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Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Senator Norris asked me some questions on the health services. As Senator Bacik has said, many people go privately but I can revert to him with more information. Senator Bradford mentioned the regulations but they were published last Thursday evening. Perhaps he meant the guidelines of the institutes that are still under consideration. They are the Institute of Obstetricians and...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: For all Senator Mullen's talk of respect he has interrupted me a number of times. I have not interrupted him once since I came to this House.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: It is 20 years old.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I thank Mary for her kindness and great service over the years and wish her well in her new position. I thank the Chairman and members of the committee for their invitation to meet them. I am accompanied by the Ministers of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch and Deputy Alex White, and we look forward to providing the committee with as much information as possible. To...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Deputy Ó Caoláin raised a number of issues around the dementia strategy and the carer's strategy and I will defer to the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, in regard to them. He mentioned rehabilitation and we are very fortunate to have Dr. Áine Carroll here from the National Rehabilitation Hospital, so she might address that. The Deputy also mentioned the meningitis...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Absolutely. I want a report on my desk by the end of September-beginning of October and I have commissioned an excellent individual, who is the head of a university which does not have a medical school, to do this. I want to introduce fairness and transparency and, above all, I want our doctors to stay here to look after us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I thank the Chairman for that. Make no mistake, it is a battle. There are vested interests who are very happy with the status quo, on which I will make a broader statement. I do not accept the status quo in our health service and in our health training because it has not delivered for patients and it is not delivering for our doctors or nurses. We need to give them a fair and reasonable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Could Deputy Dowds reiterate exactly what they said?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Not the whole of it, the Deputy could outline it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The Senator should acknowledge that the Seanad is owned by the people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: If I may, I will come back to some of the issues referred to by Mr. O'Brien, which are helpful. It is important to point out that non-consultant hospital doctors in their 20s and 30s often have families, so it is ludicrous to be offering them six-month contracts. That has to change and it will change. I am determined to correct this situation because it is undermining our ability to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Yes, I wish to mention Deputy Ó Caoláin as well. In fairness, there was a cross-party committee working on that matter. Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Labour were all represented on it. I acknowledge that Deputy Ó Caoláin was particularly associated with that committee. I cannot understand the comment on redundancy, however. How one can be refused...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: When I tasked the PCRS with dealing with the delays in issuing medical cards, in which regard Mr. Paddy Burke and his team have done a great job, I pointed out that probity issues would arise and that we would find ourselves explaining the sort of issues to which Senator Colm Burke referred to the Committee of Public Accounts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I do not have the information Deputy Maloney requested but I will communicate with him in writing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I thank the Chairman and his committee for all its support. It has done great work and shown how a committee can add to our deliberations on planning for our health services and policy. I thank everybody, even those who often have a view contrary to my own, for their contributions. I wish them all a very good summer. I wish the same to all the people in my Department, who have worked so...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1276, 1278 and 1352 together. Proposals are currently being finalised on foot of the recommendations in the Steering Group Report on a National Substance Misuse Strategy 2012. These proposals cover all of the areas mentioned in the report, including legislation on minimum unit pricing; controls on alcohol advertising and sponsorship - and any attended impact...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: As the Deputy will be aware, the Public Health (Tobacco) (General and Combined Warnings) Regulations 2011 (SI No. 656), came into effect earlier this year. Since Friday, 1st February 2013, cigarette packaging placed on the Irish market must display graphic photographs with a strong health warning. These images depict the negative health impacts associated with smoking, and were selected by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Issues (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: I wish to inform the Deputy that I am currently considering policy proposals to regulate Assisted Human Reproduction and related matters, including stem cells, based on work undertaken by my Department. I will make a decision on these matters in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: Regulation (EC) 883/04 and Implementing Regulation 987/09 provide for the coordination of social security systems, including healthcare, within the EU/EEA and Switzerland, with the aim of ensuring the free movement of persons. This objective of the Regulation is to ensure that persons exercising their right to move and to stay freely within the EU/EEA and Switzerland do not suffer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: The Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 is the legislation which provides for the operation of An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann or, in the English language, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. Both titles are legally recognised by that Act.