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Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (26 Sep 2007)

James Reilly: Question 926: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the staffing levels in his Department specifically allocated to processing naturalisation applications in each of the years 2003 to date in 2007; the numbers of applications for those years; his plans to address the long delays in processing naturalisation applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (26 Sep 2007)

James Reilly: Question 1079: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has proposals to implement a reporting system which would act as an indicator or early warning system of any potential slowdown or over pricing in the housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20252/07]

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (26 Sep 2007)

James Reilly: Question 1137: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sanction additional library staff for the new expanded library facility which remains closed in Malahide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20624/07]

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (26 Sep 2007)

James Reilly: Question 1183: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will make representations to the Department of Finance to introduce grant aid similar to solar panels for domestic dwellings in areas certified as having adequate wind supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20633/07]

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (26 Sep 2007)

James Reilly: Question 1184: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on introducing grant aid similar to solar panels for wind turbines for use in domestic dwellings which are certified as being suitably located in an area of adequate wind supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20634/07]

Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2007)

James Reilly: Which do not currently exist.

Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2007)

James Reilly: I congratulate Deputy Devins on his appointment as Minister of State and Deputy O'Sullivan on her appointment as spokesperson on health. I refer to Deputy Devins's comments on cutbacks at Sligo General Hospital and the manner in which it was done by the HSE. I castigated him at the time because he should have been in a position to effect some change but I acknowledge that he had concerns....

Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2007)

James Reilly: It is a case of live horse, eat hay. The Government will take the services you have today because it will promise you excellence some time in the future and in the meantime, God be with you.

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

James Reilly: I thank Deputies Perry, Deenihan and McCormack for sharing their time. I am a Deputy for Dublin North which has Dublin Airport at the heart of its commercial life. The decision by Aer Lingus to transfer its Heathrow slots from Shannon Airport could be followed by a decision tomorrow to do the same in Dublin. The Government gave an undertaking to protect the Heathrow slots at Shannon, Cork...

Health Services. (27 Sep 2007)

James Reilly: I wish to share time with Deputy Terence Flanagan. Cystic fibrosis is a serious illness and one in 19 people are carriers of the cystic fibrosis gene. Where two parents with the gene marry, there is a one in four chance that their child will be born with the condition. Each year, 40 to 50 children are born with cystic fibrosis and there are currently in the region of 1,200 people who suffer...

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2007)

James Reilly: Frontline staff.

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2007)

James Reilly: If they can access the service.

Health Services: Motion. (2 Oct 2007)

James Reilly: I move: That Dáil Éireann, recalling the promises made by An Taoiseach and the Minister for Health and Children in May 2007 that there would be no cut in frontline health services; noting the: deterioration of critical frontline hospital services in recent months, as evidenced by the: loss of 30 nurses and four consultants from Sligo General Hospital; cancellation of dental services for...

Health Services: Motion. (2 Oct 2007)

James Reilly: I accept the Chair's correction and will rephrase by saying they have been exposed as misleading statements. The Minister for Health and Children has refused to accept that patient services will be affected by the cutbacks but who can believe her, particularly when one of her own Ministers of State expresses concern? It is glaringly obvious that patients will be affected by the loss of 30...

Health Services: Motion. (2 Oct 2007)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputy. The beds in the unit were designated specifically for the rehabilitation of stroke patients. A recent audit conducted by the Irish Heart Foundation exposed how utterly insufficient hospital services are for stroke patients nationally. Although approximately 10,000 acute stroke patients were admitted to hospital in 2005, the audit found that there are only 12 designated...

Health Services: Motion. (2 Oct 2007)

James Reilly: The public has been promised by the new Government that it is committed to reducing suicide rates, but it is clear that the Government's commitment to tackle suicide is meaningless. Unfortunately, the examples cited in this motion do not comprise the full list of services to be affected by the Minister's cutbacks. This list is only the beginning of a raft of measures that will erode patient...

Health Services: Motion. (2 Oct 2007)

James Reilly: He was never on the health board there.

Health Services: Motion. (2 Oct 2007)

James Reilly: We mentioned Tallaght ten times for the Deputy.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2007)

James Reilly: They are management staff.

Tackling Crime: Statements (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

James Reilly: I wish to share my time with Deputies Michael Ring and Terence Flanagan.