Results 19,601-19,620 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly

Health Services. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: How will this be achieved? In 2002 and 2007 3,000 extra hospital beds were promised. The Minister delivered 1,300, but this year she reduced by 500 the number of beds and plans to reduce by 600 the number of beds next year. This amounts to 1,100 beds taken out of the system and there is no sign of any co-located hospital beds. I fail to see how the Minister will manage it.

Hospital Accommodation. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children to outline the funding difficulties with regard to the co-location plan; her views on the fact that more than three years since the announcement of this plan not one bed has been created; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42894/08]

Hospital Accommodation. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: Unfortunately, although I very much wish to believe what the Minister is saying I cannot. The co-located hospitals issue is still an ongoing quagmire. The plan has not delivered a single extra bed to the country. The Minister has removed 500 beds this year and will remove a further 600 next year. This is all very familiar to me. There are promises of wonderful things to come tomorrow...

Hospital Accommodation. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: I repeat the questions previously asked. Will the Minister confirm by letter within one week or ten days the position of the tax status of the companies? I believe the staff in the Department can do this. I asked if contract negotiations had been completed and what the legal implications would be for those who have signed contracts which do not materialise. That question was not answered....

Hospital Accommodation. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: Not at all. The Minister should not be paranoid.

Nursing Home Standards. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I am very pleased that HIQA will be doing this and there will be some independence in the inspection of public nursing homes. The major deficit to date is that the HSE has been inspecting itself, which is neither tolerable nor sustainable. Have the necessary staff been appointed and trained up to begin inspections, since we must assume that they...

Nursing Home Standards. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: I am sure Deputy Ó Caoláin is no clearer than I am on the matter. I hope the regulations are not as woolly as the Minister of State's answers, with respect. I have already asked whether training has taken place and whether staff have been trained up. In order to make the question easier to answer, I will be more specific. Has any additional training of staff taken place? How many...

Health Services. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: Did the Minister of State say that there are 45 beds per 100,000 people aged over 65?

Health Services. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: That statistic applies across the country. The figures I have indicate there are only 22 beds. However, the real point of this question is to demonstrate that the reason we have such a crisis in accident and emergency departments in large urban areas and particularly in north Dublin, with both Beaumont and the Mater Hospitals suffering enormous delays, is the inability of hospitals to...

Health Services. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: That is simply not enough.

Health Services. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: Tomorrow's plans are no substitute for today's action. The reality is that our hospitals are chock-a-block on the north side. We cannot get people in. Waiting times are getting longer and longer. Beds are available in the community today. All that is required is to put out a tender and ask the operators concerned to provide the beds so we can move people who are finished the acute stage...

Health Insurance. (25 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: When are we going to get the replacement legislation for risk equalisation? In addition, I ask the Minister, through the good offices of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, to give us a series of examples of how this new initiative, which we mentioned earlier and about which many people are concerned, will work. For example, what is the situation now for Mr. and Mrs. Murphy, aged 72 and for Mr. and...

Written Answers — Fuel Prices: Fuel Prices (20 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: Question 26: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she expects to receive the National Consumer Agency's report on petrol and diesel prices; the action she is empowered to take on foot of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41286/08]

Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: They are different.

Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: That is not what the Department of Finance says.

Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: The farmers are not impressed. When will the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Deputy Smith, be brought to the House to account for the pick-pocketing of farmers?

Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: I shall do my best with the assistance of the Ceann Comhairle. I seek clarification on the pending legislation. The Tánaiste indicated that the measure announced yesterday was a tax relief provided in the form of a tax credit. When I telephoned the Department of Finance this morning, I was informed that the tax relief would be provided at the applicable rate, either 20% or 41% of the...

Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: Tax credits are given for the full sum and are, therefore, worth more than tax reliefs.

Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: This is important because people are confused. Why is this legislation being introduced? Are we being prepared for a serious hike in premia at a time when the VHI is making profits of more than €100 million and community rating is still in place?

Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

James Reilly: Given that community rating is still in place, premia cannot be raised solely on the basis of age.