Results 17,121-17,140 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: I dispute that with the Minister.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: On a point of information-----
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: Then a point of clarification or a point of order.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: On a point of order, the Minister is trying to tell the House that orthopaedic surgery is the only elective surgery.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: The general elective surgery of general surgery has been taken away.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: We are discussing 1,800 cases per year, which cannot-----
- Health Service Investigations (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: When will the HIQA report on how letters should be dealt with be made available to us? When can we expect the report on dignity for patients?
- Health Service Investigations (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: When will we see it?
- Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: It may be all well in the Minister's mind to say that we will only talk about those waiting more than three months, but the reality is that there are 46,000 people waiting for treatment. The NTPF figures are extremely misleading because they do not include those people waiting up to three months. Many people are now finding that they are not getting onto the NTPF waiting list until they...
- Hospital Staff (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the number of non-consultant hospital doctor posts that are vacant; the number of consultant posts that are vacant; what the planned ratio was; what the planned ratio is now, in view of the fact that it is policy to have a consultant delivered service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35142/10]
- Hospital Staff (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: I thank the Minister for her response. I wonder why interns were excluded for comparative purposes. They are NCHDs and would clearly impact on the ratios considerably. It is important to point out that emergency pediatric and obstetrics maternity and surgical services across the country are likely to be curtailed as a result of the critical shortage of junior hospital doctors. An...
- Hospital Staff (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: I will not ask a supplementary question, rather I will repeat the questions I asked that the Minister did not answer. Why were interns excluded and what services will be curtailed or reconfigured due to the forecasted shortages? If she is answering only one question, the most important one is the latter.
- Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis of the Health Service Executive decision to cease surgery, particularly elective surgery, at Navan Hospital, County Meath; the clinical reasons behind this decision; the details of the HSE review into this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35141/10]
- Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: I thank the Minister for her reply. I will point out a number of issues. The Minister mentioned two cases, one of which involved the mother of a general practitioner who asked that his mother's case be removed because he has no issue concerning the manner of treatment given. The surgery facilities at Navan have been cancelled for elective surgery too. Some 1,800 cases are performed there...
- Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: I thank the Minister for orientating me.
- Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: At least the Minister clarified one thing for the people of the north-east. It is all about money and not patient safety. As the Minister well knows, the reason we are not mentioning Navan hospital in tonight's motion is that any question in regard to it would probably be disallowed if it influenced the motion. To get back to the real question, the Minister has acknowledged that it is a...
- Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: The Minister says that to live within the budget they must cancel the entire service. That is not funny for the people who must use that service.
- Health Services (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reverse the Health Service Executive dental policy decision which advises dentists not to fill cavities in children's teeth in view of the fact that it puts children's health at risk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35143/10]
- Health Services (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: I should like to put on the record of the House the fact that I am informed that Navan hospital is not over budget, in response to my last question that was dealt with by the Minister. In regard to this issue, the Minister will forgive me if I read out a section of a report from the Dental Protection Ireland. Dental Protection Ireland, DPL, the specialist risk management group, has raised...
- Health Services (5 Oct 2010)
James Reilly: Does the Minister accept this opinion, which comes from an internationally respected body with no conflicts of interest in terms of costings? Is this yet another policy born out of a desire to save money rather than saving children from pain and distress?