Results 1,521-1,540 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly

Health Services. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: The Minister has referred to the transfer of €77 million from the fair deal scheme to the refund scheme. Already, therefore, we have been presented with a supplementary provision. Some €70 million is allocated for the new deal with consultants, €350 million is set aside for repayment to the United Kingdom health authorities, who hotly dispute the bill they received from the HSE, and...

Health Services. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: How will this be achieved? In 2002 and 2007 3,000 extra hospital beds were promised. The Minister delivered 1,300, but this year she reduced by 500 the number of beds and plans to reduce by 600 the number of beds next year. This amounts to 1,100 beds taken out of the system and there is no sign of any co-located hospital beds. I fail to see how the Minister will manage it.

Hospital Accommodation. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children to outline the funding difficulties with regard to the co-location plan; her views on the fact that more than three years since the announcement of this plan not one bed has been created; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42894/08]

Hospital Accommodation. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: Unfortunately, although I very much wish to believe what the Minister is saying I cannot. The co-located hospitals issue is still an ongoing quagmire. The plan has not delivered a single extra bed to the country. The Minister has removed 500 beds this year and will remove a further 600 next year. This is all very familiar to me. There are promises of wonderful things to come tomorrow...

Hospital Accommodation. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: I repeat the questions previously asked. Will the Minister confirm by letter within one week or ten days the position of the tax status of the companies? I believe the staff in the Department can do this. I asked if contract negotiations had been completed and what the legal implications would be for those who have signed contracts which do not materialise. That question was not answered....

Hospital Accommodation. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: Not at all. The Minister should not be paranoid.

Nursing Home Standards. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I am very pleased that HIQA will be doing this and there will be some independence in the inspection of public nursing homes. The major deficit to date is that the HSE has been inspecting itself, which is neither tolerable nor sustainable. Have the necessary staff been appointed and trained up to begin inspections, since we must assume that they...

Nursing Home Standards. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: I am sure Deputy Ó Caoláin is no clearer than I am on the matter. I hope the regulations are not as woolly as the Minister of State's answers, with respect. I have already asked whether training has taken place and whether staff have been trained up. In order to make the question easier to answer, I will be more specific. Has any additional training of staff taken place? How many...

Health Services. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: Did the Minister of State say that there are 45 beds per 100,000 people aged over 65?

Health Services. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: That statistic applies across the country. The figures I have indicate there are only 22 beds. However, the real point of this question is to demonstrate that the reason we have such a crisis in accident and emergency departments in large urban areas and particularly in north Dublin, with both Beaumont and the Mater Hospitals suffering enormous delays, is the inability of hospitals to...

Health Services. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: That is simply not enough.

Health Services. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: Tomorrow's plans are no substitute for today's action. The reality is that our hospitals are chock-a-block on the north side. We cannot get people in. Waiting times are getting longer and longer. Beds are available in the community today. All that is required is to put out a tender and ask the operators concerned to provide the beds so we can move people who are finished the acute stage...

Health Insurance. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: When are we going to get the replacement legislation for risk equalisation? In addition, I ask the Minister, through the good offices of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, to give us a series of examples of how this new initiative, which we mentioned earlier and about which many people are concerned, will work. For example, what is the situation now for Mr. and Mrs. Murphy, aged 72 and for Mr. and...

Order of Business (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: I refer to No. 54, eligibility for health and personal social services Bill. The income threshold for medical cards has not increased for years outside of the consumer price index and it is causing hardship for people. When will the Bill be introduced? Is it intended to review it? The Taoiseach, the Minister for Health and Children and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Information and Quality Authority to investigate cancer misdiagnoses in Louth and Meath in view of the fact that information is missing from the report of the review of chest X-rays and CT scans (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42895/08]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown by both age and income tax band of the numbers of people claiming tax relief at source on private health insurance payments. [42564/08]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people aged over 50, 60, 70 and 80 years respectively paying income tax at the standard 20% rate who are availing of tax relief at source on private health insurance payments. [42565/08]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people aged over 50, 60, 70 and 80 years respectively paying income tax at the marginal 41% rate who are availing of tax relief at source on private health insurance payments. [42566/08]

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: That is an opinion, not a fact.

Programme for Government. (26 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: In 2002 and 2007 we were promised 3,000 extra hospital beds. A total of 1,300 were delivered at a time of plenty when the country was not in trouble and the remainder were to be provided through co-located hospitals. We still await such hospitals and not a single bed has been delivered, yet the HSE has closed 500 beds this year and intends to close another 600 next year.