Results 16,921-16,940 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly

Hospitals Building Programme (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: I wanted to know when it is likely to get planning permission not when it was likely to apply for it.

Hospitals Building Programme (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: We will not expect any planning permission until the end of 2011. That is useful. New Zealand is not Ireland in 2010 or 2011. The Jack and Jill Foundation, one of the most successful charitable organisations in the country, has had to resort to seeking additional funding from the HSE because it failed to meet its targets in its philanthropic endeavours, and the people concerned are...

Hospital Staff (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the two extra consultant radiologists for Tallaght Hospital will be put in place; the way the total number of whole time equivalent consultant radiologists at the hospital compares to international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42372/10]

Hospital Staff (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: The reports states clearly: There were severe systemic and other weaknesses at management level, and the structures at Board level were simply not robust enough to provide the level of governance, supervision and direction required in the management of a large and complex organisation. Indeed, the same could be said of the HSE, but we are talking about Tallaght Hospital here. Warnings were...

Hospital Staff (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: I hope they will be in put in place. From the time of advertising to the time of appointment and of taking up duty, generally, it could be up to 18 months. They have suffered enough in Tallaght and I note that Deputy Brian Hayes has been highlighting this point. When will the HSE national audit, which reveals if other hospitals experienced a backlog on X-ray or GP referral letters, be...

Hospital Staff (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: When will the other audit be published?

Health Services Staff (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of submissions of interest made to the Health Service Executive in relation to the voluntary redundancy programme to date; the reason for the delay in introducing the scheme; if she has a plan for a similar scheme for her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42373/10]

Health Services Staff (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: I thank the Minister. Would the Minister not agree that had this initiative been undertaken when the HSE was formed, we could have saved more than €1 billion, at €200 million a year? I am delighted to hear that there is such interest in the scheme. However, I wonder why it took so long to introduce it. The Minister alluded to her Department in her reply. Clearly, there is a need for...

Health Services Staff (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: Will the Minister make available to members of her Department a redundancy package? I hope when she mentions the Adoption Board that she is not alluding to it as having little or nothing to do.

Health Services Staff (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: That is right, but I do not think they were singled out in the report as the inference might suggest.

Hospital Services (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans or those of the Health Service Executive to alter services provided at a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42374/10]

Hospital Services (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: I thank the Minister of State response. I refer to this hospital at the request of Barry O'Neill, who is a councillor in the area, to ensure that it is not further downgraded. The Minister of State alluded to it being a 40-bed unit; I visited it in June when 30 beds were in operation and now there are 20 beds. There seems to be a fairly aggressive downgrading of the hospital. These...

Hospital Services (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: Will the Minister of State kindly reassure the House that the HSE will not continue with its previous history of using reports that identify deficits in care as an excuse to close facilities instead of addressing the issues raised by the reports?

General Practitioner Services (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: I concur with other speakers and I encourage the Minister to open up the GMS scheme to suitably qualified GPs. I echo the point made by Deputy Ó Caoláin about the shortage of GPs in the country. Certain areas such as Tallaght have no GP practice. If the contract is to be changed, I appeal to the Minister to ensure that in the opening of up the GMS scheme to GPs, they do not all end up in...

Health Promotion (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: An article in The Lancet concluded that "aggressively targeting alcohol harms is a valid and necessary public health strategy". Professor Joe Barry from Trinity College has commented on the matter.

Health Promotion (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: I beg your pardon, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Is that the case, even if they inform the question?

Health Promotion (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: I am only alluding to them, Sir. There is obviously still a need to reduce demand for alcohol, address the availability of cheap alcohol and have fewer outlets and restricted sports event sponsorship. Will the Government make representations to the European Union in this regard? I accept the matter is within the remit of individual governments, but we need to start somewhere. Surely...

Hospital Services (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: In regard to the variation between Tallaght and Mayo, hernias are more common among older people and I do not doubt social isolation, age, lack of carers and remoteness play a large part in explaining why patients cannot be treated on a day case basis. Will the Minister acknowledge that the number of beds in the system has decreased from 18,000 20 years ago to fewer than 11,000 today despite...

Health Service Investigations (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: Yesterday, there were 32 people lying on trolleys in Tallaght Hospital. If the Chair will indulge me, I would like to correct something I said on the record last week. I mentioned that a Government backbencher was given an appointment date for a CT scan that is 13 months away. In fact, he was given an appointment date that is four and a half months away for a simple X-ray. I should have...

Health Service Investigations (11 Nov 2010)

James Reilly: It relates to Tallaght Hospital. I am asking about the management of the hospital.