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Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: I hope this time will not be taken from me.

Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: The Minister has told people that it is difficult to get the staff in question on a global basis. I will explain why people will not go to the hospital in Portlaoise or elsewhere, namely, the word on the grapevine in medical circles is that such hospitals have no future and that the careers of those who go there will not progress. I wonder who put this word out there.

Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: No further action was taken and the patient has not been put at the centre of the health service. Furthermore, the Minister misled me at last week's meeting of the Joint Committee on Health and Children. She stated: "Professor Keane has also agreed with the Irish College of General Practitioners on a new method of referring patients for breast diagnosis". However, this is not so, as no...

Programmes for Government. (12 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: Question 22: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of An Agreed Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10632/08]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (11 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the proposed extension to Naas General Hospital; if she will confirm a date when the extension will commence; the target date for the extension to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10109/08]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (11 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will build the long promised and now cancelled acute psychiatric unit at Beaumont Hospital; the location of the new site on the hospital campus for the unit; if planning permission has being submitted; the costs incurred to date on the aborted project for the original psychiatric unit at Beaumont Hospital for which planning...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of budgetary constraints, she will review the waste of scarce resources involved in calling back patients for unnecessary medical review in certain cases and amend the list for such reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10237/08]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (11 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the roll out of BreastCheck, particularly in the west of Ireland and consider extending the age for the test beyond age 64 to facilitate the testing of women who have missed the opportunity for the test due to the inordinate delay in rolling out the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10321/08]

Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: It does not work.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (6 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Transport his Departments progress in relation to decentralisation to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9743/08]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (6 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the outcome of his recent meeting with PARC representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9744/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Advertising: Departmental Advertising (5 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the reported Health Service Executive intention to boycott advertising (details supplied) purely because the station is fulfilling its public service remit by raising health service issues of concern to its listeners and the public at large; her views on whether this is an abuse of public moneys in a democracy, tantamount...

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (5 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason funding for the development of homeless services has not been provided in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9776/08]

Anti-Social Behaviour: Motion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: I thank my colleague, Deputy Charles Flanagan, for raising this timely issue. It is time to get tough on criminality and anti-social behaviour. We have reached a crisis point in respect of law and order. The figures suggest that the reporting of crime is down. However, this does not mean that crime levels have fallen. The figures to which I refer do not take account of the fact that many...

Anti-Social Behaviour: Motion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: What about people such as Padraig Nally and others who were tormented?

Anti-Social Behaviour: Motion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: I am not suggesting that what happened in these cases is right but it is a reflection of the frustration and vulnerability that people, particularly those who live in isolated areas, feel. There was a rash of crimes of this nature 20 years ago. They stopped when an elderly farmer fired a shotgun out of an upstairs window. We do not want to see such situations arise again. We want...

Services for People with Disabilities. (5 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to address the long waiting lists for assessment and diagnosis of children suspected of having autism, which now stand at up to two years, given that there is a three-year window of opportunity to intervene to allow a child achieve his or her full potential and that to lose two of these years waiting for an...

Services for People with Disabilities. (5 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: I cannot tell from the Minister of State's response how he proposes to address this issue. There is a window of opportunity between the ages of three and six years where it is possible to make a significant impression on the ultimate outcome for an autistic child. However, a waiting list of up to two years means two thirds of this window may be lost to parents as they wait in frustration...

Services for People with Disabilities. (5 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: I am delighted the Minister of State is taking control and responsibility in this area. I ask that he devise a cogent, coherent plan to address this issue immediately. It is a matter of co-ordination. All the services and divisions are in place but they must be co-ordinated. I hope we will not have to wait for a report to issue and that the Minister of State will take action that will...

Departmental Reports. (5 Mar 2008)

James Reilly: It might not happen yet.