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Accident and Emergency Services (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: Indeed. You and the Pope.

Accident and Emergency Services (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: I put it to the Minister that the question is quite clear. It asks the Minister about her plans to limit accident and emergency services as a result of the cutbacks and shortage of doctors; if she will identify each hospital affected by these plans, which she failed to do; if she supports the action - she failed to say whether she did; if she is concerned about the impact this will have on...

Accident and Emergency Services (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: The appropriate place, with 300 people lying on trolleys every single day, is not very satisfactory. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd is from the Louth constituency, in which a new accident and emergency department which is lying idle was built in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda. When will it open? Why has the reduction in services not been outlined? They were not mentioned in the HSE national...

Health Insurance Providers (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the VHI fulfilled its legal obligation to achieve solvency by the end of March 2010 deadline set by herself; the number of times she has extended the deadline for VHI to achieve required reserves to date; if the EU Competition Commissioner has contacted her concerning a possible legal action and sanctions if VHI does not meet the...

Health Insurance Providers (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: I ask the Minister to indicate to the House the solvency target for the VHI in monetary and percentage terms and the level of solvency achieved by the company by the end of March 2010. Does she see any inconsistency between the State's treatment of the VHI, in respect of which it once again extended the deadline for solvency, and of Quinn Insurance? An article in The Irish Times cites Seán...

Health Insurance Providers (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: I contend that the reason 53% of the people in this country take out private health insurance is because they do not have any faith in the public system to deliver in a timely fashion. I do not wish to do a disservice to the late and very brave Susie Long but people do not want to find themselves in her situation. Otherwise, how could one explain the decision? Our hospitals are supposed to...

Health Insurance Providers (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: She has admitted that the market is not fair. Given that the VHI's shortfall is estimated at over €200 million, might it indeed face the same fate as Quinn Insurance? I do not believe we have a fair market and that is why we do not have more players.

Health Insurance Providers (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: One that works, as opposed to the one the Minister introduced.

Health Insurance Providers (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: There is no such thing as unlimited anything.

Health Insurance Providers (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: The only thing that is unlimited is the Minister's promises.

Hospitals Building Programme (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if building work has commenced at any of the eight co-location sites regarding her plan to fast track 1,000 public beds through the co-location plan; if finance has been secured for any of the sites; her views on whether her co-location plan will become a reality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20717/10]

Hospitals Building Programme (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: I thank the Minister. It is timely that we should discuss the matter because, as my colleague, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan mentioned a few weeks ago, we are heading towards the fifth anniversary of the announcement of the plan, which was to fast track the 1,000 public beds. Not a single brick has been laid, a sod turned or a bed delivered. Will the Minister confirm whether finance has been...

Hospitals Building Programme (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: When they are elected they can express an opinion.

Hospitals Building Programme (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: Five years later, there is no real prospect of that happening. I disagree fundamentally with the Minister's point that no other funding is available. There is gross wastage within the Health Service Executive and the health budget. If the funding was directed appropriately and managed properly the funding would be available. I remind the Minister that she promised the House previously...

Hospitals Building Programme (18 May 2010)

James Reilly: Patients are not getting treated because the Minister is closing other facilities and burdening the major hospitals which cannot cope.

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (13 May 2010)

James Reilly: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the timeline he has agreed for the completion of the Thornton Hall project including the envisaged start date for building work and the envisaged completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19442/10]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (13 May 2010)

James Reilly: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to the Garda fraud squad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19449/10]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (13 May 2010)

James Reilly: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to reform the work permit schemes for migrants; if his attention has been drawn to the exploitation of migrant workers under the current scheme whereby some employers are refusing to pay minimum wage and tell the employees that they are unable to change job because the employer holds the work permit; if his...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 May 2010)

James Reilly: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) and their general practitioner are unable to get the results of their X-ray from a consultant at St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin 4; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19853/10]

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (13 May 2010)

James Reilly: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total consumption of electricity in 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19779/10]