Results 18,221-18,240 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the hospitals that are cutting back on services ahead of Christmas 2009 to balance the books; the nature of those services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45896/09]
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: I hope the Minister is safe from the frog counting exercise, as she seems to have one in her throat. The question was very straightforward; it asked for details on hospitals cutting back services ahead of Christmas to balance the books and the nature of those services. The Minister made a statement on the matter, but she did not tell us the services that will be cut or the hospitals...
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: They are massaging the figures.
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: I accept that hospitals must live within their budgets but I reiterate what I stated. An employee of the Houses was told she would have to be on the waiting list at Tallaght hospital for one year before the NTPF would accept her. That is a fact. Another man, who is 53 and has a painful knee, is awaiting an orthopaedic outpatient appointment but cannot get one for two and a half years....
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: The obvious question is how can the Minister tell us that patients are not being affected detrimentally when this is the reality.
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of contracts or leases that have been signed by the Health Service Executive with general practitioners in respect of primary care centres; the location of these centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45897/09]
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: We know the Minister has a large number of plans and that some of Professor Drumm's bonus was apparently based on having teams in place. For the most part, these teams are virtual in nature. In other words, they do not really exist. A letter of intent is just that and it has no legal status or standing. My question is very straightforward and seeks to discover the number of contracts that...
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: I just want to know the number in respect of which contracts have been signed. We have been negotiating for years. The primary care strategy has been in place since 2001.
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: How many contracts have been signed?
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: I wish she would answer.
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: The purpose of my question is to elicit information on the number of contracts that have been signed.
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: I will ask my question again. How many contracts have been signed? I do not want to know how many we aspire to sign, nor am I interested in the difficulties we face. I merely wish to discover the number of contracts that have been signed in the past 11 months.
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: No, I do understand it.
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: Not a contract has been signed.
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: Letters of intent were signed two, three or four years ago.
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: The Minister refused to answer the question. That is fine. The answer is approximately four or five contracts were signed.
- Health Service Staff. (8 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: The Minister said earlier last year that she would pursue redundancies, yet when she was asked about it at the end of last year, she said it was a matter for the Minister for Finance. Today again, having told us last week that there would be redundancies, she has put it back into the lap of the Minister for Finance. Who will take responsibility for the HSE? What has changed that makes the...
- Health Service Staff. (8 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: A change is as good as a break.
- Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (3 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to implement a framework for the development of shared services and outsourcing across the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44847/09]
- Report by Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin: Statements (Resumed) (3 Dec 2009)
James Reilly: Normally one is pleased to speak in the House. Unfortunately, today's discussion is one that gives none of us any pleasure. This is a report on the response of the church, as an institution, to the revelations of child abuse. There is no question but that child abuse did occur. I find the response of the church disappointing. Many of its senior members seem to continue to live in denial,...