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Children First Bill 2015: From the Seanad (11 Nov 2015)

James Reilly: ...choice was between that and providing services to children. It is a matter we will keep under review, however. If what we have designed fails to deliver, we will certainly take action. Deputy Buttimer has addressed child poverty. There was an increase in funding of €38 million for Tusla and another €27 million to clear any so-called backward debt. There was an...

Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: ...generally, this Government has prioritised ambulance services and additional funding of €3.6 million and 43 staff have been provided in the national service plan 2014; and commends the Government on its commitment to the further improvement of pre-hospital emergency care services.”I wish to share time with Deputies Jerry Buttimer and Joe McHugh.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: ...tobacco products. These are immediate initiatives that will have long-term benefits for the people, health services and, most important of all, our children. I thank the Acting Chairman, Deputy Jerry Buttimer, for his conduct of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children in dealing with these matters. I sought and received Government approval for a package of measures to...

Topical Issues: Medical Card Reviews (27 Feb 2014)

James Reilly: ...medical cards based on very loose criteria while those desperately in need in other parts of the country could not. As stated by the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Health and Children, Deputy Buttimer, in the old days in certain parts all it took was a telephone call and a representation and a person got a medical card. That is not fair. We want equity in the system in so far as we...

Organ Donation: Motion (21 Feb 2014)

James Reilly: ...more successful transplants. I again thank the House for the opportunity to address it today on this important issue. I congratulate the Joint Committee on Health and Children, particularly its Chairman, Deputy Jerry Buttimer. As Deputy Ó Caoláin stated, our committees are working much more productively now than previously and they inform and have an impact on legislation. I...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: ...that meet our obligations. The public hearings held by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children informed the composition of this Bill and I wish to express my gratitude to the Chair, Deputy Jerry Buttimer, and members of the committee for their invaluable contribution to the issue and for the assistance they provided to me and my officials. I also wish to acknowledge the...

Eating Disorders (15 Feb 2012)

James Reilly: I thank Deputy Buttimer for raising this important and topical issue. The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased at alarming speed in recent decades, to the extent that the World Health Organisation terms it a "global epidemic". I saw an alarming slide produced at a talk I attended on the spread of obesity. It traced the spread throughout the USA starting in the 1960s. State...