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Topical Issue Debate: HIQA Reports (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I do not believe Deputy Kelleher is involved in this discussion. He will have his opportunity shortly.

Topical Issue Debate: HIQA Reports (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Yes, he is involved in the sense that it was his Government that left the mess behind. It was his Government that reconfigured these hospitals and did not put in-----

Topical Issue Debate: HIQA Reports (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Sorry, but seeing as the Deputy has raised his voice in this debate, let us be clear about this. It was Deputy Kelleher's Government that reconfigured those hospitals and put the horse behind the cart instead of the other way around by closing facilities before new facilities were built. It left it to the next Government to clean up the mess. Deputy O'Donovan made reference to unannounced...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Deputy Kelleher spoke about emergency departments and then spoke about an unfortunate lady who was waiting for four days for an operation but Deputy McNamara made it quite clear that she was not on a trolley in an emergency department.

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The way the Deputy spoke about it implied that she was. The Deputy chose to focus on my commitment to explore the lack of a model three hospital in this hospital group and ignored all of the other things that were said with regard to the opening of a paediatric area and an extra 17 beds, as well as our commitment to get the issues around the model two hospitals sorted to ensure that the...

Topical Issue Debate: HIQA Reports (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. Deputy Carey mentioned the risk of cross-infection. I am happy to report that we have the lowest incidence of MRSA in our hospitals now since records began. I want to mention the model 2 hospitals. We need better use of these hospitals. This does not just mean using the beds in these hospitals, but that the staff working in these hospitals...

Topical Issue Debate: HIQA Reports (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I regret that I only have four minutes in which to reply because many good points have been made and I need to inform the Deputies of several points. I thank them for raising this matter and affording me the opportunity to welcome publication of the HIQA report on the review of governance in the University of Limerick Hospitals Group. It is the first hospital group to be assessed against...

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: People break their necks playing rugby.

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: A considerable number of warnings will be there for people to see. I have a copy of the warnings used in Northern Ireland, and ours will not be much different. It is a long list, which I will not read. I am tempted to remark on the appropriateness of the Leas-Chathaoirleach's advice not to "draw fire" when I am addressing Senator Cullinane.

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Senator Crown made the point that we need sugar and cannot live without carbohydrates. Do we need sugar-sweetened drinks and sweets to live? We could follow this argument forever. The sports analogy is not about some sports being different. While rollercoaster operators have the right to refuse entry to certain people, they are not prohibited by law from riding rollercoasters by virtue of...

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I must address the suggestion that we will not protect people. We will protect people but not dictate to them, as Senator Cullinane wishes us to. This is a good Bill and I will not accept the amendments. I can think of a host of other areas with which I could draw analogies, such as banning people with disabilities or without the full use of their four limbs from riding horses because it...

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Senator Gilroy has put his finger on it in terms of the problem that arises with some of the analogies put forward by Senator Cullinane. I hope the voters of Ireland are listening when the latter says, on behalf of Sinn Féin, that he would impose his will - it matters little that his will, in this case, is well intentioned - across the natural constitutional rights of the people of this...

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: These proposals are prejudicial to the rights of groups of adults with a particular skin type. That is completely different from banning commercial activity which can cause harm. Having said that, I do not necessarily disagree with Senator Crown in respect of his stated objective. In fact, our aim is to achieve a situation by 2025 where the prevalence of smoking in this country is under...

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I agree 100% with Senator Crown on the need for education. We must continually drive home the message regarding the harmful effects of sunbed usage. We have included a prohibition in the Bill on claims being made by sunbed operators that their use has a health benefit by, for instance, providing vitamin D. We are insisting that all operators go through a form with customers to ensure they...

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: However, that prohibition applies to everybody, not a selected group of individuals.

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I am very pleased that I have a fellow doctor in the Chamber because I cannot imagine any GP wanting to certify that somebody is fit to use a sunbed, when they know that sunbeds cause damage to the skin. Any tanning is evidence of damage to the skin. They would not want to give a certificate to anybody in their full health to say they were fit to smoke cigarettes. Senator Cullinane's point...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: In relation to the specific incident raised by the Deputy, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I have been advised by the HSE that the matter was referred to the Assistant National Director HR - Dublin North East for attention on 30th May, 2014 who has subsequently written to arrange a meeting with the person concerned. I understand that as of yesterday 10thJune the person had not yet responded to the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Application Numbers (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The table provides the most recent medical card figures, at 1 May 2014, as requested by the Deputy. The HSE collate medical card statistical data by Local Health Office area, and not by county. Local Health Office  Medical Cards Carlow/ Kilkenny  59,323 Cavan/ Monaghan  57,772 Clare  47,242 Cork - North Lee  78,037 Cork - South Lee  60,996 Donegal ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2014,has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has...