Results 19,481-19,500 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: That is correct.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: We do not have an unlimited number of people dying of cancer.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: What about hospitals?
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: Absolutely.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: Nobody said that.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: ââincreased access to the flu vaccine; it was stated clearly.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: A total of 50% of them are waiting longer than six months; that information is also provided, with no mention of the waiting time to get to see a consultant to get on a waiting list.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: It is seven and a half years.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: Why is it only possible to continue this for three years? What is the regulation or legal concern?
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: With regard to the means tested card, what level of means test will apply? At present, there is no means testing for those aged over 70 as they are all entitled to it as a matter of right. I know those aged under 70 married to someone aged over 70 are means tested. Will the Minister clarify what will be the income limit for a medical card before expenses are taken into account in the...
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: I move amendment No. 5a: In page 4, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: "(2) The Health Service Executive shall provide any necessary supports to any person in the making of an application under subsection 1 where, by reason of any incapacity, such person requests such assistance.". This is a straightforward amendment which should not pose any difficulty for the Government. It...
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: I am also opposed to this section.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: I also oppose this section. This is the meat of the Bill, and it will remove the entitlement of people over 70 to a medical card. They have grown used to that medical card, and some of them have had it for seven years. Now they are facing its loss. As Deputy Barrett pointed out, the fact that the income threshold has been changed from net to gross income will cause difficulty for many...
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: I will begin with the point Deputy Barrett has explored. The children's allowance, which is universally available, is given to the mother for the reasons to which Deputy Barrett alluded, that sometimes all is not as it seems in households. A woman may, ostensibly, have the use of her husband's income but may in fact not, and may not be treated properly. That is why the children's allowance...
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: I was not aware of these reports then.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: I so propose.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: Some 15 minutes.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: I acknowledge that the Bills Office is under pressure. We did not allow circulation of our amendments until the required time as a protest against the guillotine being imposed on this Bill. I remind both the Ceann Comhairle and the Minister that rushed legislation invariably comes back to bite us. There are issues in this legislation that may well come back to bite us, notwithstanding the...
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: A Cheann Comhairle, you are held in high esteem in this House. I hold you in high esteem too. I mean no disrespect but the dangerous territory you have arrived at is where one man's meat is another man's poison. You used three words to describe your actions. I am not sure if you used the word "fair", although that would be your view, but you used the words "dispassionate" and "objective"....
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
James Reilly: The amendment does not seek to undermine the totality of the Bill but seeks to ensure that those who currently hold a medical card are allowed to retain it. The Minister has made a decision regarding those who come later and the Government will agree with her. I suggest that rather than spending the time remaining discussing the Ceann Comhairle's ruling, to which we strenuously object, the...