Results 21,041-21,060 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly
- Drugs in Prisons. (9 Oct 2007)
James Reilly: I was going to congratulate the Minister on the new measures being put in place. However, Deputy Rabbitte has reminded us that all of this was promised before. This strikes a chord in terms of what is happening in the health service. I and other GPs cannot understand why the opportunity is not taken while people are incarcerated to ensure they get and remain free of drugs. Everybody now...
- Drugs in Prisons. (9 Oct 2007)
James Reilly: I will do so presently.
- Drugs in Prisons. (9 Oct 2007)
James Reilly: Why is that the numbers emerging from prisoners as drug-users are greater than for those who enter prison abusing drugs? What proposals does the Minister have to address this availability? How will he provide resources within prisons to ensure prisoners can access detoxification programmes and subsequently stay off drugs? The sniffer dogs should be brought into pubs also.
- Written Answers — Office of Tobacco Control: Office of Tobacco Control (4 Oct 2007)
James Reilly: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the Board of the Office of Tobacco Control which was appointed in 2002 for a five year term; when its term of office will expire; the arrangements in place to appoint a new board for the Office of Tobacco Control; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22209/07]
- Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2007)
James Reilly: I welcome the Bill and am glad of the opportunity to contribute to the debate. As previous speakers have said, there are serious concerns that the economy is possibly not as strong as it was. There will clearly be a reduction in stamp duty intake and VAT returns, so we will have to look long and hard at how we address the shortfall. If responsibility and credibility are not evident at the...
- Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2007)
James Reilly: This point concerns financial control, regulation and people taking responsibility for their activities. This problem is evident in various sectors of the public service. How will a shrinking budget accommodate the inflation in public sector spending given the amount of money spent?
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)
James Reilly: I wish to start on a positive note. I see my old friend, Mr. Tom Mooney, there from the Department of Health and Children. He knows that I always try to see the positive side of things. I welcome the fact that Fine Gael pressure has resulted in the cuts in surgeons at Sligo General Hospital being forestalled for three months at least. We have also stimulated the resumption of dental...
- Tackling Crime: Statements (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)
James Reilly: I wish to share my time with Deputies Michael Ring and Terence Flanagan.
- Tackling Crime: Statements (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)
James Reilly: I commend the bravery of Garda Paul Sherlock and wish him a speedy recovery. I am sure all in the House join me in that. This debate has not been one of cross-party confrontation and I do not wish to make it so. We are all aware that we have serious crime and all parties want to see that addressed. We have had initiatives in various areas that have worked, including in the Minister's...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2007)
James Reilly: They are management staff.
- Health Services: Motion. (2 Oct 2007)
James Reilly: He was never on the health board there.
- Health Services: Motion. (2 Oct 2007)
James Reilly: We mentioned Tallaght ten times for the Deputy.
- Health Services: Motion. (2 Oct 2007)
James Reilly: I move: That Dáil Ãireann, recalling the promises made by An Taoiseach and the Minister for Health and Children in May 2007 that there would be no cut in frontline health services; noting the: deterioration of critical frontline hospital services in recent months, as evidenced by the: loss of 30 nurses and four consultants from Sligo General Hospital; cancellation of dental services for...
- Health Services: Motion. (2 Oct 2007)
James Reilly: I accept the Chair's correction and will rephrase by saying they have been exposed as misleading statements. The Minister for Health and Children has refused to accept that patient services will be affected by the cutbacks but who can believe her, particularly when one of her own Ministers of State expresses concern? It is glaringly obvious that patients will be affected by the loss of 30...
- Health Services: Motion. (2 Oct 2007)
James Reilly: I thank the Deputy. The beds in the unit were designated specifically for the rehabilitation of stroke patients. A recent audit conducted by the Irish Heart Foundation exposed how utterly insufficient hospital services are for stroke patients nationally. Although approximately 10,000 acute stroke patients were admitted to hospital in 2005, the audit found that there are only 12 designated...
- Health Services: Motion. (2 Oct 2007)
James Reilly: The public has been promised by the new Government that it is committed to reducing suicide rates, but it is clear that the Government's commitment to tackle suicide is meaningless. Unfortunately, the examples cited in this motion do not comprise the full list of services to be affected by the Minister's cutbacks. This list is only the beginning of a raft of measures that will erode patient...
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2007)
James Reilly: Frontline staff.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2007)
James Reilly: If they can access the service.
- Health Services. (27 Sep 2007)
James Reilly: I wish to share time with Deputy Terence Flanagan. Cystic fibrosis is a serious illness and one in 19 people are carriers of the cystic fibrosis gene. Where two parents with the gene marry, there is a one in four chance that their child will be born with the condition. Each year, 40 to 50 children are born with cystic fibrosis and there are currently in the region of 1,200 people who suffer...
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
James Reilly: I thank Deputies Perry, Deenihan and McCormack for sharing their time. I am a Deputy for Dublin North which has Dublin Airport at the heart of its commercial life. The decision by Aer Lingus to transfer its Heathrow slots from Shannon Airport could be followed by a decision tomorrow to do the same in Dublin. The Government gave an undertaking to protect the Heathrow slots at Shannon, Cork...