Results 20,381-20,400 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly
- Departmental Expenditure. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: In that case how can the Minister explain this long list of cutbacks? Will she answer the question in respect of progress made on redundancy packages within the HSE, especially in light of the threat to strike by IMPACT trade union because of the recruitment ban?
- Accident and Emergency Services. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: The Minister is rejecting her own figures.
- Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the reported plans to outsource the reading of all 300,000 cervical smears outside this State to another continent, causing the closure of all cervical smear laboratories here and the consequent loss of more than 100 highly skilled specialised jobs involved in the teaching and reading of cervical smears at a time of...
- Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: The Minister's reply is incredible. A cervical cancer screening programme was piloted in the mid-west in 1999. Either the Department of Health and Children or the Health Service Executive engineered the tender for this contract. Why was action not taken in recent years to encourage, assist and resource the laboratories in this State to be in a position to tender for the contract? Some...
- Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: Will the Minister reconsider this tendering process, particularly in light of the patient safety issues, to which I referred? In addition, smear tests are reported in a different manner in the United States. We are building into the system more room for human error that may impact on the patient in a negative fashion.
- Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: The Minister and the Government of which she is a member have had ten years of economic boom to achieve this. It is difficult to accept her undertaking to do so in the coming years as we face into an economic downturn. The public will not swallow that.
- Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: It is my understanding that one of the main United States tenderers for this contract is currently taking ten weeks to turn around results.
- Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: What about the 85% efficiency rate versus the 95% efficiency rate?
- Health Service Staff. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her estimation of the number of general practitioners needed in the next ten and 20 years; her views on whether under current education and training arrangements there could be a serious shortage of GPs in the very near future; the action she will take to address this impending shortage; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Service Staff. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: The Minister referred to 0.5 GPs per 1,000 persons. We have 52 GPs per 100,000 while France has 164 and Austria 144. To put this in context, throughout the country GPs are closing lists, with 35% of GPs in the north east closing lists because they are overworked and cannot take any more patients. This has been coming down the line for some time. In her reply, the Minister alluded to the...
- Nursing Home Support Scheme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: A number of issues arise. Earlier, the Minister alluded to the fact there had been a huge improvement in respect of waiting times. The matter was raised with the Minister by my colleague, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan. During the past 30 days there were, on average, 300 patients lying on trolleys in hospitals. On one day alone, there were 397 patients lying on trolleys in our hospitals. This does...
- Nursing Home Support Scheme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: The question is coming. The recent NCB report indicates that the number of people living beyond 65 years will during the next ten years increase by 167,000.
- Nursing Home Support Scheme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: I understand that. We do not have enough nursing home beds. I put it to you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, as you are harassing me, that the question stated quite clearly when the Minister expects the nursing home support scheme Bill will be returned from the Attorney General's office and when she expects it will be published. With due respect, Sir, she did not answer either question.
- Nursing Home Support Scheme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: I reiterate that Question No. 14 was clear and concise. It asked the Minister when she expects the nursing home support scheme Bill will be returned from the Attorney General's office and when she expects it will be published. She read a speech that lasted for six or seven minutes and failed to answer the question. I would like that question answered. When bringing forward the...
- Nursing Home Support Scheme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: I ask the Minister to answer the question I put to her earlier, namely, whether she has a contingency plan in place to support nursing homes in the event that many pharmacies withdraw from the general medical scheme and cease to provide services by the end of the week. Most of those in private nursing homes are GMS patients. I would appreciate if the Minister of State answered the question...
- Nursing Home Support Scheme. (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: There are no contingency plans in place.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: He still wants a microbiologist.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: It is an essential part of infection control.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: That was utterly rejected. It was rejected today on the radio.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2008)
James Reilly: If the Tánaiste speaks the truth he will not be interrupted.