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Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (5 Feb 2008)

James Reilly: Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of her statements (details supplied) she will make a statement on the unilateral action taken by the Health Service Executive issuing a new contract without recourse to an arbitrator, as agreed before Christmas 2007 and with a January 2008 deadline for signing of same contract; and if she will make a statement on the...

Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)

James Reilly: I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting the failure of the Government to implement the recommendations of the Pollock report; recognising the serious deficit in isolation units and the shortage of specialist cystic fibrosis staff; noting the failure of the Government to secure funding for the implementation of the recommendations of A Vision for Change; acknowledging that mental health services...

Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)

James Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Devins, and express my disappointment that the Minister, Deputy Harney, cannot be present. This is a very important debate and I find it extraordinary that she is not in the country when we are discussing health services that can be a matter of life or death for many citizens, particularly young people with...

Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)

James Reilly: I am sorry but the Deputy should not interrupt.

Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)

James Reilly: Section 15.11 of Planning for the Future, published in 1984, was to be Government policy. The specified funds were to be ring-fenced for psychiatric and mental health services, acknowledging the fact that these services represent the Cinderella of our health service and always have done. Under this Government, they remain so, and if it is left in power, this will always be the case. I hope...

Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)

James Reilly: It could not have been adjourned for six weeks later.

Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)

James Reilly: She did not go to the Superbowl.

Written Answers — Pharmaceutical Sector: Pharmaceutical Sector (31 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on recent discussions with pharmacists and if progress has been made; if she will appoint an independent body to provide an independent and fair assessment of all aspects of the pharmacy contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2697/08]

Hospitals Building Programme. (31 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: I thank the Minister for making arrangements before Christmas for some patients to be transferred from the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire, thus releasing badly needed beds. There is more capacity in new facilities. Does the Minister of State, Deputy Devins, not accept that the outcome for victims of stroke is far superior from dedicated stroke units than from some type...

Accident and Emergency Services. (31 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: There were 400 people on trolleys two weeks ago. That is 20% more than in January 2007. A total of 57,000 bed days were lost last year between the Beaumont and Mater Hospitals, which is the equivalent of a 150-bed hospital being closed for a year.

Accident and Emergency Services. (31 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: Will the Minister acknowledge that we have a capacity problem and that demand is outstripping supply? We can reduce demand by putting in place things such as prevention, national body tests, diagnostics in the community and one-stop-shops in the community where people can be seen and treated by their general practitioner without having to go to hospital. We can increase capacity by getting...

Accident and Emergency Services. (31 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: I extend my sympathies to her family. It is all plans for tomorrow and cutbacks today. Irish men, women and children are dying. Will the Minister use modular hospitals, as they do throughout Europe, to build 1,500 community beds, rather than 200 or 300 such beds, over the next six months? I thank the Minister for alluding to such hospitals earlier in response to a question I asked. The...

Accident and Emergency Services. (31 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: It demonstrates a serious intent.

Ambulance Service. (31 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: I have noted what the Minister has said. As I am a magnanimous sort of person, like the Minister herself, I like to impart information occasionally. I remind the Minister that housing, education and public facilities affect longevity, but we do not have community facilities like those in Sweden.

Ambulance Service. (31 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: I tabled this question because I am concerned that on 18 January 2007, Dublin Fire Brigade had four ambulances tied up at the Mater Hospital for between two and three hours and three further ambulances tied up at Beaumont Hospital. The seven ambulances in question, which represent over 60% of Dublin Fire Brigade's ambulance service, could not be used because the service could not get its...

Ambulance Service. (31 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: It is.

Ambulance Service. (31 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: I would be grateful if the Minister could organise that, bearing in mind the 75,000 incidents — 205 incidents a day — which must be dealt with by the Dublin Fire Brigade.

Care of the Elderly. (31 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: I confirm what Deputy O'Sullivan has said. Representatives of Age Action Ireland have said they feel they were not properly consulted. Perhaps the legal difficulties being experienced by the Attorney General with regard to this Bill are a consequence of this lack of consultation. The Minister has given many good examples of how the new scheme, A Fair Deal, is expected to work. In...

Care of the Elderly. (31 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: What does the Minister mean by running down other assets before the family home?

Care of the Elderly. (31 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: It is in the document.