Results 18,041-18,060 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly
- Health Staff Work to Rule. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: Is there any strategy?
- Hospital Staff. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: I lend my voice of support for some funding for Dignity 4 Patients. It is providing services, as the Minister has said, for quite a number of people, many of whom are men who are at risk of suicide as a consequence of the abuse they have suffered. As with Deputy O'Sullivan I should like to see a serious review and I accept the Minister's assurance that it will be. Should an inquiry be...
- Cancer Screening Programme. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: I have a number of points for the Minister and then a question. I wholeheartedly welcome the Minister's decision to go ahead with the vaccination programme. She knows my views and everyone else is aware of them, too, in terms of the importance of this. It was never a case of either or, but rather of both together. I am glad she now confirms that she always accepted that because we had a...
- Cancer Screening Programme. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: It was not a personal interest, it was a public interest.
- Cancer Screening Programme. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: Will the Minister reimburse the people the cost of the vaccine that she would otherwise pay, which is only â¬100 per head? It would be a gesture.
- Health Service Staff. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: This is a very serious issue which I have raised before, not only in respect of new employees. I am aware of a situation that occurred last year in which an ambulance company took over another private ambulance company and 12 of the 20 drivers did not have Garda clearance but they had been working for some considerable time. Vetting is very important, particularly in the mental health...
- Substance Misuse. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: Last night's "Operation Transformation" programme put across a message in respect of a matter in which I am particularly interested, namely, that the calorific content of alcohol should be listed on the side of all bottles which contain alcohol. People do not realise the number of calories a bottle of alcohol contains. There are health implications in this regard. It would be of assistance...
- Substance Misuse. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: The number of units of alcohol contained in a bottle of alcohol should also be listed. The information provided should list the number of grammes and also indicate what constitutes a unit. Many people are of the view that there are only six units of alcohol in a bottle of wine. However, the average bottle of wine contains nine units.
- Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: The Minister of State will acknowledge that there are 8,000 adults and 400 children in institutions of care and that there are no independent inspectors. Hundreds of complaints have been made about these institutions in the past two years. These complaints relate to issues from poor accommodation to allegations of abuse or neglect. Last year, the Ryan report illustrated the extent of the...
- Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: They do not have anyone to speak for them.
- Hospital Services. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to tackle the number of patients waiting on trolleys in accident and emergency, which was recorded by a union (details supplied) at a high of 500 during January 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7227/10]
- Hospital Services. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: I thank the Minister for her response. I welcome the fact that, not before time, the waiting time will be counted from the time the patient attends the accident and emergency department. To be frank, it is nonsensical to have any other system. The reality is that during January the figure reached 500 people on trolleys. It is a number of years since the Minister declared that this would be...
- Hospital Services. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: I will ask a question. I want to ask about this constituent, whose father is aged 85 and lay on a trolley from Sunday night until last night. He has now been moved to a bed but he is still in an annex to accident and emergency in Beaumont Hospital. The recent contention of Professor Brendan Drumm that 30% of patients, because they are only in hospital for 48 hours, do not really need to be...
- Hospital Services. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: The Minister should visit Holland.
- Hospital Services. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: I did not refer to six days today but I will get the Minister the information, which relates to another person.
- Hospital Services. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: We all get disorientated in here. It happens to the best of us. With regard to the Minister's semantics about somebody lying on a trolley, we all know what we mean by trolleys in accident and emergency and the length of time people have to wait. There is no question about that. What the Minister describes is something that will happen into the future. The reality is that people are lying...
- Health Services. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether reducing in-patient procedures by between 46,000 and 54,000 in 2010 means that patients will have to wait longer for essential diagnostics and treatment and will result in increased pressure on accident and emergency departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6905/10]
- Health Services. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: The plan is seeking a reduction of 33,313 emergency admissions and a reduction of 54,000 in-patient procedures, all of which is to be compensated by a small increase of 10,569. The arithmetic does not work out. When one compares the figures for planned in-patient surgery for January 2010 in respect of people waiting in pain to have gallstones removed, to have hernias repaired or for knee or...
- Health Services. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: I do not want to get into semantics with the Minister but I hope we are measuring the number of people in A&E, rather than measuring people. The bottom line is that there have been serious delays in surgeries and people are being left in pain needlessly. Another issue is now arising. Given the Department's focus on breast cancer, people who are being screened for suspected cancer are being...
- Health Services. (11 Feb 2010)
James Reilly: I am concerned with Dublin where the problem is acute.