Results 20,881-20,900 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly

Food Labelling. (21 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: In regard to meat, what is the point of imposing standards on Irish farmers for places of origin and antibiotics when imported Brazilian beef is not subject to the same stringent requirements? We do not know where it comes from, other than a large continental area called Brazil, nor do we know the conditions in which the cattle were reared.

Food Labelling. (21 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: What about hormones and antibiotic use?

National Cancer Strategy. (21 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: It would be erroneous of the Minister to place all her emphasis on existing resources instead of discussing additional funding. Has she not placed Professor Keane in an invidious situation? He has just arrived, yet decisions have already been made about where the centres will be located and the number to be established. He will have to unravel those arrangements if he does not agree....

National Cancer Strategy. (21 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: I am not in favour of removing services until their replacements have been established. I and members of the public will be pleased when the new services are up and running.

Young People: Motion (21 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: The Minister of State's contribution reminds me of the good old days in the former health board when we were inundated with paperwork and told how great things were, but we never examined the problems. As other Deputies pointed out, the value of this motion is in great doubt. Everybody agrees we should be discussing the problems facing today's youth, but there is no point in doing so unless...

Young People: Motion (21 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: Let us discuss the schools we have before talking about those we do not have. Some 75% of primary schools have no indoor sports facilities and common rooms have been used as classrooms for the increasing enrolments. I am speaking specifically about Dublin North, including areas such as Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush, Lusk and Donabate. The latter two areas have no secondary school even though...

Community Pharmacy Services. (21 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on recent discussions with pharmacists; if progress has been made; if not, the plans her Department has to ensure continuity of supply of medicines to pensioners, social welfare recipients and other patients on medical cards and various refund schemes that may be affected by the pharmacists' threat to withdraw from...

Community Pharmacy Services. (21 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: I state categorically that I and the Fine Gael Party will not and cannot condone any action by pharmacists or the HSE which endangers the well-being of patients. The dispute is dragging on because there is no clear path to resolution. There is no mechanism by which resolution may be achieved. It is clear that the HSE ignored the advice of its consultants, Indecon, who recommended that it...

Community Pharmacy Services. (21 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: The chief executive of the Labour Relations Commission, perhaps.

Community Pharmacy Services. (21 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: Will the Minister clarify whether she is prepared to postpone the HSE's changes on 1 December to ensure patients will have continuity of medical supply in the weeks approaching Christmas? Will she agree to the appointment of an independent arbitrator? In this regard, mention was made of Mr. Kieran Mulvey, an eminent person who is very experienced in this area.

Community Pharmacy Services. (21 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: I remind the Minister that there is a contract between her and the patients who use the General Medical Service to obtain drugs.

Hospital Services. (21 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she took to address the concerns raised in a letter she personally received from a consultant in Portlaoise in 2005 expressing their concerns regarding the quality and reliability of services in the radiology department in Portlaoise General Hospital; if she will assure Dáil Éireann that no further such letters lie...

Hospital Services. (21 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: The Minister's answer ignores the issue raised in the letter, namely, that the radiology service was a shambles. If she can honestly describe the manner in which that letter and the issues it raised were dealt with as the best way to do so, it is not terribly reassuring to this House and the people who must use the health service. Can the Minister confirm that this letter was brought to her...

Hospital Services. (21 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: Does she expect all medics who are concerned about the quality and reliability of machinery to walk away from the job and their patients, as she suggested in her response in the Dáil where she said that if the machine was so faulty, why did the radiologists continue to use it? The reality is that faced with the machine with which they must deliver the service, people deliver the service...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (20 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans, funds allocated and time-line for a 14 bed extension to the community hospital in Kenmare, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29367/07]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the immediate plans she has to address the long waiting lists for speech and language assessment which appears to be nine months or more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29368/07]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (20 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Prospectus report commissioned in 2006, regarding future demand for long stay nursing home places will be published and available to the providers and commissioners of long stay accommodation to help them plan for future capacity in that sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29403/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (20 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the system in place in her office to ensure that correspondence to her regarding matters of patient safety is brought to her attention; if she has satisfied herself that the system in place is adequate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29608/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost to the insurance fund of the improvements in the earnings limit from May 2007 for recipients of deserted wife's benefit who applied after 31 August 1992; if he will increase the threshold in Budget 2008 or abolish it in order to treat all recipients of deserted wife's benefit equally; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (20 Nov 2007)

James Reilly: Question 532: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on issuing a new directive to county councils to provide for, specifically set aside and zone lands for community-based nursing homes and long-stay facilities in new residential developments similar to the regulation requiring provision of crèche sites and school sites in county council...