Results 18,701-18,720 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly
- Mental Health Services. (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: Clearly the Thornton Hall site is no longer a runner. Is that correct? Is it the case that the CMH is no longer going out there and the PPP is no longer a prospect? I am trying to interpret what the Minister of State has told me.
- Mental Health Services. (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: Forgive me, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, but I thought we had a long debate in this House about how we did not consider that Thornton Hall was an appropriate site although the Government was intent on making it the site. Clearly it has now moved position and I welcome that. I equally welcome the fact that we need to fast-track a new central mental hospital. However our interpretation of the...
- Mental Health Services. (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: It was so subtle the Minister of State did not even realise it himself.
- Mental Health Services. (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: It is a matter of the recession.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: We were discussing whether we would take all these amendments together. I do not like the idea-----
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: On a point of information, I had no issue with amendments Nos. 5 and 7 to 10, inclusive, being taken together but I was not happy to take amendments Nos. 30 to 34, inclusive, together with them.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: That is very fair. In the earlier part of the debate I objected strenuously to one of my amendments being ruled out of order by reason of it being against the spirit of the Bill. The Acting Chairman at the time did not want to engage and I understand why - it was not his ruling but the Ceann Comhairle's. I went to the Ceann Comhairle's office but he was not there. The officials were to...
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: I am talking about amendment No. 1.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: I wish to make the point, which I was not allowed to make and which the Leas-Cheann Comhairle might take with him when he leaves. It states at the end of the Long Title "and to provide for related matters". I cannot accept that the amendment is against the spirit of that.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: I accept that, but this is very specific. It relates to our incurring costs at the European court.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: Like Deputy O'Sullivan, I seek further clarity on matters like "age-related tax credits recorded in accounts". I am sure there is nothing major in this and I do not want to make a bigger deal out of it than it deserves. We need reassurance and further explanation as to the technicalities. Most of the amendments are simple enough. However, I have concerns about amendments Nos. 5, 30 and...
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: I would like to respond. The VHI has not reached the required solvency level. On Committee Stage I asked the Minister who set this level at 40% when the international standard is closer to 25%, and she told me she did not know. Perhaps she might tell me now whether-----
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: I asked the Minister on Committee Stage why the level was set at 40% here when it is 25% elsewhere. Perhaps that is what the Minister said she did not know. Anybody looking in from the outside will see a country applying a very high solvency requirement for any new companies coming in and insisting they meet the requirement while giving a derogation to its own company in this regard. This...
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: As does Fine Gael.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: The Minister has stated on two separate occasions that these measures will only apply for three years, yet we will deal with an amendment later which extends that validity to four years, to 2012. Will the Minister answer my question as to whether the Competition Authority was asked for its opinion on this issue or sought to give such an opinion?
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: Will the Minister answer my question regarding the Competition Authority?
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: The Minister indicated that one has long gestation periods before cases are adjudicated in the European Court of Justice. Nonetheless, the court's decisions have retrospective authority and apply from the date on which the initial breach took place.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: It is possible, therefore, that the issue will have been addressed by the time the court case commences and we will have incurred major expense as a result.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: The amendments were grouped. While I have tried to co-operate, if I am to be restricted to speaking twice on each amendment-----
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)
James Reilly: The amendments have been grouped which truncates the debate. If I am restricted, I will insist on discussing amendments individually which is not in anyone's interest. If the VHI was unable to meet the 40% solvency requirement when it was making significant profits and enjoyed a massive share of the market, it begs the question as to whether it will ever meet the requirement without...