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Cancer Screening Programme. (31 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: Will the Minister just answer the question? Will she give us a deadline that she will keep and a commitment to which she will stick?

Special Educational Needs. (30 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: Why are there so many cases?

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene and ask the Health Service Executive to continue to fund a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36088/07]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (30 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new nursing home scheme Fair Deal will become operational in particular in the Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36096/07]

Written Answers — Nursing Education: Nursing Education (30 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements in place to provide medical practitioners with locum cover in order that they can fulfil the required time commitment as supervisors of the new nursing prescribing scheme (details supplied); her views on whether if no such arrangements are in place the value of the nursing prescribing certificate will be in serious...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Jan 2008)

James Reilly: Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to address the concerns expressed by cystic fibrosis patients on national radio recently and in particular if she will ensure that isolation beds and specialist staff are provided in hospital grounds immediately via the use of modular buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1524/08]

Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: He should have listened in the House first.

Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: I have asked this question virtually every day since the end of November. The Taoiseach, on 6 November, and the Minister for Health and Children, on 7 November, promised us that we would have the Ann O'Doherty report by the end of November. This is the last day of the Dáil session and there is no sign of it and we have no answers.

Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: It is not a matter that is out of order for the women of Portlaoise and the midlands. They would like to know what happened and why they were placed in such a position.

Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: The continued refusal of the Minister for Health and Children, the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste to provide this information is nothing short of scandalous.

Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: And orchids.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: Like my colleague, Deputy Shatter, I will raise the Minister's attitude to the legislation. For the Government to continue to behave as it has done with this Bill would be to tell the people that it will, in future, legislate in the dark and, in the event of legislation being urgent, as the Minister argued regarding this Bill, Deputies will not be given access to the relevant advice issued...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: No one is asking the Minister to legislate against profit.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: The Minister makes the point that people are earning more and the economy has grown and this is the reason more people have VHI cover. I put it to her that 20 years ago there were 18,000 beds in the hospital system, which fell to 11,000 and now the number is at 13,000 while the population has increased by 700,000. It is the lack of access to public health care that makes people feel they...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: It is perverse prosperity that leads us to a situation where more and more people consider they need health insurance to access health care which was freely available here 20 years ago.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: It is 10.23 p.m. The debate ends shortly but we have not touched on the other two sections of the Bill which relate to the Medical Practitioners Act and the Health Act 2004, which dealt with the HSE. Do I have permission to comment on those sections?

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: In that case, we are leaving very little time for the other amendments.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: In that case, in my final comments on co-location I will focus on some of the other issues which arise due to the lack of investment in our hospitals. The Minister stated that those who need isolation rooms should have them but the reality is there are too few of them, particularly at Beaumont Hospital, which cannot deal with all the MRSA patients who should be in such rooms. That hospital...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: I will start by taking up where Deputy Shatter finished. The Minister did me the courtesy of sending me the letter from the Attorney General. He said the advice was privileged and should not be released. He did not say that it could not or cannot be released. It is at the discretion of the Government and it could have been released under certain restrictions to me and other members of the...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2007)

James Reilly: Do I have a minute left or cúpla nóiméad?