the man, Alan Shatter and as a Minister, the Alan Shatter that we, his close...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

James Reilly: He gets results and has the full support of his colleagues - with good reason. I commend the Government amendment to this House, and offer absolute confidence in our Minister for Defence and Justice and Equality.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (28 May 2013)

James Reilly: The Private Members Bill in question has been referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality for attention at a date that has yet to be scheduled. My officials will provide any necessary supports required from my Department to progress this legislation through Committee Stage.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Issues (28 May 2013)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (28 May 2013)

James Reilly: In relation to the particular query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 May 2013)

James Reilly: In relation to the particular query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Capital Programme Expenditure (28 May 2013)

James Reilly: Prior to 2005, my Department funded the health boards for their expenditure on capital projects. Capital grants were not paid directly to individual health facilities. The South Eastern Health Board received capital grants in respect of facilities in its catchment area. Since 2005, the Health Service Executive has been responsible for expenditure on capital projects. Therefore your...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pre-Term Births (28 May 2013)

James Reilly: I wish to inform the Deputy that no official statistics to answer his specific query are currently available. As the Deputy may be aware, Hospital In-patient Enquiry (HIPE) and National Perinatal Reporting System (NPRS) data is used in Ireland to capture information on diagnoses and procedures of patients treated in a hospital setting. However, it is not possible to use HIPE or NPRS data to...