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Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Jun 2008)

James Reilly: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if combined decongestive treatment is available for patients with lymphoedema; if it is available for public patients and patients under the GMS scheme; if it is not available, if she will direct the relevant section in her Department or the Health Service Executive to make arrangements to make it available as the use of this therapy...

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

James Reilly: I find it unfortunate that I must oppose it but I cannot allow a situation to pertain whereby the Minister will set up a body that is unanswerable to this House other than through the occasional committee meeting. When we seek to ask parliamentary questions or to get answers for our constituents to legitimate questions such as on the bus service from Portmarnock, the inability to get parking...

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

James Reilly: Despite knowing what a lack of accountability and transparency leads to, the Minister believes it is perfectly legitimate and he wants this side of the House to vote for it.

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

James Reilly: We cannot vote for it.

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

James Reilly: I congratulate my colleague, Deputy O'Dowd, on raising this matter. I, too, have a serious issue with how this authority will be established. We badly need this and we all support the concept. Like so many of the Government's initiatives, the concept seems perfect but the detail and the nitty gritty of the implementation leaves much to be desired. We will do this in such a way as to put...

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

James Reilly: I will draw more parallels with that august body later. I return to the issue of creating the dislocate between those who suffer the consequences and those who make the decisions. Recently Malahide Community Forum did a survey asking the people of Malahide what they would like to see happen. One of the issues that arose was the need for a feeder bus to the train station. There is an...

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

James Reilly: Then let them.

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

James Reilly: Let them. As a legislator, I am sure the Minister would expedite any law necessary to help them keep within the law.

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

James Reilly: As a previous speaker stated, 200 buses were promised but fewer than 100 have been delivered. Bus corridors lie empty while drivers sit fuming in their cars with carbon emissions flying up into the air. It is ridiculous. Surely a car with three or more passengers should be allowed to use a bus lane and could still be policed, which would encourage car pooling. Another issue raised was that...

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

James Reilly: We still have not got it. It is not rocket science.

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

James Reilly: It is available in Paris and all the major cities throughout Europe, yet we have to spend €12 million devising a way to do it. I find that extraordinary. I will conclude by referring to the mess the HSE transpired to be due to the manner in which it was planned.

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

James Reilly: It is relevant. The situation has arisen because poor planning and poor thought were put into a perfectly good concept. As I said, the DTA is a perfectly good concept but the manner in which the Minister is setting it up will lead to major problems down the line. There will be a lack of accountability and transparency, as with the HSE and, of course, everybody will be responsible but...

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

James Reilly: Therefore, we on this side of the House will oppose it.

Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

James Reilly: On the same topic, I asked the Taoiseach and his predecessor on numerous occasions about this legislation. People are waiting for it and have no financial arrangements in place. Each time Deputy Jan O'Sullivan or I ask for it, we are told the Bill will be this session. We were told that before Christmas and Easter. After tomorrow, there are a mere nine days left this session. Is it...

Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

James Reilly: The Taoiseach is aware, as is everyone else, that the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, issued guidelines for the control of infections in hospitals. This is a serious issue that has cost lives in the past and I welcome the guidelines, as I am sure we all do. However, regarding underpinning legislation relating to HIQA, will resources be given to the authority to ensure...

Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

James Reilly: When will the legislation go through?

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (29 May 2008)

James Reilly: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that ComReg has effective enforcement mechanisms to ensure that performance targets for communications operators are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21500/08]

Cancer Screening Programme: Statements (29 May 2008)

James Reilly: It was published in the Irish Medical Journal.

Cancer Screening Programme: Statements (29 May 2008)

James Reilly: Why did the Minister not instruct the HSE to invest in the labs? When I met the NCSS yesterday, it made clear that its role was procurement and that laboratories were none of its business. That points the finger firmly at the Minister. It is objectionable that the NCSS would issue a statement impugning my consideration of women and delay this project, for which I have called for nine...

Cancer Screening Programme: Statements (29 May 2008)

James Reilly: I hesitate to interrupt but could the Minister answer the question rather than make a speech? We heard the Minister's speech.